6/30/2023 0 Comments Lim raft survival![]() His survival story is more of a lifetime of events that he was lucky enough to escape from unharmed when dozens of others died. Luckily for him he was eventually picked up by one of the lifeboats sent to look for survivors and made it back to safety in one piece.įrane was born in Croatia in 1929 and went on to be named “the worlds luckiest man” by the media. He was wearing nothing more than shorts and a t-shirt through all this due to the heat of working next to a furnace, clothes that didn’t help when he was forced to jump over board into the sea. After the hull was punctured, Arthur managed to swim through freezing water and wade past bodies to reach the top deck, only to find all the lifeboats had gone and the ship was up-ending and sinking fast. Not only was he on the lowest level which would be first to flood, but he was also the farthest away from the lifeboats on the top deck. Working as a stoker on its enormous engines, Arthur was in the worst place possible for an accident. He worked on ships that were torpedoed, caught in storms, ran into reef’s and crashed into other ships and survived every time, but nothing would be as impressive as his escape from the Titanic. ![]() He worked on many ships during his time, but five of the major ones all suffered disasters and saw hundreds of peopel die, but each time Arthur was not amongst them. As soon as he was old enough he started to look for work and found it on board a steam ship working as one of its stokers, a member of the engine team responsible for shoveling tons of coal into the ships furnace. He was giving scuba equipment and taken back up to the surface and ended up making a full recovery.Īrthur john priest – The unsinkable StokerĪrthur was born into a poor household in Southampton in 1887 as one of twelve children. When Harrison heard the diving team he began to bang on the wall and was quickly located by a very surprised diver. After almost 3 days a search team located the wreck and dived to it, not expecting to find anyone alive. As it sank all the oxygen inside moved to the top where Harrison was and compressed slightly due to the outside water pressure building up as the ship traveled towards the sea floor. Due to the size of the ship it should have taken a few minutes at least for it to sink, but water rushed in so quickly the crew below deck didn’t even have enough time to get to the top deck.Īfter the ship started to sink, Harrison ran out his room looking to escape but was cut off by the rising waters and forced to take refuge in a small room at the front of the ship. ![]() Harrison Okene – Underwater for almost 3 daysĭuring a voyage off the coast of Nigeria in 2013, Harrison Okene was aboard a ship working as the chef when one night a storm caused the ship to capsized and rapidly fill with water. Now and then non of these factors matter and the reason someone will survive is down to matters out of their control, so here are a few stories of people who survived their situations from pure luck. ![]() Normally in an emergency situation a person’s survival normally comes down to their individual skill, knowledge and what they have to work with. ![]()
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