CRASHES YOU MIGHT FIND HARD TO BELIEVE
Added on: 30th Sep 2016
IN 1977, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE
BASKETBALL TEAM WAS KILLED IN A PLANE
CRASH ON THE WAY TO ONE OF THEIR GAMES,
EXCEPT FOR ONE PLAYER. THAT PLAYER THEN
DIED 2 WEEKS LATER AFTER BEING HIT BY
A DRUNK DRIVER
NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE ON THE
HINDENBURG SURVIVED WHEN IT TURNED INTO A
FIREBALL OVER NEW JERSEY
IN 1977, WHEN THE BAND LYNYRD SKYNYRD CRASHED
IN MISSISSIPPI, ARTIMUS PYLE, THE DRUMMER
STUMBLED AWAY TO SEEK HELP ALTHOUGH HIS
BAND MATES WERE ALL KILLED ON IMPACT. HE
CAME ACROSS A FARMER WHO THOUGHT HE WAS
TRESPASSING AND SHOT ARTEMIS THROUGH THE
SHOULDER. THE FARMER OBVIOUSLY FELT BAD
AFTER HE REALIZED WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON
IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE DEATH OF BUDDY HOLLY IN
A PLANE CRASH IN 1959 THAT NEWSPAPERS
WITHHELD THE NAMES OF VICTIMS UNTIL THEIR
FAMILY WERE NOTIFIED
WHILE TERRORIST STRIKES LIKE 9/11 CAUSE LOTS OF
DIRECT DAMAGE, THEY ALSO INTRODUCED
SOMETHING CALLED "DREAD RISK". THIS IS THE
RISK THAT PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN
MORE DANGEROUS BEHAVIOUR TO AVOID A
PERCEIVED THREAT
AFTER 9/11, FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, AMERICANS
REDUCED AIR TRAVEL WHILE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC
INCREASED. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE NUMBER OF
FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS SHOT UP. AN ESTIMATED
1,500 AMERICANS DIED IN CAR CRASHES BECAUSE
THEY WERE TRYING TO AVOID BEING IN A PLANE CRASH
JUST BEFORE BUDDY HOLLY DIED IN THAT FATEFUL
CRASH, HIS BAND MATE TOLD HIM THAT HE
"HOPES HIS OL' PLANE CRASHES!". ALTHOUGH
WAYLON JENNINGS WAS JOKING, THAT STATEMENT
HAS HAUNTED HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE
NEARLY ONE THIRD OF TEENAGE DEATHS IN THE
DEVELOPED WORLD ARE DUE TO CAR CRASHES
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