10 Extremely Lucky Survivors Of Deadly And Horrific Accidents
#1: Ronald Poppo
Poppo lost his left eye, his nose and most of the surrounding skin when a naked man attacked him for no reason alongside a Miami highway in 2013. Although, he has gone through a great deal of hell, he is just happy to be alive.
#2: Being stuck in a car shield
A Chinese woman miraculously survived a car crash which saw her head smash through the windscreen and become wedged in the hole.The unnamed woman was a passenger in the car when it hit the back of a truck in southern China's Guanxi province.The force caused the woman, who wasn't wearing a seat belt at the time, to fly forward into the windscreen.
#3: Jaywalking girl
The girl was jaywalking across multiple lanes in a busy intersection even though there was a red signal at the light warning pedestrians not to cross. The youngster did anyway and was hit by a red truck. The impact then threw her in front of a black Cadillac sedan which knocked her further into the road. The girl tried to get up, but collapsed due to leg injuries. That's all she suffered from, leg injuries.
#4: Rodeo clown struck by lightning
Casey Wagner was attending the "Rednecks With Paychecks."Â "I saw a big old flash and I knew I was going down. I knew I was getting electrocuted and thought I was dying."Seconds later, a second bolt hit Wagner's rodeo clown boot and shot up along his body. "I felt like my thumb was blown off," he exclaimed.
#5: Metal rod through his head
A 24-year-old Brazilian construction worker, Eduardo Leite, was having a seemingly normal day at his job until a six foot metal rod fell from the fifth-floor of the building he was working on. It pierced his hard hat and ultimately his skull.
#6: Crushed by bacon
A meat packer in Sweden narrowly escaped death after over a half-ton of bacon in a trolley toppled over on top of him.After being rescued and taken to the hospital, it was discovered that he only sustained minor back injuries. Said police spokesman, Peter Adlersson, "It's a rather unusual accident, you might say."
#7: The man who escaped a near fatal truck accident and then won the lottery – twice
Driver Bill Morgan, was involved in a horrific truck accident and suffered a fatal heart attack while in the crushed vehicle.Soon after recovering from a coma, he bought a scratch off lottery ticket and won a $17,000 car. A TV station decided to do a story on him with Morgan re-enacting scratching his lottery ticket. He scratched off another winning ticket worth $170,000 dollars!Â
#8: Elevator operator who survived a plane hitting the building and longest elevator free fall
Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver was standing in the elevator on the 80th floor of the Empire State Building at the time of the plane's impact, just a floor below. Oliver suffered severe burns and required immediate medical attention. Rescue crews put her right back into the elevator to get her to the hospital as soon as possible, but the cables were so badly damaged they snapped, and sent Betty Lou plummeting 75 floors to the basement of the building.
#9: Michael Holes
His parachute would not open, the skydiver attempts to release his reserve parachute with no luck. Luckily, Michael Holmes only suffered a punctured lung and a broken ankle from this terrifying fall.
#10: Martin Donnelly
In 1990, Donnelly was in Spain competing in the Formula One race on the Jerez circuit. In the blink of an eye, his career was over when his Lotus 102 speared off into the barrier at 140 miles an hour. He was thrown from the car while the seat was still strapped to him. He suffered a few broken bones, had surgery, and survived.
