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luke · Post by **luke** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:27 am

CCTV captures the moment a drunk woman falls into the path of an oncoming train... and walks away uninjured

This is the chilling video that captures a drunk woman's brush with death after she fell on to the tracks of an underground station into the path of an oncoming train. CCTV images capture the woman falling off the platform onto the tracks before horrified bystanders at Boston's North Station shortly before 11pm on Friday night. As the lights of a train can be seen approaching, the bystanders can be seen frantically waving to the driver in a desperate attempt to get her to stop.

The woman lies motionless on the tracks, apparently having temporarily passed out. But the female driver of the train reacts instinctively, wrenching her emergency hand brake. The train comes to a sickening halt - partly over the motionless body of the drunk woman. Half a second later she leaps out from underneath the train and clambers up the side of the platform.

Train driver Charice Lewis, 27, said that, incredibly, the woman was smiling. 'I'm like, Oh my God, you really scared me,' she said as she recounted the chilling moments for reporters. It was so close, I thought it was not good.'

Incredibly, the woman escaped with just scraped knees. Not only did she narrowly escape being run over, she also narrowly escaped being electrocuted, as CCTV footage showed her foot coming dangerously close to the electrified third rail of the tracks. The woman, who has not been identified, told police she had been drinking for several hours before. She was taken to hospital for evaluation.

Ms Lewis was honoured for her quick thinking in the drama yesterday, receiving an award from Boston transport officials and a congratulatory phone call from the governor. One bystander told the Boston Globe she had locked eyes with the woman as she fell onto the tracks. 'It looked like it was not going to end well,' she said.

minterdan · Post by **minterdan** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:09 pm

Post by **faceless** » Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:19 am

Man sits on a dead whale in the middle of shark feeding frenzy
An Australian man has been photographed sitting on a dead whale while it was being eaten by tiger sharks in an attempt to dispel myths about the predators.
11 Dec 2009

Leon Deschamps, 32, said he wants to show that the sharks are not merely blood thirsty killing machines and was prepared to put his own life at risk to prove it. The conservationist from Shark Bay in Western Australia - said people perceive all sharks to be the same and that tiger sharks are victims as a result.

"We fear tiger sharks because we do not understand them," he said. "They are lumped into the same group as great whites and bull sharks, just because they are a type of shark, but their feeding and predation habits are completely different. We must be more species specific when we talk about sharks. I want to bring the animals into the public arena, educate people so that they know they are not blood thirsty killing machines. Tiger sharks are not constantly aggressive. And now people can see that, after I threw myself into the middle of a feeding frenzy.

He added: "Feeding is a time when they are supposed to be at their most ferocious. But I think they quite enjoyed me stroking their noses. They are like a pet dog. You can share beautiful, incredible interaction with them, but if you do not show them respect, even a pit bull can rip you to shreds.

Deschamps insists the stunt was spur of the moment and strongly warns people not to attempt the same feat. He said: "I heard about the whale carcass from fishermen coming back to shore. Me and some friends travelled through the night on a Catamaran and arrived early the next day. We were the first to arrive and saw the sharks in a eating frenzy. It was totally spur of the moment but I knew it was incredibly safe. It was because it was not a planned event that made it so special. You must remember the whale was grounded, beached in about one metre of water. I was stable. Great whites can jump and will do so to get their prey. Tiger sharks don't. It was the safest time I would ever get to touch these animals during feeding. I wasn't scared because I have educated myself about the animal. It was an amazing experience, a once in a lifetime opportunity and wild horses would not have stopped me from doing it."

A spokesman for Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation warned that touching whales was illegal and people were not to interfere with sharks because of the risk of attack. He said of the stunt: “This is highly irresponsible and dangerous behaviour and puts people’s lives at risk.”

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Spur of the moment? Last time I did something on the spur of the moment it was to decide between a peperoni and a quattro formaggio pizza (I picked the peperoni).

Post by **faceless** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:33 pm

Three men dodge death after their helicopter crash lands on the edge of a canyon ridge... two feet from a one mile drop
By Richard Shears
28th January 2010

Just a few more yards and a helicopter which crashed on the edge of a cliff would have plunged a mile into a canyon killing the three men on board. But they survived the ridge-top crash and were more than grateful that they had come down where they had, rather than toppled over to what would have been certain death.

The crew of an ambulance helicopter which arrived at the scene, on the border of New South Wales. The ambulance helicopter had been on a call to a remote area following erroneous reports that another chopper had crashed in the area. To their amazement, they saw a helicopter right on the edge of the precipice.

The three men, aged in their 30s and 40s, were spotted alive and uninjured near the helicopter which had come down in the Mount Barney National Park. They had to be winched from the crash site and were then taken to a police station to give officers an account of the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The Chopperline flight training company said later that one of its helicopters with three people on board had been involved. 'No-one was injured in the incident,' the company said in a statement. 'Authorities are investigating and we can make no further comment.'

Mr Innes Larkin, co-owner of a nearby mountain lodge, said he heard the helicopter flying around during the morning but thought it was an official aircraft being used by authorities as they planned to burn off surplus vegetation in the area. 'But then it disappeared and then we heard more choppers buzzing,' said Mr Innes. 'I thought that maybe it was the same chopper back again. I didn't hear a crash but heard them buzzing around.'

He said Mount Barney National Park was a beautiful area and popular with bushwalkers and nature-lovers. 'It's spectacular from a helicopter, but not one that crashes. It would have been a tricky rescue.' Martin Hanna, the pilot of the rescue helicopter, said: 'I thought it was quite amazing the helicopter stayed perched where it was. They've landed on rock on the side and walked away almost without a scratch. If they had been another ten yards to the north they would have gone straight down,' he said. 'It wouldn't have taken much for severe injuries or death if they had gone down either side of that ridgeline.'

The pilot of the crashed helicopter told rescuers that they had been conducting some kind of mountain training. 'He thought there was some sort of mechanical problem and all he could do was put it down on the right side,' said Mr Hanna. 'The pilot had done everything right. I was quite amazed. I have never seen anything like that and had people with virtually no injuries.'

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Why the headline says '2ft' from disaster I've no idea... but still, quite a story!

Post by **faceless** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:37 am

Nature lover lost in North Sea saved by woman who spotted his camera flashing... 350 miles away
3rd February 2010

A German man owes his life to a woman who rescued him from 350 miles away – thanks to his camera. The man lost on a frozen stretch of the North Sea was facing almost certain death when he flashed his camera in the hope that someone might be out watching the same beautiful sunset he had set out to witness. Luckily the camera flash off the coast of St. Peter-Ording near the Danish border was witnessed by a female nature lover sitting in front of her computer in the Westerwald region near the Rhine hundreds of miles away in southern Germany.

She was monitoring a camera set up on the beach to record the vivid sunset. Seeing the camera flashes she alerted local police who in turn sent through an emergency call that resulted in a patrol rescuing the man as temperatures plunged to -20c. Police spokeswoman Kristin Stielow said: 'He was walking on the ice, got disoriented and would probably have either fallen through the ice or succumbed to the cold. He was very lucky that this lady was sharing the same natural phenomenon but from the warmth and safety of her own home.'

The man in his 40s was treated for mild exposure after his ordeal. He is planning a visit to the woman he owes his life to when he has recovered.

Post by **faceless** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:19 pm

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Massive autobahn pile-up in Bavaria
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Police in Bavaria reported that up to 170 vehicles were involved in a massive accident on the A8 motorway on Friday morning, as a spring snowstorm and thick fog created dangerous road conditions throughout the southern state.

The cars and trucks were unable to avoid the pile-up, which spanned a one-kilometre stretch of the motorway near Augsburg around 7 am, police said. Major delays were expected as authorities shut down both directions of the autobahn for clean-up. The closure means those heading into the state’s capital of Munich on that road will have to find an alternate route.

One eyewitness said the scene was “absolute chaos” and looked like a junkyard. “We had very bad visibility, ice was not the main cause of the accidents,” a police officer said. Police reported that about 80 people were hurt in the accident, 17 of whom were transported to nearby hospitals for severe injuries. Almost 200 rescuers were on hand and set up heated tents to conduct medical exams and treat the wounded.

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Only 17 people being severely injured is amazing for such a big mess.

Post by **faceless** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:45 am

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My terror at being shunted sideways along motorway at 60mph by 'oblivious' tanker driver
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One moment, Rona Williams was driving along the motorway thinking about her forthcoming day at work as a vet. The next, she was being shunted sideways at 60mph, trapped beneath the front bumper of a tanker whose driver did not even notice she was there. Her terrifying ordeal was captured on film by a passenger in another car on the A1(M) near Leeds and has been viewed millions of times since it was posted on YouTube last week.

The Mail has tracked down 31-year-old Mrs Williams to her home in York, and she revealed her ordeal was just as terrifying as it looked. As her Renault Clio was pushed along, she screamed: 'I'm going to die, I'm going to die.' Mrs Williams had just joined the motorway ten minutes away from her surgery in Garforth when her car was apparently clipped by the lorry and ended up under its bumper. 'I just felt a knock and then I was travelling sideways – twisted 90 degrees clockwise,' she said.

She yanked on her handbrake, sounded her horn and flashed her hazard lights, but to no avail. 'I kept thinking, "Nobody knows I'm here. Nobody has seen me",' she said. 'I tried everything. I was watching other cars, thinking, "Help me, just help me" – but they didn't seem to be doing very much.' Terrified the lorry was going to ram her into the crash barrier, Mrs Williams grabbed her mobile phone from her handbag.

'I wasn't on hands-free, but I figured I wasn't really driving the car,' she said. 'I just screamed at the operator, "I'm going to die, I'm going to die! Can you do something?" 'She tried to calm me down but there wasn't really anything she could do at the end of the phone.'

Mercifully, almost a minute after her ordeal had begun, the lorry driver apparently spotted her. 'Suddenly he was all over the road,' she said. 'Finally he managed to manoeuvre us safely on to the hard shoulder.' After she came to a stop she immediately phoned her husband Rob, 32 – also a vet – to tell him: 'You're not going to believe what's just happened.'

The lorry driver opened her door and asked if she was all right. 'He didn't seem overly concerned,' she said. 'He even asked if I thought he needed to hang around!' Mrs Williams said she politely suggested he did, and within minutes police had arrived and they swapped insurance details.

Mrs Williams says she is now nervous about taking the motorway but is impressed that her Clio survived with only a dented side and damaged tyres The YouTube clip has prompted police to reopen an investigation into the accident and the driver, from Cheshire-based Arclid Transport, has been suspended.

Mrs Williams says she is now nervous about taking the motorway but is impressed that her Clio survived with only a dented side and damaged tyres. 'It must be a tough little car.'

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I'd imagine that would have been a touch scary right enough!

Post by **faceless** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:35 pm

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Teenager survives 10-inch knife through skull after computer row
A teenager gave medics a surprise when he walked into casualty with a 10-inch knife stuck right through in his skull - after a row over computer games.[/align]
Xiao Wei, 16, was attacked when he fell out with a gang of thugs at an internet cafe he worked at in Mishazi, northeast China, after clocking up a high score on his favourite game, Counter Strike.
He was left with a razor sharp kitchen knife plunged through his left temple and the half-inch tip of the blade emerging from his right temple.

Amazed medics watched him stagger into casualty at the 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University, being held up by his pals. 'We thought it was some sort of student prank until they got closer and he collapsed,' said one.

But surgeons - who took two hours to remove the blade - say Wei is likely to make a full recovery. Neurosurgery deputy director Professor Yan Shijun explained: 'His face was covered in blood, but he was still conscious. I've never seen anything like it in 23 years as a surgeon. The X-rays and CAT scans confirmed that the blade had not hit any main arteries or nerves. But the patient may have post-surgery complications like infections, brain damage or epileptic fits. But he has regained consciousness and is really lucky,' he added.

Pal Huang Shen, 18, says he and Wei were attacked when a local gang tried to force Wei to load some unauthorised software onto the cafe's computers. 'I'd been stabbed in my left arm, and when they had gone, I found Wei was lying on the ground with a knife in his head,' he recalled. Police are now examining surveillance camera footage of the attack.

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luke · Post by **luke** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:06 pm

Arctic Survey team escape disaster after ice cracks under their tent

This is the dramatic moment a British team of scientists had a miraculous escape during an Arctic surveying expedition - when a huge ice crack opened - beneath their tents.

The three member Catlin Arctic Survey is at the North Pole doing an annual survey to assess the effects of climate change - and has narrowly avoided calamity.

The team members Ann Daniels, Martin Hartley and Charlie Paton were camping on the ice pan when it started to break up.

Don't look down: The giant crack opened beneath the tents of a British team of scientists during an Arctic surveying expedition

Charlie Paton said: 'We heard a crack, a few bangs and then suddenly the ice started to break apart.

'It all happened very quickly and was unlike anything I've experienced before.'

His colleague Ann Daniels added: 'It happened during breakfast so the tent was full of equipment and our sledges were outside.

'We had to decide quickly which side of the crack we were going to try and stay on and quickly rescue all of the kit to ensure no lasting damage was sustained.'

Luckily nothing was broken in the incident,although the explorers were left a little shaken.

Martin Hartley explained: 'We're at least a week away from resupplying so it would have been disastrous to lose anything at this stage of the expedition.

'In fact the thought of being left without a tent in this extreme environment makes me shiver more than I already am.'

A spokesman for the expedition added: 'This is just another example of the chaotic ice conditions the team has faced since the start of the expedition.

'But they are determined to continue their journey north, collecting the seawater samples vital to scientists understanding of the impact increasing atmospheric CO2 may be having on our oceans.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldne ... -tent.html

Post by **faceless** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:17 pm

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Mercedes left dangling after smashing through wall
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That's some pretty shoddy building work! It doesn't even look as if the back lights have been broken...

Post by **faceless** » Mon May 03, 2010 5:38 am

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Post by **faceless** » Wed May 05, 2010 4:22 pm

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HIS horrific picture shows a SIX-YEAR-OLD Chinese lad dangling by his EARS eight storeys above a bustling street. Passers-by were stunned when they heard little Ming Ming's terrified screams and looked up to see him hanging by his head. The only thing stopping the lad from plunging to his death was the fact his head was wedged between two window bars.

Horrified neighbours in Yichang, Hubei Province, could only watch as emergency services raced to the scene. They eventually arrived and managed to use a hydraulic pressure expander to force the bars apart and pull Ming Ming back into his apartment.

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Post by **faceless** » Fri May 14, 2010 1:30 pm

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A few more packed lunches over the years and he might not have been so lucky!

Post by **faceless** » Fri May 14, 2010 2:52 pm

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"There was a cunt with his arse out!"

Post by **faceless** » Tue May 18, 2010 12:14 am

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The story that was with this pic said that the driver flew 30ft over a river and landed in this barge... but it looks more like it landed on the barge from the pierside to me.

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