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12 Unbelievable Historical Survival Stories

BuzzFeed·Sara De Ledesma·about 1 month ago
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I'm not much of a history buff, but lately I've been going down a rabbit hole of historical facts that are so wild, they genuinely don't feel real. Not to make things dark, but reading stories about people surviving the impossible puts things into perspective just how resilient humans can be. As someone who bruises like a peach and injures herself at any waking moment, these stories of people surviving absolutely unthinkable situations had me staring at my screen like "WHAT?!" Here are 15 real-life cases of humans surviving the impossible: *Disclaimer: Some of these stories may contain graphic or disturbing details.* 1. In 1972, an ordinary flight attendant changed history forever. Vesna Vulović was aboard the Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367 when, just 46 minutes after takeoff, the aircraft exploded mid-air on its route from Stockholm to Belgrade. The crash killed everyone on board — except for Vesna, who somehow survived a fall of over 33,000 feet without a single parachute. How was this possible?…

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