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The World’s (Un)Luckiest Man

The World's (Un)Luckiest Man

This a quite simply one of the most amazing stories I’ve ever heard. A Croatian music teacher named Frane Selak has managed to survive a simply remarkable number of accidents and near death incidents, including falling out of a plane.

The train carrying Selak in 1962 inexplicably jumped the tracks and plunged into an icy river, killing 17 passengers. Selak managed to swim back to shore, suffering hypothermia, shock, bruises, and a broken arm, but very happy to be alive.

One year later, Selak was on a plane traveling from Zagreb to Rijeka when a door blew off the plane and he was sucked out of the aircraft. A few minutes later the plane crashed; 19 people were killed. But Selak woke up in a hospital - he’d been found in a haystack and had only minor injuries.

In 1966 he was riding on a bus that went off the road and into a river. Four people were killed - but not Selak. He suffered only cuts and bruises.

In 1970 he was driving along when his car suddenly caught fire. He managed to stop and get out just before the fuel tank exploded and engulfed the car in flames.

Believe it or not, there’s more, quite a bit more.

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The World’s (Un)Luckiest Man