The world has seen too many survivors and most of them so badass, that you'd want to be like them. Here is a list of 9 people we wish were yet alive to tell their cool story!
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#1 Badass Doctor!
We always knew doctors were cool, but check this out!
Russian doctor Leonid Rogozov was 27 years old when he was stationed in Antarctica. He suddenly fell ill and began experiencing symptoms of appendicitis. Being the only doctor at the base, with no means of help, he had to operate on himself. The man not only performed the self-surgery with help of a few men but also recovered in as less as 2 weeks!
#2 Badass Artic Explorer!
The cold makes men crazy and what you'd read will make you crazy too!
Stationed at one of the coldest places on the planet, Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen was snow banked during a storm. When he couldn't get out by digging with his bare hands, he used his frozen feces to do the needful. But when he returned to the camp, he was in for a shock! His feet were frostbitten, so he used a hammer and pinchers and amputated his fingers without anesthesia!
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#3 Badass Robber!
Joseph Bolitho Johns or Moondyne Joe took madness to a whole different level!
The thief was arrested multiple times for stealing daily goods like bread, bacon, cheese etc. He was sentenced to 10 years in Jail, but Joe was bored. So he ran away from prison. But his thieving habits landed him time and again in jail, from where he ran each time till the police decided to lock him up in a special cell. Until...He ran from there too!
#4 Badass Pirate!
Women in power are a whole different level of badass and Jeanne de Clisson lived as an example!
Her husband Oliver worked for the French government, until his loyalties were doubted and he was captured and killed by the rulers. Jeanne, enraged at this injustice became a pirate for 13 years and fought against the French government for 13 long years, killing many. She was so ruthless that she was often called “The Lioness of Brittany”!
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#5 Yet Another Badass Pirate!
If the mere name doesn't make you think badass, maybe this story will!
In 1801, a Chinese pirate named Cheng marries a prostitute named Sao. Sao lays down one condition, that she would equally share his power and will work along with him. 6 years into this alliance, Cheng dies leaving Sao with the reigns of piracy.
The woman went on to become the most feared soul in Chinese history. With a fleet of over 80,000 sailors, she was mightier than than the navy!
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#6 Badass Sniper!
There is something about these jobs - pirates, snipers etc that makes you go 'Damn!'
Finnish sniper Simo Hayha has the record for the most kills in the world. He served as a sniper against the Red Army during the winter war against Russia killing over 505 targets. Using rifles without telescopic sights and shooting bullets in temperatures between -40°C and -20 °C, the man proved his skills. Until the enemy blew his left cheek off!
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#7 Badass Astronaut!
Astronauts have a tough life and Gordon Cooper realized it the tough way!
The project Mercury flights were supposed to be fully automated, except the last flight "Flight 7”. During the end of the mission, the flight developed problems with forced astronaut Cooper to manually control the console. Using his knowledge of stars and his wristwatch, he landed the aircraft... only 4 miles away from the target!
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#8 Badass Teenager!
Rhesus is a nasty disease affecting newborns and mothers worldwide, but James Harrison is the solution for it!
Having undergone a major blood transfusion (around 13 liters) at 14 years of age, the boy decided to donate blood once he turned 18. This is when they found his blood contained rare antibodies to fight Rhesus disease. Since then, Harrison has donated more than a 1,000 times and saved over 2.4 million lives including that of his own daughter!
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#9 Badass Scientist!
Science itself is a badass stream and then you have people like Dr. Barry Marshall!
Marshall was working on spiral bacteria and gastritis when he and his associate hypothesized that bacteria H.Pylori caused peptic and gastric ulcer. As it normally happens in the field of science, nobody believed him. Enraged and to prove a point, he gulped down an entire petri dish of the bacteria, developed stomach ulcers and treated himself with antibiotics while logging it. If this didn't win a Nobel prize, we don't know what did!
