20. An Escape Record Going Back Decades
In 1962, Frane Selak kicked off his decades of ducking death when a train in which he was riding skidded off the rails, and plunged down a canyon into an icy river. Seventeen passengers drowned, but Selak managed to escape the Grim Reaper. He got away with a broken arm and hypothermia from immersion in the cold water.
In 1963, on his first and only plane ride, Selak was blown out of a malfunctioning door, but again managed to escape death: he landed on a haystack. The plane crashed, killing nineteen people. Three years later, he was on a bus whose driver lost control, plunging it into a river. Four passengers drowned, but Selak survived with just some cuts and bruises.