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Kaiser
09-12-2013, 13:21
Just found this amazing story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Alkemade
Doug
09-12-2013, 14:42
The other stories with it are also amazing!
gully_raker
09-12-2013, 18:34
:thumbsup: What a facinating story!
It certainly was not his day to die.;)
flash
09-13-2013, 00:13
You'd bet on any horse he picked ! ;)
CappyTom
09-13-2013, 02:04
The Lord said it wasn't his time.

Amen,
Thomas
Flying Officer Kyte
09-13-2013, 02:42
The Lord said it wasn't his time.

Amen,
Thomas
Quite Thomas! You can break your neck falling off the kerb, so you might just as well live life to the full.
Rob.
Пилот
09-13-2013, 04:49
Realy amazing! Sometimes one just isn't supposed to die. I believe he celebrated two birthdays.
Antabires
09-13-2013, 05:26
GESTAPO were initially suspicious of his claim to have fallen without a parachute until the wreckage of the aircraft was examined.....well i would be also :) God blessed him!
somaliavet
09-13-2013, 06:37
I've also heard about this survivor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Magee
Antabires
09-13-2013, 06:43
yeap at the bootm of each report there are related links with similar surviving crashes..all of them really impressive! The one who fell upon a building and survived is simply unbelievable
csadn
09-13-2013, 14:50
Demonstration of "it's not the fall which kills you -- it's the sudden stop". I admit my knowledge of physics isn't what it should be, but if memory serves, if one doubles the amount of time one is decelerating over, it effectively halves the strength of the impact. Then there's "what is one landing on" -- is it going to give way, or not.

All of 'em are "bad days at the office", but "still -- could be worse"....