34. A Long Track Record of Close Escapes
Frane Selak’s decades of ducking death began in 1962, when a train in which he was riding skidded off the rails, and plunged down a canyon into an icy river. 17 passengers drowned, but Selak got away with a broken arm and hypothermia from immersion in the cold water.
In 1963, on his first and only plane ride, he was blown out of a malfunctioning door, and landed on a haystack. The plane crashed, killing 19 people. Three years later, he was on a bus whose driver lost control, plunging it into a river. 4 passengers drowned, but Selak survived with just some cuts and bruises.