People who miraculously cheated death.
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1. A filipino man who survived the Manila massacre shows where a Japanese officer tried to behead him.
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1. A filipino man who survived the Manila massacre shows where a Japanese officer tried to behead him.
2. In June 2021, lobster diver Michael Packàrd was swallowed by a humpback whale. For over 30 seconds, his crewmates feared for his life, but fortunately, the whale resurfaced after about 40 seconds, spitting out Packàrd. Miraculously, he survived.
3. On May 1, 2015, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel used a RPG to shoot down a police helicopter. Tragically, this led to the deaths of 9 law enforcement officers. Somehow, Mexican police officer Ivan Morales miraculously survived the crash.
4. Vesna Vulović holds the Guinness world record for surviving a 33,330 ft fall without a parachute. On January 26, 1972, a bomb exploded in the baggage compartment of JAT Flight 367, killing 27 people, but Vulović miraculously survived. Learn more: historicflix.com
5. In 1976, Stamatis Moraitis from Greece was diagnosed with lung cancer and told that he had less than a year to live. 10 years later he returned to the doctors to tell them that he was still alive, only to find out that he had outlived them all. He passed away at 102 years old.
6. In 1945, a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building due to fog, killing 14 people. Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver fell 75-stories but somehow miraculously survived. She holds the world record for the longest survived elevator fall. Learn more: historicflix.com
7. Anatoli Bugorski, a Russian physicist, survived a particle beam passing through his head at the U-70 accelerator in 1978, despite lethal radiation exposure.
8. Phineas Gage, survived a severe brain injury in 1848 when an iron rod pierced his skull, damaging his frontal lobe. The rod shit through his cheek, brain, and out the top of his skull. Remarkably, he survived. Learn more: historicflix.com
9. In 1979, Elvita Adams tried to end her life by jumping from the Empire State Building's 86th floor. Miraculously, a powerful gust of wind pushed her back onto the 85th floor. She reportedly suffered a fractured pelvis but she survived the fall.
10. Jerry Nave miraculously survived a gunshot blast to the face while he was waiting to catch a bus. He underwent a 22-hour surgery to reconstruct his face.
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