- The greatest number of rescues from the gulag .The former Soviet citizen Tatyana Rusanova, who now lives in Haifa, Israel, escaped 15 times from 1943 to 1954 from Stalin's camps, and after being caught 14 times was sentenced to new terms of imprisonment. All shoots are recognized by independent Russian lawyers, but only 9 are officially recognized by the Supreme Court of the USSR.
- The highest drop height without a parachute .On January 26, 1972, 22-year-old Vesna Vulovich, a flight attendant from Yugoslavia, survived after falling from a height of 10.16 km when a DC-9 aircraft exploded over the territory of Czechoslovakia( now Czech Republic).
- The longest jump with a parachute .In May 1993, Frenchman Didier Daran, making his third parachute jump, suddenly fell into a cyclonic whirlwind. The readings of its altimeter changed from 304 to 7,620 m, stopping at the limit of measurements. After 2 hours, at the altitude, which is usually reached only by planes, the rectangular parachute of Daran curled, and it flew to the ground. Daran managed to use a spare parachute and landed 48.3 km from the jump site.
- Surfing on the highest wave of .On April 3, 1868, a resident of the Hawaiian Islands, Holua, "saddled" a tsunami wave high, "perhaps more than 15 m", to save his life.when the tsunami struck Hawaii.
- The longest surviving in the underground cave .Bats are always considered sinister creatures, but speleologist George Du Prisni owes them their lives. In 1983, he explored caves in Wisconsin, USA, fell into an underground river and was swamped into an underground cave. Rescuers stopped searching after 4 days. But Du Prisni remained alive, he ate fish and seaweed, scraped from the walls. To get out, dissolved his orange sweater and tied the threads to the clutches of a dozen bats. The bright strings were seen by the inhabitants of the nearest town, and 13 days later the spelunker was rescued.
- Survival after the greatest number of lightning hits .The only person in whom lightning struck 7 times was Roy Sullivan, a former park ranger from Virginia, USA.In 1942 Sullivan lost his fingernail on the big toe in 1969, eyebrows in 1969, in July 1970 the blow fell on his left shoulder, in April 1972 his hair caught fire. In August 1973, his hair lit up again, and paralyzed his legs, in June 1976 he injured his ankle and in June 1977 received chest and abdominal burns. In September 1983, Sullivan committed suicide, reportedly due to unrequited love.
- The longest stay in a room with a negative temperature .In January 1997, Dale Povitsky from Dayton, Ohio, USA, loaded meat into the cold store when a heavy steel door slammed, trapping him for 2 days. To somehow warm up, Povitsky collected labels from animal carcasses and lit a fire with a cigarette lighter. Then he began to cut and melt the fat, collecting it on a tray made of pieces of asbestos from the pipes. This allowed him to get enough heat to survive until help comes.
- The longest time in the desert .The Mexican survived by spending 8 days in the desert at a temperature of 390C, having only 7.6 liters of water. He rode 56 km on horseback. Then the horse fell, and he walked another 161 km on foot. By the time he was discovered. He went blind, deaf, gray and lost 25% of the weight.
- Survival after the deepest dive .The record of rescue from the deepest depth - 480 m - belongs to Roger Chapman and Roger Mullinson, who were in the bathyscaphe "Pikes 3" for 76 hours, when on August 29, 1973, he sank 240 km southeast of Cork, Ireland. On September 1, the device was brought to the surface by a rescue vessel about John Cabot, after the reconnaissance of the situation was carried out by Pikes 5, Pikes 2 and a radio-controlled repair ship.
- The maximum depth that a person could climb without the hardware.- 68.6 m. Richard Slater escaped from the submarine "Necton Beta", damaged near the island. Santa Catalina, California, USA, September 28, 1970
- Record depth of rescue using special equipment - 183 m .Norman Cook And Hamish Jones during the naval exercises on July 22, 1987 managed to get out of the submarine HMS Otus in the Gulf of Bjørna-fjord, near Bergen, Norway. The sailors had lifejackets in which the air, expanding during the ascent, formed a hood above the head.
- The longest surviving underwater without the equipment. In 1991, Michael Prudfoot, exploring the naval cruiser sunk in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico, smashed his breathing apparatus and was left without air. The pondfoot found a large accumulation of air in the ship's galley and a kettle full of fresh water. Saving the water, slowly and finely breathing and feeding on sea urchins, he stayed there 2 days before his salvation.
- The most "successful" plane crash .On April 9, 1998, the Cessna-150 aircraft got entangled in electric wires and was suspended for one wheel when its pilot made an unsuccessful landing attempt near Seattle, USA.Local leaders immediately cut off electricity in the line. The pilot, 47-year-old crane operator Mike Warren, was not injured and remained in the cockpit, which hung in an inverted position between two wires 18 meters apart from each other over the main road. So he spent 4 hours until he was saved by firefighters. Through the window of the plane rescuers threw the unharmed pilot of the rope. He became attached, unfastened his seat belts and climbed through the window with his feet forward. Then he slid to the ground on the inside of the wing of the plane. The car, which was then lowered to the ground, suffered only one of the propellers.
- The youngest survivor of the "Titanic" .Millvine Dean was 8 weeks old, when on April 14, 1912, the Titanic struck the iceberg and sank. Although she was in the third-class cabin, Millvina survived with her mother and 18-month-old brother. Her father Bert was among those 1517 passengers, whom no one else saw.
- The largest rescue without human victims .All 2,689 passengers of Susan B Anthony survived when the ship sank on June 7, 1944 off the coast of Normandy, France.
- The longest forced stay on rafts .Stuart of British merchant fleet Pun Lim spent 133 days on a raft after his steamer "Ben Lomond" at 11:445 on November 23, 1942 was torpedoed in the Atlantic, 910 km to the west of the island. St. Paul's. April 5, 1943 he was picked up near Salinopolis, Brazil, a fishing boat. On the shore, Pun Lim was able to walk independently.
- Survival record of 2 people in the boat - 177 days .Fishermen Tabvan Mikaye and Arentta Tabwa with Fr. Nikunau, Kiribati, along with another person on November 17, 1991, went to sea on a 4-meter open boat and soon fell into a storm. They were found in 1800 km in Western Samoa( now Samoa) on May 11, 1992. One person died several days before they reached the amulet.
- The most unsuccessful suicide attempts .In March 1996, Taiwanese newlyweds Huang Ping-jen and Chang Shu-mei decided to die when their parents refused to recognize their marriage. But they survived after four suicide attempts, including hanging, falling from a rock on the car and a jump from a 12-story building. They stopped trying, when the parents agreed to reconsider their position.
- The largest number of people rescued by one dog .The most famous rescuer of all time is St. Bernard Barry, who, over 12 years in the Swiss Alps, saved more than 40 people. The most famous case is when he found a freezing boy under the avalanche in which his mother died. Barry pressed against the child, warming him, licking his face.so that the boy woke up, and then took it to the nearest house.
It's always very interesting to listen to or read about the incredible cases of saving people's lives. Such testimonies and participants in the events and their eyewitnesses instill some kind of hope in us, they charge with self-confidence and optimism. Because these experiences come from our distant childhood, when we clearly and truly believed in a miracle, to which there was only something - to give us a hand.
Earlier this article I published on the website MedVlad. Ru, which is closed. Therefore, this publication has now migrated here. So. ..
( From the "Guinness Book of Records", 1999, translation from the English publishing house ACT, 432 pp., Ill. Pages 115 - 118)
- During the Great Patriotic War .Statistics, making a calculation of biographies of the heroes of World War II, splash with their hands. Logically, none of them, after going through so many bloody battles, could not survive. Nevertheless, many veterans returned from the battlefield without receiving a single scratch. There are cases when people remained intact and unharmed, three times passing through the penalty battalion. Now the phenomenon of their luck is investigated by scientists, many books have been written on this topic.
( From the book of Norbekov M., Khvan Yu. Energy Health - SPb.: Publishing House "Peter", 2000. - 160 p.: ill. -( Series "Heal Yourself") p. 8-10)
- Masalov Nikolai Ivanovich, sergeant of the 79th Guards Rifle Division, 220 Guards Rifle Regiment, division commander, rescued a German girl. His act was the basis of the plot of the famous monument to the Warrior-Liberator in Treptow Park. Monument - "Soldier with a child in his arms" - with his left hand he holds a girl, a right sword, under his feet a swastika. The feat was committed on April 30, 1945 during the capture of Berlin, in incredibly dangerous and difficult conditions, in which it was almost impossible to remain alive, with a child in his arms.
( Wikipedia, article "The Warrior-Liberator", "Masalov NI")
- Harry Houdini ( Erich Weiss), devoted his life to magic and magic, committed incredible tricks on himself. It is universally recognized as the "King of the Magi", there are still such tricks that are not solved by modern illusionists. Masterfully owned his body and psychological state. Impressed by the imagination of thousands of people around the world, making the stage seemed absolutely impossible. Twice during the speeches he nearly died: 1) Leap into ice water - release from handcuffs, blow your head against the ice when you surfaced, lost consciousness, search for an ice hole under the continuous ice cover, as it flowed from the dive site. Reappeared in 10 minutes.2) During the tour in Los Angeles, he concluded that he could get out of the grave from a six-foot depth, while handcuffed. The performance began with a "burial" to a depth of a foot, then 2, etc. The Illusionist admitted that it was very difficult to get out of the 4 and 5 foot graves dug in the sand. The opposing party to the dispute recognized itself defeated and invited Houdini to refrain from diving to a 6-foot depth. However, the king of the magicians insisted on "burial" at six feet deep. Scary visions for a few moments paralyzed his will, while the lungs gave the body precious particles of oxygen. By inhuman effort, Houdini forced himself to wake up, get rid of the handcuffs and start gently raking the sand - sideways and under his back. Alas, as the seconds passed, even his phenomenal powers began to decline. As he later confessed to his wife, it nearly made him make a second, tragic mistake: Houdini tried to call for help, remaining on the surface, losing the last air left in his lungs and almost killing his mouth and nose with sand. After all, instinct rather than reason prompted the path to salvation: like a mole, carefully, inch by inch, dig a tunnel to the surface. When Houdini got out of the grave, he was so exhausted that he could not even stand on his feet.
( "Vokrug sveta" magazine, №6 June 1975, "Uncategorized" rubric)
