Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean
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Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean
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#2An inspiring story and one of the worst near death experiences I could imagine. Waiting to starve to death, bleed to death or drown in salt water while at the mercy of the ocean sounds terrifying.
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#3OK 75 is a lot, but for an almost as harrowing first person account, listen to the interview with Brett Archibald about surviving 28 hours after falling off a cruise ship:
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#4Good read of someone using his wits to survive falling off of a fishing boat: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/magazine/a-speck-in-the-s...
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#5Why do people attempt suicide after this sort of ordeal? Is there any reasoning or studies that talk about this?
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#6Why do people attempt suicide after this sort of ordeal? Is there any reasoning or studies that talk about this?
Most of the suicides are committed when a person starts believing suicide is the only way out. When a person has lost all reasons to live, and when he thinks there is nothing he can do, then he concludes suicide could be the only next natural act under his control.
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#7Why do people attempt suicide after this sort of ordeal? Is there any reasoning or studies that talk about this?
After? I read it as during. That may be just another way of saying he considered giving up hope (I can’t find the article online, but I think it is more likely he considered stopping to try and maintain fetal position than slicing his wrists, for example)
From what I read, keeping up hope is a huge factor in survival.
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#8This reminds me about Stanislav Kurilov [1], who successfully escaped USSR by jumping off the cruise ship with a snorkeling mask and swimming for the following 2.5 days towards Philippines.
He wrote an interesting book called "Alone In The Ocean" [2] where he described his endeavor.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Kurilov
[2]: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HYLLOZ2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...
Re: Surviving 75 hours alone in the ocean
#9This reminds me about Stanislav Kurilov [1], who successfully escaped USSR by jumping off the cruise ship with a snorkeling mask and swimming for the following 2.5 days towards Philippines. He wrote an interesting book called "Alone In The Ocean" [2] where he described his endeavor. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Kurilov [2]: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HYLLOZ2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...
Reminded me of the Icelandic man who survived a shipwreck and several hours in ice cold waters:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%C3%B0laugur_Fri%C3%B0%C3%BE...
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#10A gripping book along the same lines is "Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0042JSNQI/