Ep. 34: I Will Survive

About this episode

This episode features stories of survival against extraordinary odds, highlighting the resilience of individuals in life-threatening situations.

Not every case ends in darkness. This week, Crystal and Andrea bring you something a little different: stories of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances, and the sheer, stubborn will it took to make it out alive. We're covering Juliane Koepcke, the 17-year-old who fell two miles from a lightning-struck plane on Christmas Eve and walked out of the Peruvian Amazon eleven days later. Then there's Harrison Okene, a cook on a Nigerian tugboat who survived sixty hours at the bottom of the ocean in nothing but his underwear, breathing from a single pocket of air while rescue divers came expecting only bodies. And finally, Mauro Prosperi, an Italian ultramarathon runner who got swallowed by a Saharan sandstorm mid-race and turned up nine days later in Algeria, nearly 200 miles off course. Three different disasters. Three impossible odds. Three people who refused to stop moving. These are the ones who made it, and the science, the grit, and the grace behind how.

People in this episode

Hosts: Crystal, Andrea

Topics covered

• survival stories
• extraordinary circumstances
• true crime
• human resilience
• disasters
• incredible odds

Keywords

• survival
• Juliane Koepcke
• Harrison Okene
• Mauro Prosperi
• true crime
• extraordinary circumstances
• disasters

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Peruvian Amazon, Nigerian, Saharan, Algeria

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