Top 10 AMAZING Stories of Survival!

Top 10 AMAZING Stories of Survival! From getting lost in the Australian Outback to surviving a 4000 ft plunge through the air…stay tuned to number 1 to find out who survived over 2 months by resorting to cannibalism! This top 10 brought to you by Zero2Hero!! Don't forget to subscribe here! https://goo.gl/NXuChu Click here to see 10 AMAZING Things About China!! https://youtu.be/Uec6E_abMPM Number 10: 9 weeks in the Australian Outback. From time to time someone adventurous individual wants to embark on an extraordinary survival mission that will push them to the limits, however on other occasions, some individuals suffer mental health conditions that can sometimes cause people to make decisions without fully thinking it through. Matthew Allen was unfortunately the latter. This 18-year old teenager walked out of the family home, north of Sydney, Australia, on the 27th of November 2013 and wasn’t seen again for two months! Although many feared the young teenager didn’t make it, he was miraculously found by two hikers. But this ordeal had left its mark on the teenager. He was found covered in leeches and mosquito bites, and he only weighed around 6 stone (which equates to half of his original body weight). He was also disorientated and partially blind. During the 9 weeks he was missing, he had survived on very little water and food, and no shelter and endured a record-breaking heat wave. It is a true miracle that he survived, and even more fortunate that he was found. Thankfully, he’s now at home with this family. Number 9: Falling 4,000ft. You’d be forgiven for thinking the next entry on this list is a lie, but it’s not, instead…it’s an absolute miracle! Lynda Harding, a student and sky-diving fanatic from California, was on a trip of a lifetime with friends when the unbelievable event happened. After jumping out of the plane at 8,500ft, the most horrible possible thing that could happen to a sky-diver happened when poor Lynda’s parachute failed to open. Though sky-divers also have a reserve parachute when they jump, the parachute cord got tangled in the reserve which left Lynda falling at around 70mph for 40 seconds before crashing to the ground. By some miracle, Lynda survived and sustained only broken ribs, a punctured lung, a broken nose, muscular back injuries and a concussion. The student, who studied at Hull University, UK, was on a trip to America when the incident happened and was unconscious for four days after the fall. Doctors believe drag, her unconscious state as she fell, the semi-soft landing on grass, and the fact that she fell on her side, all contributed to this miraculous escape from what should have been an un-survivable fall. Rather surprisingly, she continued to sky-dive once she’d made a full recovery. Number 8: Plane Crash in the Alaskan Wilderness. This is the first of three plane crashes included on this list, but is the shortest ordeal of the three. This entry involves a family who was flying to begin their new life in the rural Yukon River village 350 miles northwest of Anchorage when their plane hit a low mountain peak. When the plane crashed the family of four were in a desperate state, with broken bones, internal injuries and a pregnant mother. With the fear of wolves and not being found a constant worry on the father’s mind, at one point he gave up hope, but thankfully, they were found 15 hours after the crash. Number 7: Running through the desert. It’s time to meet Italian runner Mauro Properi, who set out to complete a brutal six-day run in the Sahara desert. Yes, that’s right, there are some people out there who think it’s a good challenge to try running a race in blistering heat and extremely dry and dangerous conditions. The run started well, and by the fourth day, Properi was making good-time, however, he soon found himself in the middle of a prolonged, 8-hour sandstorm that left him lost and alone. And a desert is not somewhere you want to be lost! After failing to get the attention of two passing planes, and with very little supplies, the runner was left with the difficult challenge of surviving in this hostile environment. As we’ve highlighted in a recent video about difficult places to live, humans have adapted to live in many challenging environments, but it’s completely different when you’re not used to the environment. Nevertheless, Properi did manage to survive for 10 days by drinking his own distilled waste and eating bats.