What are some of the most incredible survival stories?

Even though sometimes a man is destined for a horrible death, it is also possible for some people to escape “fate”  situations that seem to be heading in their direction. There are stories of people who were lost at sea, in the mountains, or in a plane crash, which are all amazing.

Cannibalism was a way for people on Flight 571 to stay alive.

The drama of the Andes mountains or Flight 571 Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya is, without a doubt, an amazing story of how people managed to stay alive. On October 13, 1972, the plane crashed, immediately killing 12 of the 45 people on board. In the days after the attack, 17 people who were hurt died from their injuries. After hearing on the radio that the search was over, the last few people left decided to eat their dead coworkers, whose bodies had been kept alive by the cold. They were alone and isolated at an altitude of 3,600 m, where the weather was bad, and they were starving. After ten days, two survivors can get in touch with people again. Let rescuers know that the 16 people on Flight 571 still need help more than two months after the crash.

Three fishermen who drift

In 2006, a trawler broke down in the middle of the ocean, leaving five fishermen stranded. Lucio Rendon, Salvador Ordonez, and Jesus Eduardo Vivant stayed alive by collecting rainwater and eating several turtles. The other two would have rather died than eat raw meat or drink turtle blood. After almost 9,000 kilometers, they were found nine months later near the coast of Australia. Some people think that the three men killed the two other passengers so they could eat.

The Robertson family is a lost family.

The Robertson family went on a trip around the world in 1972. After 17 months at sea, killer whales break through the ship’s hull, forcing the family to spend 38 days on an inflatable raft and turning their dream into a nightmare. So, Dougal Robertson, his wife, their three kids, and a young student who joins them float around with no place to go and no food. They eat turtle meat and blood and drink rainwater to stay alive. On the 38th day, a tuna trawler from Japan stopped the pain.

Beck Weathers was the one who saved Everest.

Beck Weathers made it through an expedition to Mount Everest that many climbers said was a nightmare because of a blizzard. Weathers woke up after being out of it for 18 hours in the hot, humid weather. He was airlifted to safety, yet surviving such dangers didn’t rescue him. He lost both hands, and the cold changed him for good. His amazing real-life story was the basis for the movie “Into Thin Air.”

Poon Lim can sail very well.

The Chinese boy was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was 25 years old. In November 1942, while working as a steward on an English ship in Cape Town, Africa, the Nazis attacked his ship with a torpedo. Poon Lim jumped into the water with a life jacket to save himself. After two hours, he is the only one alive from the attack. He discovers a lifeboat with crackers and water in it and survives for 133 days with only the limited supplies he had, a little fishing, a few seabirds, and the rain. He was found by fishermen not far from Brazil.

Juliane Koepcke, the forest woman

Juliane Koepcke and her mother left for Peru on December 24, 1971, to spend Christmas with her father in Pucallpa. Juliane was 17 years old at the time. Still, the flight from Lima won’t ever get there. The car is caught in a violent storm, breaks up in the air, and crashes into some bushes. Juliane is the only person left alive out of the 92 passengers and crew because she was stuck in her seat. Even though she is hurt, she has to walk through the Amazon rainforest for nine days until she gets to a canoe where and can wait for help. So, Koepcke became a successful scientist like her father and followed in his footsteps.

Baya Bakari was on a trash plane that crashed.

Baya Bakari, 14 years old, was on board the Yemenia Airbus A310 that crashed in the Indian Ocean near Comoros on June 30, 2009. The young girl, who was the only person to survive the disaster, says she waited in the water for hours for help until she heard people begging for help. A Comorian fisherman saved her early in the morning. She thinks that more people could have had their lives saved. The idea of “trash planes,” which are old planes that smaller airlines like Yemenia still use, was brought up.

Extreme survival stories

You’ll never have to rely on your instincts to keep you alive if you’re lucky. But accidents can happen anytime, and you never know when you’ll have to make a quick choice that could save your life. When sailing the sea, finding an underwater tunnel, or hitting the slopes to take advantage of freshly fallen powder snow on a remote mountainside, you might run into problems you can’t get around. In honor of Ernest Shackleton’s epic journey to the South Pole, which happened 112 years ago, we tell five inspiring stories of triumph. Here are some of the most amazing survival stories we’ve ever heard, including ones about the ocean that seemed to go on forever, crushing ice, deep water, and the strange feeling of being all alone.

The nasty pigs 

In June 2018, after practice, 12 Thai soccer players and their coach decided to go to the nearby Tham Luang cave, which is one of Thailand’s longest. The 11–16-year-old boys and their coach all jumped into the water to start exploring the cave. After a sudden flood, they went down four kilometers into the cave system until they reached a high platform. The boys were stuck in the caves for 17 days because of the flood. They didn’t eat anything for the first nine days and got their water from stalactites that dripped. They did not just sit there, though.

The guys took turns drilling a 16-foot hole in the cave wall after they realized they were trapped and were trying to get out. They meditated so they wouldn’t get too tired and wouldn’t think about food. The boys were found by British divers who had left the cave three hours earlier. But surviving was not the end of the fight. Elite members of the Thai military went into the cave to help and protect the boys while rescuers devised a plan to get them out safely. Divers worked for three days to get each athlete and coach out of the water.

Each child had to swim for hours, strapped between two divers and wearing a full-face diving mask, in and out of very small caves. All of them lived, and after the rescue, they could go back to living normal, healthy lives, thanks to the efforts of the Thai Seals and divers from around the world.