Mayday in Africa: Crash-Landing on the Savannah

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Greg Rasmussen is a wildlife conservationist, a man dedicated to protecting endangered species. But when he crashes his light aircraft deep in the Zimbabwean bush, he’ll become a prisoner in the landscape he strives to preserve. It’s a place known for breathtaking safari. But Greg must deal with life-threatening injuries and the searing heat. And then, as night closes in, the predators start circling… Find out more about Greg’s conservation work at www.painteddogresearch.org A Noiser production, written by Joe Viner. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started with a 7-day free trial. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.0	It's October 2003. The mid-morning sun beats down on Wange National Park in Zimbabwe.
0:31.0	This area consists of nearly 15,000 square kilometers.
0:34.0	It's an expanse of sprawling arid scrubland.
0:38.0	The air is still and stifling.
0:41.0	All is quiet, save for the vultures circling overhead.
0:47.3	Halfway down a rocky slope is the smoldering wreckage of an aeroplane. Sheltering under its buckled wing,
0:57.0	47-year-old Greg Rasmussen lies face down, motionless.
1:02.0	Waves of pain pulsate through his body. He survived the crash, but only
1:07.4	just. His legs are broken in six places and his pelvis is shattered.
1:14.5	He's not going anywhere, and lying prone on the ground,
1:18.2	he's at the mercy of the park's predators.
1:22.0	For the past 24 hours, Greg has fought to stay conscious.
1:27.0	I sort of figured at that moment that if I was going to, if I did pass out out I wasn't going to wake up again.
1:34.0	I was at definitely at that point. I knew that if I just let it go I was not going to wake up
1:40.0	whatever whatever came. And then I realized this sun's going to kill me.
1:45.0	You know, the burning, the heat, the heat's going to kick up,
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