2006-08-27 03:34:10 · 13 answers · asked by pr89 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Being attacked on the el platform in chicago by a rapist on drugs...luckily a train pulled in before he was able to get me off the platform.
2006-08-27 03:44:16 · answer #1 · answered by Mrs. Strain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't recall, but my most fun moment was falling from FL350 (nominally, 35,000 ft), sideways in a C-141B at (or slightly over) Vdne to an 1100-ft MSL recovery (which was about 250 ft AGL) in just over 1 minute. I was part of the team repairing the plane while we were falling.
Our average speed for the *descent* (not forward speed) was 335 mph! The flight engineer was stuck to the starboard inner wall of the cargo area; his feet were about 1 foot off the floor. I don't recall how many "g" we pulled on recovery (I couldn't lift my head, and it was hard to breathe), but WOW it was a total rush!
The copilot lost it completely during the fall, but the pilot had ice water in his veins. The FE was talking so fast it sounded like gibberish. I was embarassed for the frozen copilot; had it not been for the pilot's steel nerves, we would have punched a serious hole in the earth.
I wish there was a way to do stuff like that on a regular basis, but if you know you're gonna be okay, it kinda takes all the thrill out of it: it's only fun as long as (a) there's reason to doubt the outcome, and (b) your actions and/or inactions directly influence the outcome.
Hurricane Andrew had me airborne in my car (which obviously wasn't designed to fly), and that was a little scary.
OMG -- I just remembered my scariest moment: I was a teen snorkeling off the coast of Florida and observing a blue shark swimming in and out of my range of vision, getting a little closer to me each time. Several other sharks appeared, then quickly disappeared -- but as they left, they seemed to be fighting amongst themselves (I never determined why).
I was with a pal and we were swimming out to an island about 5-6 miles offshore; we had made about half the distance and we lost sight of land. Neither of us had navaids, but my pal was an experienced diver familiar with the area. Unfortunately, we got separated, and I couldn't find him.
Meanwhile, the largest of the sharks I'd seen (about 3 times as long as I am tall) kept appearing and disappearing as it swam under me, each time getting a little closer to me. At that point, I'm just trying to keep my cool and think my way out of the situation.
The shark had just swum by about 10 feet below me, and was out of my visual range when my pal found me and elected to get my attention by poking his finger in the middle of my back. I came unglued! For a split second, I was sure I was being eaten!
And I nearly drowned (which really sucked) before I got my wits back. We decided to return to the mainland, as the remaining daylight wouldn't have afforded us the opportunity to complete the round trip before nightfall.
2006-08-27 11:17:37 · answer #2 · answered by wireflight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dad Got T-boned by a 4 wheeler
2006-08-27 03:39:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Waiting for an illness check up result
Still on medication though but still having night mares abt it
Well thats life as shown in www.thesurvivormovie.com whereby at times journey of our life is detour. I m not a cancer patient though.
2006-08-27 03:39:32 · answer #4 · answered by angelinecja 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow! i'm happy your ok. i develop into at Dorney Park in Pennsylvania on a curler coaster, "Rolling Thunder" very previous and rickety coaster. i develop into in ask your self literaly the completed holiday and while it stopped i could no longer get the bar up and that i develop into terrified that i develop into going to could desire to take the holiday returned.
2016-12-11 16:09:52 · answer #5 · answered by allateef 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the container whith gasoline (4 level high) exploud it! I was 500 m away!
2006-08-27 03:38:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bring up my 4 teenagers children.Hope for the best attitude
2006-08-27 03:41:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being in a house in Ireland with a member of the IRA!!!..and I'm ENGLISH..bad..very,very bad.I hadn't realised it until it was (nearly) too late
2006-08-27 03:42:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Climbing into a UH1-E helicopter carrying an arm, no body attached to it, just and arm.
2006-08-27 03:42:27 · answer #9 · answered by Albannach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when I learned that not congressman dan burton had deluded himself with the notion that I was raping his grand daughter, simply b/c I wrote letters to the editor he didn't like, I was so terror-stricken I wrote the fbi and ss. I was at purdue at the time. the ss assured me I was safe and gave me 500 dollars to shut me up. and I have; until now. responses/queries welcome.
2006-08-27 03:40:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋