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Hello, survivalists. This is the Crux True Survival Story podcast. I'm Casey McIntosh. And I'm

Julie Henningson. And we are medical professionals with a

passion for wilderness survival. Join us as we explore real life survival stories and the critical

moments that determine their outcomes. Buckle up. Adventure awaits. Let's dive into this week's story.

Welcome back to the crux. Today we're going to revisit a story that will literally take your breath away.

The story of a young Serbian flight attendant who fell from over 33,000 feet without a parachute and lived to tell about it.

Julie, every time I think about this story,

I just, I can't wrap my head around it. We're talking about a fall from six miles up in the sky. Six miles. That's higher than Mount Everest. Exactly, Casey. And what makes this story

even more remarkable is that this wasn't a trained skydiver or someone

who was prepared in any way for this kind of fall. This was a 22-year-old woman named

Vezna Vulevik, who was simply doing her job on what should have been a routine flight. But before we get into that fateful day in January

1972, let me paint you a picture of just who Vezna was. Picture Belgrade in 1950. This would have been

the capital of Yugoslavia at that time, a city rebuilding itself after the devastation of World War II.

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