[LeBeau]

The will to survive can produce amazing stories out of complete disasters. Luck can also play a huge role, but regardless, many of these stories are still very inspirational.

Post up your favourites in this thread, here's a recent one to start off:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/1...0320130612

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Nigerian cook survives 2 days under sea in shipwreck air bubble

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Ship’s cook Okene, 29, was on board the Jascon-4 tugboat when it capsized on May 26 due to heavy Atlantic ocean swells around 30 km off the coast of Nigeria, while stabilizing an oil tanker filling up at a Chevron platform.

Of the 12 people on board, divers recovered 10 dead bodies while a remaining crew member has not been found.

Somehow Okene survived, breathing inside a four-foot high bubble of air as it shrunk in the waters slowly rising from the ceiling of the tiny toilet and adjoining bedroom where he sought refuge, until two South African divers eventually rescued him.

“I was there in the water in total darkness just thinking it’s the end. I kept thinking the water was going to fill up the room but it did not,” Okene said, parts of his skin peeling away after days soaking in the salt water.