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On December 22, 1985, whilst attempting to rescue his stranded girlfriend from a 20-foot (6.1-meter) in height fall that occurred from mountain climbing, Yamashiro slipped and fell headfirst 300 feet (90 meters) and later another 100 feet (30 meters). The second fall took place during a rescue effort and was captured on film.
Alan Eugene Magee (January 13, 1919 – December 20, 2003) was a United States airman during World War II who survived a 22,000-foot (6,700 m) fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress. [1] He was featured in the 1981 Smithsonian Magazine as one of the 10 most amazing survival stories of World War II.
Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Rankin (October 16, 1920 – July 6, 2009) was the first person to survive a fall from the top of a cumulonimbus thunderstorm cloud. [1] He was a pilot in the United States Marine Corps and a World War II and Korean War veteran.
A California man who was stranded for three days at the base of a waterfall after falling 1,000 feet from a Hawaiian hiking trail said on Tuesday that his survival was nothing short of a "miracle."
A former window washer has admitted to having a different perspective on life since surviving a 47-floor fall while working nearly 10 years ago. Alcides Moreno, now 46, told the BBC recently, "I ...
Cervantes Suarez, the only person to survive the fall into the water, was in his truck when the bridge went down. After his truck slammed into the river, Cervantes Suarez said the water “came up ...
Henry VI and Archbishop Conrad were sitting in a stone window alcove and avoided the fall; they hung on until rescuers with ladders were able to arrive and let them down. [9] Landgrave Louis had fallen in the collapse, but survived and was rescued. [5] Afterwards, Henry VI immediately departed Erfurt and resumed his military campaign. [4]
Mere seconds after the Dali hit the bridge, it appeared to snap and fall into the dark water below. “My husband doesn’t know how to swim. It is a miracle he survived,” the wife said.