FALLS PEOPLE ASTONISHINGLY SURVIVED

MICHAEL HOLMES SURVIVED A 15,000 FEET DROP

Hailed as the youngest man to have ever received a skydiving

instructor certification, Michael Holmes saw his young career almost

come to an end when on December 2006 he found himself falling

to earth at about 100 mph. Due to faulty ropes, Holmes’ parachutes

failed to deploy while on a routine jump, sending him spiralling out

of control towards certain death. However, thanks to a blackberry bush,

Holmes was able to survive the fall with only a punctured lung and a

shattered ankle. This horrifying experience was all captured on camera.

SHAYNA RICHARDSON (AND CHILD) SURVIVED A

PLUNGE TO EARTH AT 50 MPH

What was supposed to be an exhilarating first time skydiving

experience quickly turned into a terrifying plunge towards certain death.

Fitted for her first solo jump, Shayna Richardson raced towards earth

at 50 mph from a height of about 10,000 feet after both her main and

reserve parachutes failed to deploy. She slammed into the asphalt

face-first, shattering her skull and pelvis. Miraculously, she survived.

Even more miraculously, the baby she carried (which she found out

about at the hospital) survived as well.

FRANE SELAK 'THE WORLD'S LUCKIEST/UNLUCKIEST

MAN ALIVE" SURVIVES SEVEN BRUSHES WITH DEATH

Frane Selak, a Croatian music teacher, has literally escaped the jaws

of death seven times earning him the title “World’s luckiest

unluckiest man”. It all began on January 1962 when the train he was

on flipped off the tracks. He survived while 17 passengers died.

Next year, he was sucked out of a malfunctioning plane door and

landed in a haystack; the plane crashed killing 19 people. In 1966, a

bus Selak was on skidded off the road and into a river where four

passengers drowned. 1970 and 1973 his car caught on fire;

1995 he was struck by a bus and in 1996 he drove into a gorge.

JOSH HANSON SURVIVED A 160 FEET FALL

2007 is a year Josh Hanson will probably never forget. While attending

a dart-throwing convention at a Minneapolis hotel, Josh Hanson

fell out of a window; plummeting 160 feet and slamming into the

ledge of the first floor. It all started when heavily intoxicated Hanson

decided to sprint down the halls of the Hyatt Regency hotel.

Subsequently, Hanson tripped and threw himself out a double pane

window. Hanson sustained a broken leg, two collapsed lungs and a

few bruises but lived to play darts again.

CHRIS SAGGERS FELL FROM THE 22ND FLOOR

AND STOOD UP TO TELL THE TALE

Talking about windows, window washer Chris Saggers was working on

the 22nd floor of the Salford Tower Blocks in Britain when he fell off of

his scaffold, plunging down 220 feet, and landing on top of a car.

Miraculously, after the fall, he simply stood up and told the on lookers

“I’m fine”. A medical exam revealed that Saggers’ only injury was

a broken elbow.

ALCIDES MORENO BARELY BUT MIRACULOUSLY

SURVIVES A 500 FEET FALL

Similar to Chris; Alcides Moreno was washing windows when a

malfunction on the platform sent him and his brother Edgar

down 47 stories. Sadly, Edgar died. However, Alcides Moreno somehow

survived the fall. He has gone through extensive medical treatments,

nevertheless he is alive and well.

LAREECE BUTLER'S PRAYERS WERE HEARD

Similar to most of the skydiving accidents on this list, Lareece Butler

was on a routine skydiving jump when her parachutes failed to deploy.

However, in a situation where most people would find it hard to think

of anything, Butler recalls thinking ‘God save me please’ and

apparently, it worked. After suffering the impact from the 3,000 feet fall,

Ms. Butler was left with a broken leg and a concussion, nevertheless

she survived to tell her tale.

IVAN CHISOV SURVIVED A FALL OF 21,980 FEET

AFTER PASSING OUT.

In an attempt to evade German air fighters, Lieutenant Ivan Chisov

purposely jumped from his damaged Ilyushin Il-4 bomber at an

altitude of about 22,000 feet with a closed parachute. His plan was to

open the parachute after he was out of sight from the German air fighters.

However, on his way down, he lost consciousness and was unable to

pull the rip cord. Miraculously, Chisov survived the fall by hitting the edge

of a snowy ravine (at estimated speed of 120 to 150 mph). He suffered

spinal injuries and a broken pelvis, but was otherwise intact.