This is an interesting story about how 80 millionaires appeared overnight in one village.
And this story began like this. Back in 1917, Antonio Fernandez was born in the Spanish village of Ceresales del Condado. His family lived very poorly, and the parents, who had 13 children, had to work at the limit of their strength in order to somehow feed themselves. Antonio Fernandez went to school until the age of 14, but never finished it. He was forced to drop out of school and go to work in the fields to help his parents. It would seem that remarkable could be in this man? But an extraordinary fate awaited him.
In 1949, our hero, at the age of 32, went in search of his fortune to Mexico. His wife's uncle lived there. Having settled in Grupo Modelo, the largest beer producer, he began to quickly move up the career ladder. In 1971, he was already in top management, and all the founders of the corporation listened to his opinion.
Corona beer, under Antonio Fernandez's leadership, has grown from a local brewer to a recognizable global brand, and he has become CEO. Managing the company until 2005, the billionaire only retired at the age of 88.
The main feature of Antonio Fernandez was that wealth did not eat him from the inside. The fact is that he bequeathed 200 million euros to the inhabitants of his Spanish village, where he was once born and raised. This remarkable man had no children, so the management of the company passed to his nephew. But to his former fellow villagers, he decided to make such an unusual gift.
The villagers tell how shocked they were when they found out that they became millionaires in an instant. Each of them got more than 2 million euros, which can ensure their comfortable existence for life.
It is generally known that Antonio Fernandez did a lot of charity work both in his native Spain and in Mexico, where he lived for more than half a century. Having died at the age of 99, he became a symbol of kindness and true nobility. Such life stories show that not all humanity is lost among extremely wealthy people.
When a real billionaire makes the whole village in which he was once born millionaires, this makes one admire the nobility and genuine kindness of a real benefactor.
The Amazing Fate of Violet Jessop
This is an interesting amazing story about the life of a woman who three times came out unscathed from mortal danger, she survived maritime accidents three times.
Violet was born in a family of Irish immigrants in Argentina. She was destined for an extraordinary fate, and this became clear even in childhood.
She was the first child to survive, as the three oldest children died very early. As a child, Violet Jessop was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and the doctor left no chance for life, since the situation was too serious. However, she survived, and after the death of her father, the whole family moved to the UK, where Violet began her career as a flight attendant.
At 23, a young and promising girl worked on board the famous giant ship Olympic, which was practically a copy of the Titanic. But in 1911, the Olympic collided with another ship at sea. Having received a 14-meter hole, the ship miraculously survived, and Violet Jessop successfully survived the first disaster in her life.
A year later, our heroine goes to work on the Titanic. Her friends said that she did not want to go there, but she was convinced that it was very promising for her future career. On the night of April 15, the liner was shipwrecked, which became one of the most notorious disasters of the twentieth century. But flight attendant Violet Jessop, along with some other workers, again managed to escape. In boat No. 16 they waited for the rescuers and saved their lives.
Violet herself writes in her memoirs that when she got into the boat, some officer handed her a small child into her hands, with whom she was saved. When they boarded the ship "Carpathia", which came to the aid of the "Titanic", a woman ran up to her and, without a word, snatched the child from her hands and disappeared with him into the crowd. It must have been his mother, scared to death. It would seem that the second warning should have made the girl think about changing jobs. But it was not there!
During World War I, Violet Jessop took a job as a nurse on the Britannic. In 1916, the ship hit a German mine and began to sink. In the process of evacuating passengers, when the first two boats were launched and loaded with people, they suddenly fell into the whirlpool of the Britannic going under water.
Not thinking of giving up, Violet Jessop jumped out of the boat and was saved, although more than 20 people were pulled under the screw of the sinking ship, where they died. In her memoirs, she says that after this tragic story, she developed severe headaches, and she was forced to see a doctor, who discovered a crack in her skull. + After these three sea accidents, the three-time surviving stewardess worked on passenger liners for more than 40 years and even made a trip around the world twice.
Interestingly, Violet Jessop was one of the passengers on the Titanic who heard the hymn "Nearer My God to Thee" played on the sinking ship.
After living for 83 years, she died peacefully in England.
Incredible luck in the life of one person
This story is about an Australian named Bill Morgan and the amazingly lucky events that happened in his life.
In 1999, he was 37 years old and worked as a truck driver. Everything would be fine if our hero did not get into a serious car accident. In the hospital, professional doctors fought for his life, but Bill's heart stopped. It would seem that the story has come to an end, and there is nothing more to talk about. But it was not there!
Bill Morgan after 14 minutes began to respond to the actions of resuscitators and came to his senses. In fact, such clinical death, as a rule, cannot last more than 15 minutes. In a word, literally a little more, and Bill would have left our world forever.
So, the heart was beating, but Morgan was in a coma. This went on for 12 days. Then he came to his senses and very quickly went on the mend, which was an extreme surprise for the medical staff of the hospital, who had seen everything.
Of course, after such a story, Bill decided to “tie up” with cargo transportation, and in general, leave the job of a driver. Finding himself another occupation, he proposed to his beloved woman, who gave him a positive answer.
Everything happened as if in a dream. First, a terrible accident, then clinical death, then a coma, and finally recovery. Now Australian Bill Morgan is starting a family and looks incredibly happy. Indeed, luck is evident!
In honor of the upcoming celebration, our lucky one decides to buy a lottery ticket. And what? He wins a car worth about $18,000. And this, in the late 90s, was a fairly large amount for Australia.
Knowing about the events that Bill had to endure in the recent past, the journalists decide to interview someone who is incredibly lucky in life. Before filming, a reporter asks Morgan to buy a lottery ticket on camera and exclaims that he has won a car. Say, it will be an interesting reportage. No sooner said than done!
Cameramen start filming, and Australian Bill Morgan comes to the window and buys a real lottery ticket. A journalist is standing there, waiting for the agreed phrase, but instead he sees the changed face of Bill, who quietly says: "I won 250 thousand dollars"! Not understanding what the matter is, the journalist clarifies what happened, and Morgan repeats: "I'm not joking at all and really won this amount of money."
Of course, the renters had a real shock, but the material for the report turned out to be really sensational. Just think, such incredible luck in a short period of time! Mr. Morgan immediately called his fiancee and informed her that they were now buying the house they had long dreamed of. The future wife, when she was interviewed, said: "I hope that my dear husband did not waste all his luck in these lotteries, and we will live happily ever after."
These are the incredible stories of amazing luck that happen in life.
17th century French document
This story could be classified as anecdotes. However, documents are a harsh thing.
And this document has survived to this day, although it dates from the 17th century. It tells of an incident that happened to the French Cardinal d'Armagnac in 1654.
And this is what happened: one day the cardinal, walking down the street, noticed an 80-year-old man who was crying. Approaching him, he asked what was the matter. In response, the 80-year-old elder told an amazing story. It turns out that he was crying because he was beaten by his 113-year-old father for disrespectfully addressing his 143-year-old grandfather. Can you imagine?
This document and this case are repeatedly described in various research papers on genetics.
An invisible thief, a dog driving, a woman having 250 orgasms a day... It all sounds incredible, but these are real stories. Here are collected the most amazing incidents published in various publications over the past few years.
Ellie's Endless Orgasms
Girl with Persistent Sexual Arousal SyndromeLondon - We know that diseases usually cause pain and suffering. But the disease that 28-year-old Londoner Ellie Allen suffers from gives her .. pleasure. It is called "Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome" (English - Psas). This syndrome manifests itself in an endless series of orgasms. Do you think she can be envied? Hardly. Orgasms are repeated every 6 minutes (i.e. about 250 times a day). Ellie is forced to experience orgasms on the way to work, on buses, in the store, etc. Sudden orgasms in her are caused by accidental touches of people in a crowd or in transport, the vibration of an elevator or escalator, and even phone calls. Unfortunately, such a life is her destiny - the syndrome of constant sexual arousal cannot be cured.
By the way, in addition to Ellie, at least 7 thousand women suffer from this disease in the world, but in terms of “rate of fire” (frequency of orgasms), she seems to be in the lead.
Born in captivity
Jerusalem - Didn't pay the bill and didn't give her daughter.. - it happened in Jerusalem, where one Arab-Israeli mother gave birth, in premature birth, to three twin daughters. However, at the time of discharge, she was unable to pay her $2,150 hospital bill. For this, the hospital left one of her daughters as a deposit until the bill was paid. Now the Israeli Ministry of Justice must decide on the legality or illegality of the actions of the hospital management.
invisible thief
Tehran - A thief who tried to steal money from the bank's cash desk, believing himself invisible, was captured by the guards of one of the Tehran banks. He reported to the police that he had obtained "invisibility" by paying 625 euros to one of the local "magicians".
dog driving
Hohhot (Mongolia) - One Chinese woman, passing through the city of Hohhot, decided to entrust the steering of her car to her dog. However, this bold experiment was not crowned with success - at the very first turn there was a collision with an oncoming car.
In our world, interesting and funny situations often occur that amuse many people. But in addition to such curiosities, there are moments that make you think or simply frighten, driving you into a stupor. For example, some object mysteriously disappear t, although a couple of minutes ago he was in his place. Inexplicable and sometimes strange situations happen to everyone. Let's talk about real life stories told by people.
Fifth place - Death or not?
Lilia Zakharovna She is a well-known elementary school teacher in the area. All local residents tried to send their children to her, as she aroused honor and respect, trying to teach children the mind-reason not according to the usual program, but according to her own. Thanks to their development, children quickly learned new knowledge and skillfully applied it in practice. She managed to do what no teacher could do - to make children work hard and gnaw at the granite of science.
Recently Lilia Zakharovna reached retirement age, which she gladly took advantage of, having gone on a legal vacation. She had a sister, Irina, whom she went to see. This is where the story begins.
Irina had a mother and a daughter who lived next door on the same stairwell. Lyudmila Petrovna, Irina's mother, had been seriously ill for a long time. The doctors did not know the exact diagnosis, because the symptoms were completely different with each visit to the hospital, which did not allow a 100% answer. The treatment was the most varied, but even it did not help to put Lyudmila Petrovna on her feet. After several years of painful procedures, she died. On the day of death, the cat that lived in the apartment woke up her daughter. She caught herself and ran to the woman and found that she was dead. The funeral took place near the city, in his native village.
The daughter and her friend visited the cemetery for several days in a row, without accepting the fact that Lyudmila Petrovna no more. On their next visit, they were surprised that there was a small hole on the grave, the depth of which was about forty centimeters. It was clear that she was fresh, and near the grave sat the same cat that woke her daughter on the day of her death. It immediately became clear that it was she who had dug the hole. The hole was filled up, but the cat was not given into the hands. It was decided to leave her there.
The next day, the girls again went to the cemetery in order to feed the hungry cat. This time there were already three of them - one of the relatives of the deceased joined them. They were very surprised when there was a larger hole on the grave than the last time. The cat still sat there with a very exhausted and tired look. This time, she decided not to resist and voluntarily climbed into the girls' bag.
And then strange thoughts begin to creep into the head of the girls. Suddenly, Lyudmila Petrovna was buried alive, and the cat was trying to get to her. Such thoughts haunted, and it was decided to dig up the coffin to make sure. The girl was found by several people without a fixed place of residence, they paid them money and brought them to the cemetery. They dug up the grave.
When the coffin was opened, the girls were in complete shock. The cat did not fail. There were visible traces of nails on the coffin, which suggests that the deceased was alive, trying to escape from imprisonment.
The girls grieved for a long time, realizing that they could still save Lyudmila Petrovna, if they immediately dug up the grave. These thoughts haunted them for a very long time, but nothing could be returned. Cats always feel trouble - this is a scientifically proven fact.
Fourth place - Forest paths
Ekaterina Ivanovna is an elderly woman living in a small village near Bryansk. The village is located around forests and fields. Grandmother lived here all her long life, so she knew all the paths and roads along and across. Since childhood, she walked around the neighborhood, picking berries and mushrooms, from which excellent jam and pickles were obtained. Her father was a forester, so Ekaterina Ivanovna was in harmony with mother nature all her life.
But one day a strange incident happened, which my grandmother still remembers and crosses herself. It was early autumn, when it was time to mow hay. Relatives from the city came to help, so as not to leave all the care of the household to an elderly woman. The whole crowd of them moved to the forest clearing to collect hay. In the late afternoon, Grandma went home to cook dinner for her tired helpers.
Walk to the village for about forty minutes. Of course, the path ran through the forest. Here Ekaterina Ivanovna has been walking since childhood, so, of course, there was no fear. On the way in the forest more often, a familiar woman met, and a dialogue began between them about all the events taking place in their native village.
The conversation went on for about half an hour. And it was getting dark outside. Suddenly, an unexpectedly met woman screamed and laughed with all her might and evaporated, leaving a strong echo. Ekaterina Ivanovna was in complete horror, realizing what had happened. She was already lost in space and simply got nervous, not knowing which way to go. For two hours, my grandmother walked from one corner of the forest to another, trying to get out of the thicket. In the toga, she simply fell to the ground without strength. Thoughts had already entered my head that I would have to wait until the morning until someone rescued her. But the sound of the tractor turned out to be saving - it was Ekaterina Ivanovna who headed for it, soon coming out to the village.
The next day, my grandmother went home to the woman she met. She rejected the fact that she was in the forest, justifying this by the fact that she looked after the beds and simply did not have time. Ekaterina Ivanovna was in complete shock and already thought that against the background of fatigue, hallucinations began, leading astray. For several years, these events have been told to local residents with fear. From that moment on, my grandmother was never in the forest again, because she was afraid to get lost or, worse, to die from extreme fear. A proverb even appeared in the village: “The goblin leads Katerina.” I wonder who was actually in the forest that evening?
3rd place - A dream come true
In the life of the heroine, various situations constantly occur that simply cannot be called ordinary: they are strange. In the early eighties of the last century, Pavel Matveevich, who was the husband of his mother, died. The mortuary workers handed over to the family of the heroine his things and a gold watch, which the deceased loved very much. Mom decided to keep them and keep them as a memory.
As soon as the funeral is over, the heroine of strange stories has a dream. In it, the late Pavel Matveyevich demands from his mother that she take the clock back to where he originally lived. The girl woke up in the morning and ran to tell her mother the dream. Of course, it was decided that the watch must be returned. Let them be in their place.
At the same time, a dog barked loudly in the yard (and the house was private). When one of her own comes, she is silent. But here, apparently, someone else complained. And it’s true: Mom looked out the window and saw that a man was standing under the lamp and waiting for someone to leave the house. Mom came out and it turned out that this mysterious stranger was the son of Pavel Matveyevich from his first marriage. He was passing through the village and decided to stop by. The only interesting thing is how he found the house, because no one knew him before. In memory of his father, he wanted to take some thing from him. And my mother gave me the watch. On this strange stories in the life of a girl are not going to end. At the beginning of the 2000s, Pavel Ivanovich, the father of her husband, fell ill. On New Year's Eve, he ended up in the hospital awaiting his operation. And the girl again has a prophetic dream. There was a doctor who informed the family that the operation would be on the third of January. In the dream, another man furiously demanded the question of what interests the girl most of all. And she asked how many years the parents would live. No response was received.
It turned out that the surgeon had already told his father-in-law that the operation would be performed on the second of January. The girl said that something would definitely happen that would force the operation to be postponed the next day. And so it happened - the operation took place on the third of January. The relatives were stunned.
The last story took place when the heroine was already fifty years old. The woman was no longer in good health. As soon as the second daughter was born, the parent got a headache. The pain was so strong that there were already thoughts of giving an injection. In the hope that the pain would subside, the woman went to bed. As she dozed off for a bit, she heard the little baby wake up. There was a night light above the bed, and the girl reached out to turn it on, and she was immediately thrown back onto the bed, as if there had been an electric shock. And it seemed to her that she was flying somewhere high above the house. And only a child's strong cry brought her back from heaven to earth. Waking up, the girl was very wet, thinking that there was clinical death.
1994 - Mauro Prosperi from Italy was discovered in the Sahara desert. Incredibly, the man spent nine days amid the debilitating heat, but survived. Mauro Prosperi took part in the marathon race. Due to a sandstorm, he lost his way and got lost. Two days later he ran out of water. Miro decided to open the veins and, but he did not succeed: due to the lack of water in the body, the blood began to clot very quickly. Nine days later, the athlete was found by a nomad family; by this point, the marathon runner was practically unconscious and had lost 18 kg.
Nine o'clock at the bottom
The owner of the pleasure yacht, 32-year-old Roy Levin, his girlfriend, his cousin Ken, and most importantly, Ken's wife, 25-year-old Susan, were incredibly lucky. They all survived.
The yacht was calmly drifting under sail in the waters of the Gulf of California, when a squall unexpectedly came from a clear sky. The yacht capsized. Susan, who was in the cabin at that time, went down with the boat. It happened not far from the coast, but in a deserted place, and there were no eyewitnesses.
"It's unbelievable that the ship sank without any damage," says lifeguard Bill Hutchison. And another accident: while sinking, the yacht turned over again, so that it lay on the bottom in a “normal” position. The "swimmers" who were overboard did not have life jackets and belts. But they were able to stay on the water for two hours until they were picked up by a passing boat. The owners of the boat contacted the Coast Guard, and a group of scuba divers was immediately sent to the crash site.
A few more hours passed.
“We knew that one passenger remained on board, but we did not hope to find her alive,” continues Bill. “One could only hope for a miracle.”
The portholes were tightly battened down, the saloon door was hermetically sealed, but the water still seeped in, thereby displacing the air. With the last of her strength, the woman kept her head above the water - there was still an air layer under the very ceiling ...
“Leaning into the window, I saw Susan's face as white as chalk,” says Bill. Almost 8 hours have passed since the disaster!
Releasing the unfortunate was not an easy task. The yacht was at a depth of twenty meters, and handing her aqualung would mean letting water inside. Something had to be done urgently. Bill went upstairs for an oxygen tank. His colleagues signaled to Susan that she should hold her breath and open the salon door. She understood. But it turned out differently. The door opened, but a lifeless body in a fancy cocktail dress floated out. She still took water into her lungs. The count went by seconds. Bill picked up the woman and rushed to the surface. And did it! The doctor on the boat literally pulled Susan from the other world.
Wing mechanic
1995, May 27 - during the tactical maneuvers of the MiG-17, having left the runway, got stuck in the mud, ground service mechanic Pyotr Gorbanev, together with his comrades, rushed to the rescue.
By joint efforts, the plane was able to push to the GDP. Freed from the mud, the MiG began to quickly pick up speed and a minute later took to the air, "grabbing" the mechanic, who was bent around the front of the wing by the air flow.
While climbing, the fighter pilot felt that the plane was behaving strangely. Looking around, he saw a foreign object on the wing. The flight took place at night, and therefore it was not possible to consider it. From the ground they gave advice to shake off the "foreign object" by maneuvering.
At this time, the silhouette on the wing seemed very human-like to the pilot, so he requested permission to land. The plane landed at 23:27, having been in the air for about half an hour.
All this time, Gorbanev was conscious on the wing of a fighter - he was firmly held by the oncoming air flow. After landing, they found out that the mechanic got off with a strong fright and a fracture of two ribs.
In the arms of a tornado
Rene Truta survived after a terrible hurricane lifted her 240 m into the air and 12 minutes later lowered her 18 km from home. As a result of an incredible adventure, the unfortunate woman lost one ear, broke her arm, lost all her hair and received many minor wounds.
“Everything happened so quickly that it seems to me that it was a dream,” Rene said after being discharged from the hospital on May 27, 1997. I was posing for the camera, and then something picked me up like a dry leaf. There was a noise like from a freight train. I found myself in the air. Dirt, debris, sticks hit my body, and I felt a sharp pain in my right ear. I was lifted higher and higher, and I lost consciousness.
When René Truta woke up, she was lying on top of a hill 18 km from home. From above, a freshly plowed strip of land sixty meters wide was visible - this was the tornado "worked".
Police said no one else in the area was hurt by the tornado. As it turned out, such cases have already happened. 1984 - near Frankfurt am Main (Germany), a tornado lifted 64 schoolchildren (!) into the air and lowered them unharmed 100 meters from the take-off site.
great hover
The yogi hung on eight hooks, hooked to the skin of his back and legs, for a whole 87 days - for a normal workout.
Bhopal yogi Ravi Varanasi hung himself quite deliberately, right in front of an astonished audience. And when, three months later, he moved from a hanging position to a standing position, he began to perform a set of physical exercises as if nothing had happened.
During the "great hover" Ravi Varanasi was one meter above the ground. To increase the effect, the students pierced the skin on his hands and tongue with needles. All this time, the yogi ate quite moderately - a handful of rice and a cup of water during the day. It hung in a structure resembling a tent - during rain, a tarpaulin was thrown over a wooden frame. Ravi willingly communicated with the public and was under the supervision of the German doctor Horst Groning.
“After hanging, he remained in great physical shape,” says Dr. Groning. “It is a pity that science still does not know the methodology of self-hypnosis, which is used by yoga to stop bleeding and relieve pain.”
Girl - night lamp
Nguyen Thi Nga is a resident of the small village of Anthong, Hoan An County, in Binh Dinh Province (Vietnam). Until recently, both the village itself and Nguyen did not differ in anything special - the village is like a village, a girl is like a girl - she went to school, helped her parents, picked oranges and lemons with her friends on the surrounding plantations.
But 3 years ago, when Nguyen went to bed, her body began to glow brightly, as if phosphorescent. A huge halo enveloped the head, and golden-yellow rays began to emanate from the arms, legs and torso. In the morning they took the girl to the healers. They did some manipulations - but nothing helped. Then the parents took their daughter to Saigon, to the hospital. Nguyen was taken for examination, but no abnormalities were found in his health.
It is not known how this story could have ended if Nguyen had not been examined by the well-known healer Thang in those parts. He asked if the glow bothered her. She replied that no, but only the incomprehensible fact that happened on the second day of the new year according to the lunar calendar worries.
“The most favorable time for the grace of the Almighty,” the healer reassured her. - At this time, God rewards according to merit. And if you haven’t earned anything yet, then you still deserve it.”
Nguyen regained his peace of mind. But the glow remains...
Giantess from Krasnokutsk
Giants are rare in the world: for 1,000 people there are 3-5 with a height of more than 190 centimeters. The growth of Liza Lysko, who lived in the last century, goes far beyond this limit ...
Lisa's parents - residents of the provincial town of Krasnokutsk, Bogodukhovsky district, Kharkov province - were of small stature. The family had 7 children. No one, except Lisa, was no different from her peers. Until the age of three, she grew up as an ordinary child, but on the fourth she began to grow, one might say, by leaps and bounds. At the age of seven, she competed with adult women in weight and height, and by the age of 16 she was 226.2 cm tall and weighed 128 kg.
For a giantess, it would seem that more food is needed, and her other requirements are different compared to an ordinary person. But Lisa did not observe anything of the kind. She had a moderate appetite, sleep and behavior - the same as in ordinary people.
The uncle, who replaced Liza's deceased father, began to travel with her around Russia and other countries, demonstrating her as a miracle of nature. Lisa was beautiful, smart and quite developed. During her travels, she learned to speak German and English, and received her secondary education. In Germany, it was examined by the famous professor Rudolf Virchow. He predicted that she should grow another 13 inches (57.2 cm)! The further fate of Liza Lysko is unknown. Was the professor's prediction justified?
living microscope
When conducting an experiment, a piece of meat and a leaf of a plant were placed in front of 29-year-old artist Jody Ostroit. Nearby stood an ordinary electron microscope. Jody studied the objects with the naked eye for a couple of minutes, then took a sheet of paper and depicted their internal structure. Then the researchers could approach the microscope and make sure that the artist zoomed in, but did not distort the essence of the depicted in any way.
“It didn’t come to me right away,” Jody says. - At first, for some reason, I began to scrupulously draw the texture of various objects - trees, furniture, animals. After that, I began to notice that I see much smaller details that are elusive to the ordinary eye. Skeptics say I use a microscope. But where can I get an electron microscope?!”.
Jody Ostroit sees the smallest cells of matter, photographs them, as it were, and then transfers them to paper with ultra-thin brushes and a pencil. And here you have a thin “photo” of a rabbit spleen or eucalyptus cytoplasm ...
“It would be better if my gift went to some scientist. Why is he to me? So far, my pictures are being sold out, but the fashion for them will pass. Although I see deeper than any professor, but only in the literal sense of the word ... ".
Hair in the stomach
Tammy Melhouse, 22, was taken to a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona with severe abdominal pain. Barely had time, a little more - and the girl would have died. And then the surgeons removed a huge ... hairball from the digestive tract.
Tammy admitted that when she is nervous, she chews her hair: “I didn’t even notice how I did it, I just automatically bit off and swallowed. Gradually they accumulated in the stomach. I lost my appetite a long time ago, and then wild pains began. ”
X-ray showed the presence of some large figurative education. The operation to remove the ball lasted 4 hours, and a few days later Tammy was discharged home.
Captain behind the windshield
June 10, 1990 - Tim Lancaster, captain of a BAC 1-11 Series 528FL airliner, survived after a long stay outside his aircraft at an altitude of about 5,000 m.
Wearing a seat belt is important not only for car drivers: British Airways BAC 1-11 commander Tim Lancaster will probably remember this elementary safety rule forever after June 10, 1990.
Driving the liner at an altitude of 5,273 m, Tim Lancaster relaxed his seat belt. Shortly after that, the windshield of the airliner burst. The captain immediately flew out through the opening, and was pressed with his back to the fuselage of the aircraft from the outside.
The pilot's legs got stuck between the yoke and control panel, and the cockpit door torn off by the airflow landed on the radio and navigation panel, shattering it.
Flight attendant Nigel Ogden, who was in the cockpit, did not lose his head and firmly grabbed the captain by the legs. The co-pilot managed to land the plane only after 22 minutes, all this time the captain of the plane was outside.
The flight attendant holding Lancaster believed that he was dead, but did not let go, as he was afraid that the body would get into the engine and it would burn out, reducing the aircraft's chances of a safe landing.
After landing, it was found out that Tim was alive, doctors diagnosed him with bruises, as well as fractures of his right hand, a finger on his left hand and his right wrist. After 5 months, Lancaster again sat at the helm.
Steward Nigel Ogden escaped with a dislocated shoulder, frostbite on his face and left eye.
12 short stories that can impress everyone to the core and break all stereotypes about what you are really capable of.
Let the heroes of our today's post serve as an example of what a person who has a goal and is rapidly moving towards it is really capable of. Using the examples of the stories presented below, we will show that nothing is impossible, and if a person is freed from limiting attitudes, then new horizons of opportunities open up before him.
The main thing is not to doubt yourself and discover your true path and find a purpose in life.
How sports helped a disabled person with cerebral palsy to become the champion of Kazakhstan in bodybuilding.
Doctors diagnosed Andrey Krylkov with cerebral palsy (CP) at the age of 3 and warned his parents that he had no more than 1-2 years to live. But, thanks to maternal efforts and classes with his son according to the method of Valentin Dikul, Andrei began to walk at the age of five. When he was 18 years old, he decided to change something in his life and in himself, and seriously went in for sports. Unfortunately, there were no gyms in Koltogan village (South Kazakhstan region).
However, an ordinary rural peasant did not despair. Well, even if he is a disabled person of the 1st group, who did not have the opportunity to go to the gym. Instead, Andryukha converted the garage into a gym. I made a homemade barbell and after long and hard training, I won my first gold medal at the 20th Kazakhstan Bodybuilding Championship.
285 kg David Smith lost 186 kg on his own, starting to play sports and adhering to a healthy diet.
At 26, it was difficult for David to walk even 200 meters on his own, because the guy was obese and weighed 285 kg. He did not want to continue to remain with such a weight, but he did not want to go under the knife either.
This story is a wonderful example of how a man set a goal for himself. And that's it. And without any drugs and surgical interventions, David independently lost 186 kg in four years. Adhering to, paying attention to physical exercises, he brought up an iron will in himself, and an irresistible desire to lose weight became the basis of his grandiose reincarnation.
The 83-year-old pensioner earned 500,000 euros on the stock exchange. But this is not the limit!
Pensioner Ingeborg Mootz lives in the small German town of Giessen. She lives in a small apartment with old furniture, modest food stocks in the refrigerator, but with a big goal.
Despite her humble existence, Mootz is one of the hard-core stock market speculators, having earned €500,000 buying/selling securities. But this is not the main goal. Grandma wants to earn - MILLION! Yes, it didn’t seem to you, it was precisely a million euros that her goal was, and the pensioner is rapidly moving towards it, not intending to stop there.
Mark Goffeny and his unusual history of playing the guitar.
He began his musical journey by playing the trombone in the school brass band. But, over time, he took up the guitar, as it is a popular and romantic musical instrument. His patience and perseverance, which is so lacking for millions of those who want to learn how to play the guitar, led Mark to write a solo album, after which he became the leader of the Big Toe musical group, in which he plays to this day.
A simple, at first glance, story about a man who breaks through life, if not for one fact that Mark Goffeny is a guitarist without hands...
48 adopted children of Alexandra Derevskaya.
48 orphans - that's how many Alexandra managed to bring up to adulthood in the post-war years. In the total number of children there were 65, but their mother did not live to see their 18th birthday. Alexandra Avramovna is known and remembered by several hundred of her descendants in subsequent generations: grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren. Since the day of her death, once every 5 years, all the children, most of whom are already gray-haired, and their descendants, come to the wake in the city of Romny (Ukraine, Sumy region), where their life began with their mother-heroine, who gave them shelter, instead of cold and cruel orphanages.
Many books and films have been written about the large Derevsky family.
The story of a veteran who turned the "river back" in 10 years and saved the village from flooding.
When, with the onset of spring, the Bolshoy Ik River, which flows near the village of Nazarkino (Republic of Bashkortostan), abruptly changed its direction and headed for the village, sweeping away houses and a cemetery in front of it. The villagers did nothing. They only began to approach the new border of the coast, taking off their hats and saying nothing. Except one.
At the age of 62, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, as well as a disabled person Goryanin Sergey Kuzmich, took up a seemingly impossible task for himself. At first, he fought off the thresholds of the deputies of the village council. Then he went to Moscow and talked about the problem with the river. But when he realized that he could not wait for help, he began to act independently. With the onset of the next spring, he set off with a bayonet shovel to dig a trench so that the riverbed moved away from the village.
Despite the ridicule of those around him, tirelessly, from dawn until late in the evening, he dug all the way through the whole season until October. And now, after a long 10 years, a trench 550 meters long, 4 meters deep and one meter wide was ready. Since then, Big Ik no longer approached the village, but flows nearby.
Chinese Zhang Yin has become a dollar billionaire in recycling.
The Chinese businesswoman earned her three billion dollars by carefully studying landfills and industrial waste disposal points both in China and in the United States. Despite the opinion of businessmen and officials about a woman as a weak creature, Zhang managed to build a very profitable business in the recycling of waste paper.
One day she came to get a job with a businessman who, in a conversation with her, mentioned the following words: “The difference is that roundwood is expensive, cut wood is difficult to restore, and used paper is everywhere. It is not needed by anyone and costs almost nothing. Discarded paper can be recycled and reused, receiving money for products made from this material. This process is continuous.
From that moment on, unemployed Zhan began to travel the roads of China and the United States, buying up all the old landfills for next to nothing. She then shipped all the recycled paper she collected to China. In China, it was processed into paper for packaging Chinese goods and sent back to the United States.
Zhan now has more than one pulp processing company, run by her family members and worth an estimated $3.5 billion.
How Jean Claude Van Damme Diligently Went to Success
A young Belgian in 1981 buys a ticket to Los Angeles. With no money or language skills in the City of Angels, he starts from the bottom: a pizza vendor. Changing job after job, he did not stop hitting the thresholds of producers and endlessly attending auditions. And in the end, fortune turned to face him. It all started from deep childhood, when Van Damme dreamed of becoming a Hollywood "star". At the age of 7, his parents sent him to a ballet dance school, and at twelve he left ballet and went into karate. At the age of 20, he becomes the absolute champion of Europe. And now, for the sake of his dream, he throws everything, and it turns out, not in vain.
You should have seen how Jean Claude Van Damme managed.
How a young father made money on a BMW in 30 days
Young Dmitry Toporov married and became a father. A low-paying job, irregular wage payments, a rented apartment, and a small child are all good reasons to think about a better life. And then one day, before the holiday on March 8, he ends up in the hospital with an acute form of appendicitis.
After anesthesia, he found himself in a shabby lime room, where he had a lot of time to think about further goals that would allow him to get out of this hole. Gaining courage, things got better for him. Dmitry took on a business selling a batch of blankets from Uzbekistan in Kazakhstan, which brought him the first amount, which would be enough for three cars. Of these, he allocated part for the purchase of one - the same BMW and changed his life for the better.
As he himself put it: "Without a goal, there is no achievement".
Without hands does not mean helpless
Australian Nick Vuychich was born without legs and arms. At the age of 8, he wanted to commit suicide by drowning himself in a bathtub. However, he did not. He was stopped by the thought that his parents love him. They loved their son and tried in every possible way to alleviate his suffering. Nick has a semblance of a foot, thanks to which he learned to walk. In addition, he can jump into the water and swim, ride a skateboard, write, use a computer. He fishes, plays golf, surfs. He has a beautiful wife and a little son.
Today Nick Vuychich is a world famous motivational speaker, he travels around the cities and speaks in schools, prisons, nursing homes, giving people hope and faith in the future.
At 47, the British Susan Boyle revealed her talent to the world.
Even at birth, her unfortunate fate was predetermined. Suzy was born with a birth injury and grew up to be a rather ugly girl, which caused her problems in school and she did poorly in school, avoiding ridicule and humiliation about her appearance. Soon her parents also died and she was left all alone: unemployed and unpromising. But now, at the age of 47, still without work, she decides to take part in the British program "Britain's Got Talent" ("Britain is looking for talents", after which she expects a stunning success, millions of views on YouTube in the first day, conquered hearts viewers and the close attention of the press to her personality, as unattractive as she herself thought.
Professor Randy Pausch bequeathed his dreams to "last lecture"
After a disappointing and fatal diagnosis of cancer, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, having learned that he had no more than two months to live, gave his last lecture. With his lecture, he touched the hearts of students, and then millions with his story about childhood dreams, about life and love. That you can't waste a second of your life in vain. This lecture has become a real manifesto of life that everyone should hear.
Don't decide to travel? In this case, let the beautiful and eventful serve as your motivator.
