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5 People That SURVIVED The Unthinkable

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Scary Mysteries

True Crime, Society & Culture, News, Documentary

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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5 People Who Survived the UnthinkableLife is unpredictable. And while Many of us live each day thinking it’ll be the same as the last, sometimes unexpected things can happen. The people on this list should serve as cautionary tales, These are 5 people who survived the unthinkable. Please support Scary Mysteries! Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/scarymysteries... - There's a lot of cool access, giveaways and even a custom episode!Buy awesome original shirts made by Scary Mysteries https://newdawnfilm.com/scary-mysteri...Subscribe for Weekly Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiE8..._________________________________________________________5. Vesna Vulovic On January 25, 1972, Vesna Vulovic headed out to work as a flight attendant. Jat Flight 367 was flying from Stockholm to Belgrade with stopovers in Copenhagen and Zagreb. Vesna wasn’t even scheduled to fly out but apparently the staff confused her for another attendant with the same first name, but she didn’t mind. After all, she had never been to Denmark and was excited to see the city. 4. Frane SelakThe now 85-year old Croatian music teacher has had both bad luck and good luck souround him most of his life, depending on how you look at it. His incredible survival stories began in 1962 while he was travelling on a train from Sarajevo to Dubrovnik. The train slid from the rails and into an ice cold river. He had broke his arm and suffered mild hypothermia but while he survived, 17 others didn’t. The following year, he took his first and only airplane ride when the door of the plane burst open midair. He was sucked out and found by emergency workers on the ground lying unconscious on a haystack. He was admitted to the hospital with only minor injuries, the plane ultimately crashed because of the broken door, killing 19 people onboard.3. John ColterThough part of the famous Lewis and Clark Expedition, John Colter is the first person of European descent to ever explore what is now known as Yellowstone National Park. Colter joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1803 and was considered one of the best scouts and trappers in the group. As they were on their way back home to St. Louis, Missouri in 1806, they encountered trappers heading to Yellowstone River. Colter didn’t want to return back to “civilization” yet and asked for a discharge from the expedition to join the trappers. The trip however didn’t last long and soon disbanded and Colter would continue to explore various places on his own.2. The Robertson FamilyIt was January 27, 1971 when the Robertson family left the comforts of life and boarded their 43-foot wooden schooner named the Lucette. The family was made up of Dougal Robertson, his wife, Lyn, their eldest son, Douglas, their daughter, Anne and twins, Sandy and Neil. For the next year and a half, the family pursued their dream voyage by sailing across the Atlantic and making pit stops at ports around the Caribbean. Anna bowed out of the voyage when they reached the Bahamas and opted to stay there instead. 1. Beck WeathersFor Texan pathologist, Beck Weathers, mountain climbing was something very important to him. He had turned to climbing to fight off depression and while he began small, soon he found himself obsessed with the dream of conquering the worlds tallest mountain. So those were 5 People Who Survived the UnthinkableLife is filled with challenges and these people prove that even in the most extreme conditions, people can be a lot stronger than you might ever think.Support the show

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5 people who survive the unthinkable.

0:10.0

Life is unpredictable, and while many of us live each day thinking it'll be the same as the last,

0:15.7

sometimes unexpected things can happen.

0:19.2

The people on this list should serve as cautionary tales. These are five people who survive the unthinkable.

0:30.0

Number five, Vezna Volavik.

0:35.2

On January 25th, 1972, Vesna Volavik headed out to work as a flight attendant.

0:42.0

Jat Flight 367 was flying from Stockholm to Belgrade,

0:46.7

with stopovers in Copenhagen and Zagreb.

0:50.3

Fesna wasn't even scheduled to fly out, but apparently the staff confused her for another

0:55.2

attendant with the same first name, but she didn't mind.

0:59.4

After all, she had never been to Denmark and was excited to see the city.

1:04.7

The flight left Stockholm at 1.30 PM and landed in Copenhagen an hour later.

1:10.1

Besna, along with her crewmates, noticed a man who seemed annoyed when getting off the plane, and he never re-boarded.

1:17.0

By 315, they had taken off again, and everything was going smoothly until 4 o'clock when an unexpected explosion tore through the compartment of the DC-9 tearing it in half.

1:30.0

The plane was flying at 33,000 feet and when it happened most of the passengers and crews were likely sucked out due to the pressure and probably died from the freezing temperatures.

1:40.0

Thesna managed to survive because she was wedged inside a broken fuselage and pinned in by a food cart as the plane descended.

1:49.0

For several terrifying seconds, she fell, eventually smashing into trees in the snow below.

1:57.0

A local villager in the area named Bruno, who was a former medic, was the first to arrive on the scene of the crash.

2:05.5

He heard Vezna screaming out for help and found her among the wreckage.

2:10.5

Her turquoise uniform was now completely covered in blood and she suffered a fractured skull and broken legs

2:16.9

But amazingly she somehow survived

2:21.1

Later on it was discovered the plane had exploded because of a briefcase bomb and

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