Episode 5: Two Incredible Stories of Sole Survivors

Campfire Stories: Astonishing History

English - October 07, 2020 17:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MB
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Come gather around the campfire and let me tell you about two incredible stories of survival. Juliane Koepcke and Ada Blackjack Johnson lived 50 years and 7,000 miles apart. One of them fell two miles into the Amazon rainforest after her plane was struck by lighting. The other survived multiple years in the remote icy tundra of an uninhabited Siberian island as part of an ill-fated Canadian expedition. Both were driven to survive by their deep love for their families. And both of them used every bit of their strength, smarts, and grit to make it through these terrible tests.

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This episode includes sensitive content (CW: death, aviation accident, domestic abuse). Listener discretion is advised.

Sources:
Juliane's Story

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Wilhelm_Koepcke

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Koepcke

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panguana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LANSA_Flight_508

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/worst-lightning-strike-disaster-death-toll

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19711224-0

https://web.archive.org/web/20190819093740/https://www.gob.pe/institucion/rree/noticias/27182-condecoran-a-juliane-koepcke-por-su-labor-cientifica-y-academica-en-la-amazonia-peruana

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wings_of_Hope_(film)

https://web.archive.org/web/20180225140559/http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/02/germany.aircrash.survivor/index.html#

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17476615

https://web.archive.org/web/20170508023054/http://www.super70s.com/Super70s/Tech/Aviation/Disasters/71-12-24(Lansa).asp

https://panguana.de/?lang=en

Ada's Story
https://www.amazon.com/Ada-Blackjack-Story-Survival-Arctic/dp/078688746X

https://kawerak.org/our-region/solomon/

https://www.solomonbnb.com/our-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Blackjack

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