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WILLIAM SHATNER:
Horrific plane crashes,
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far from civilization...
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failing parachutes,
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sending skydivers plummeting
to the ground...
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...and freezing temperatures
that no one...
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should be able to survive.
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How do some people live
through the impossible?
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Is it divine intervention?
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Luck?
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Or could it be something else?
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Something incredible.
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Well, that is what
we'll try and find out.
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♪
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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November 1992.
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Banker Annette Herfkens,
her fiancé,
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and 29 other passengers
board a small plane
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and head to the coastal town
of Nha Trang for a vacation.
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But what is supposed to be
a short, routine flight
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is about to turn
into a nightmare.
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When I saw the plane,
I didn't want to enter it
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because it was awfully small
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and I am very claustrophobic.
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And... I said there's no way
I'm entering that plane.
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I'm not gonna go in there.
It looks old but mostly small.
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And my fiancé said,
"Well, don't worry, don't...
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"You have to.
It's only 55 minutes.
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"And do it for us because I have
this beautiful vacation planned,
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"and I knew you were gonna
speak up about it.
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But please, please do it."
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And then we entered
from the back of the plane.
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So we sat down and were told
to buckle our seat belts.
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And they were going across,
and then
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I was restrained enough
as it is,
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and I did not buckle
my seat belt.
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And the flight took off.
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For the next 30 minutes,
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I just kept counting
the minutes.
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And at 50 minutes
there was a gigantic drop.
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-[screaming]
-And people were screaming,
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and my fiancé looked at me,
and he said,
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"Well, this I don't like."
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And then another drop.
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More people screaming.
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He reached for my hand,
and I reached for his.
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And then everything went black.
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I woke up to this eerie sound
of the jungle.
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[birds chirping]
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The plane broke in three pieces:
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the wings, the fuselage
and the cockpit.
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Then I looked at my left,
and there I saw my fiancé,
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still strapped in his seat.
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He was dead.
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SHATNER:
In shock, grief-stricken,
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and with her legs
and hips broken,
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Annette painfully pulls herself
out of the wreckage...
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only to find that every
passenger on board has perished,
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except her.
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It all seems... impossible.
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In this plane crash,
Annette was the only survivor.
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Of 31 people, she's
the only one that survived.
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Did it have to do
with just the randomness
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of her being in the right seat
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that hit the ground
in just the right place,
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that had just the right
structural integrity
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based on how they crashed?
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Or could it be something else?
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[indistinct chatter]
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JEFF WISE:
When we hear stories
of survival,
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we sort of imagine,
"Could I learn from that?
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Could I do that?"
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And many times we can't.
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Maybe they're lucky or-or maybe
they're just some X factor
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that we'll never really
get our heads around.
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[screaming]
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THOMAS COYNE: We know the safest
places to sit on a plane,
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and we know generally
our seat belts
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will save us in the event
of a crash,
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but this was the one instance
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where the seat belt
not being attached saved her.
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Who could have predicted that?
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There's too many variables
at play.
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[grunts]
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SHATNER:
Miles from civilization,
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injured and alone,
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Annette finds herself
in an unbearable predicament.
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But somehow,
from somewhere deep inside her,
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she finds a way to survive.
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I felt this enormous energy
lifting me up.
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I would just be quiet...
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...and listen to my instincts,
just make it complete quiet.
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You breathe out all the way...
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[indistinct whispering]
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...and then you listen
to this other voice
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we all carry inside of us.
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I completely felt that
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things would work out.
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[whispering continues]
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What's interesting to me
about this case
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is that Annette
attributes her survival
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to hearing
this mysterious voice.
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[indistinct whispering]
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WHITEHEAD:
I can only imagine
what that must have been like.
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The plane has crashed
in the Vietnam jungle,
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you have a broken hip,
you're surrounded by wreckage,
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dead bodies, and here you have
this voice telling you,
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"Don't lose hope."
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I just listened to that voice
and I acted on it.
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And it said, "Make a plan,
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"divide it in achievable steps.
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"And when you achieve
one of those steps,
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congratulate yourself."
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That's exactly what I did.
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I realized that
I was gonna need some water.
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So I looked at
the wing of the plane,
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insulation material
was some kind of foam,
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so I figured that could work
as a sponge.
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And then I made
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seven little bowls,
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and I lined them up
for it to rain,
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and then it rained
and it poured.
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And then I was very happy to see
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these little bowls
filling up with water.
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Tasted like the best champagne
as you can imagine.
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She was able to survive
the plane crash,
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but maybe what was
even more remarkable
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is that she was able to survive
eight days in the jungle
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with no prior
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jungle training or experience
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and no conditioning
to be in the jungle.
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Of course,
being the only survivor,
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it's an incredible story,
but then
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the survival happens
because you hear a voice
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directing you through it.
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It just shows how we know
very little about what happens
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in these kind of encounters
and situations.
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On the afternoon on the
eighth days, out of nowhere...
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...men came up the mountain...
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...and they showed me
a passenger list,
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and I had to point out my name.
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I just realized how amazing it
was that they actually found me.
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SHATNER:
It may have been random chance
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that allowed Annette to live
through the horrific crash,
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but what was the so-called voice
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that gave her the guidance
she needed to survive?
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TAYLOR:
A lot of people, when they get
into dangerous situations,
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they'll say that
they had a voice tell them
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that they needed to do this,
they needed to do that.
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We don't really know
scientifically
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where these inner voices
that tell you to get out
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of the dangerous situation
are coming from.
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Is it some kind of deep-seated,
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electro-biochemical, uh, force
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that's-that's innate
in the brain
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that suddenly gets activated?
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Or is it something
that comes from outside?
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Is it faith
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from an outside power
that brings that energy
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to the person
who's in desperate need?
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Whether or not you view yourself
as strong and capable,
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you have the potential
to tap into these things
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and get in tune
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with these strengths,
with these capabilities,
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whether you know it or not.
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Maybe there is something
to this inner voice
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telling them the right way,
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and maybe some people have a
better inner voice than others,
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and maybe there's just
some dumb luck involved.
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It's possible
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that it's just one of those
unexplained mysteries
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that we're never
gonna figure out.
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We all have that voice
inside of us
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that we can listen to,
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and in extreme situations
it's always there to help you.
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Just listen to that voice.
Be silent.
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It's there, it's there.
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SHATNER:
Did Annette Herfkens
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manage to survive a deadly
plane crash because of luck?
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A simple twist of fate?
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Or was there something
inside her,
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a hidden reserve
of willpower perhaps,
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that gave her the means
of staying alive?
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It's an interesting question.
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And there are some who believe
the answer can be found
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by examining accounts of people
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who have also found a way
of cheating death
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by using superhuman strength.
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SHATNER:
Melbourne, Australia.
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August 1, 2013.
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High above the city,
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22-year-old Brad Guy
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is excited to make his first
skydiving jump.
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The self-professed adrenaline
junkie wants to push the limits,
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but he'll soon find
that this is going to be
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the fall of his life.
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I was given the opportunity
to choose
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which height I wanted
to jump from.
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And I decided to go as high as
possible, which was 15,000 feet,
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very high.
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So my tandem instructor
ran me through
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how it would feel to jump
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and what I need to do
to ensure maximum safety.
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Then he asked me
if I had any final questions.
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I think because
I was so nervous,
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I made the joke saying,
"I hope my parachute opens."
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I remember when that rickety
door of the aircraft opened
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and my instructor just edging me
closer and closer,
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I was so terrified.
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And eventually my instructor
said, "Three, two, one, jump,"
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and he pushed us out.
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[wind whistling]
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I was moving so fast
that I couldn't even comprehend.
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Just that four, five,
seven seconds of free fall,
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it's totally euphoric.
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It's indescribable.
It's kind of like magic.
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TAYLOR:
When a skydiver jumps
out of a plane,
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they're accelerated by gravity,
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at a rate of 32 feet
per second, per second.
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His speed would have been
upwards
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over a hundred miles per hour.
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SHATNER:
Brad's skydive is an even
greater thrill than he expected.
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But as he and his instructor
plunge toward the ground,
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something goes horribly awry.
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There just was this point when,
as we were falling,
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I was expecting
a thrust of a parachute to come
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as per the safety instructions,
and it never came.
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I felt a bit of a thrust
from a parachute,
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but it wasn't enough
to slow us down.
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And that's when I noticed
that the first parachute,
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it's been deployed,
but it hasn't opened.
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And the emergency parachute got
stuck in the original parachute.
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And because they are
tangled together,
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we're not slowing down.
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We were tumbling towards
the ground from 15,000 feet.
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I start freaking out.
I'm really panicking.
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All I could really see was the
earth getting closer and closer.
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And I knew I was going
to hit the ground and die....
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[groaning]
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The impact
just smashed through my body.
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It really didn't feel
like a fall,
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it almost felt like the earth
just came and hit me.
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And when I hit the ground, I'm
still strapped to my instructor.
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He's unconscious.
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Eventually he did come to.
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We were just strapped
to each other, screaming.
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I remember I was just
hysterically crying,
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so confused, having no idea
what had happened.
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Partially still thinking
that I was actually dead.
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SHATNER:
Against all odds,
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the two men survive
a fall of nearly three miles.
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Brad and his instructor
are rushed to the hospital,
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where they both begin a long
and miraculous recovery.
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GUY:
My physical injuries,
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I broke my upper spine,
fractured my lower spine,
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tore the ligaments in my neck,
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cracked and bruised ribs,
mild head concussion.
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I had suspected
that I was a quadriplegic.
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I was numb from the neck down.
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It took me a long time
to feel my body again.
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You would think that, after all
these years and all the time
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I've had to reflect on it,
that I would be able to look
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at the situation
and seriously ask myself,
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was this luck
or is it just all the odds
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being in my favor
on a particular day?
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I don't know. I don't know.
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I would love to know.
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[groaning]
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COYNE: Sometimes, when humans
face extreme danger,
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the normal parts
of our operating brain
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kind of get pushed aside
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and the sympathetic
nervous system kicks in
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and can institute an
adrenaline rush into the body,
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which can do
some amazing things.
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It forces blood into the muscles
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and pumps them up
and becomes hard to strengthen
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and protect your skeletal system
and connective tissue.
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NARRATOR:
Was a surge
of adrenaline responsible
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for protecting Brad's body
from the extreme impact?
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Or was there something
even more incredible going on?
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Perhaps an explanation
can be found
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by examining
another case of survival.
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One that involves
an extraordinary feat
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performed by an ordinary man.
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Tucson, Arizona, July 26, 2006.
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Tom Boyle, a supervisor
at a local aerospace company,
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is driving home with his wife.
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The couple are about
to exit a parking lot
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when another car
pulls alongside them.
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What happens next
actually changes Tom
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in ways that seem to defy
the very laws of nature.
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[tires screeching,
metal clattering]
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The driver-- he had taken
upon himself to peel out
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out of the parking lot,
and as he did that,
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he sucked in a, a bicyclist
underneath the vehicle.
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I jump out of the car.
I go running after the Camaro.
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And as I approached the Camaro,
there was a boy underneath
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on a bicycle, yelling for help
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and asking people to please
get the car off him.
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I just reacted.
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SHATNER:
As the boy's cries ring out,
Tom has no time to think.
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A powerful force comes alive
inside him.
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A force that allows Tom
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to do the impossible.
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BOYLE:
It just got me so,
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I guess, nervous
and, uh, compelled to help
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that I just lifted
the side of the car.
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As I started lifting the car,
I could hear the bicyclist
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telling me, "Higher, higher,
mister, please go higher."
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So I did.
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I just held it as long
as I possibly could,
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and I just thought,
"Don't let go."
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And fortunately we got him out.
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I'm six-three,
at that time I was 275 pounds,
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and, uh, the most I've ever
lifted, I think, was...
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800 pounds?
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As I lifted the car,
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I never thought
about how much it weighed.
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I just thought
about saving this kid.
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WISE:
Now, Tom's a big guy.
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Solid guy, but we're talking
about a car, okay?
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This is a car that weighs
about 3,000 pounds,
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and yet he just jacks it up.
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Bare hands, lifts this thing up.
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Human beings can't normally
just lift cars.
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MICHAEL DENNIN:
These situations where people
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manage to do
superhuman feats of strength,
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like lift a car off someone,
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as often happens in science,
these are rare events.
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We don't have
detailed measurements.
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And so really understanding the
true biophysics and physiology
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of all the details that go in
remain a bit of a mystery
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and an interesting area
for us to explore going forward.
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COYNE:
We don't use most
of our muscles' capability
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throughout the day.
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It's capable of much more,
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but for some reason, only under
these extreme circumstances.
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TAYLOR:
If we can learn how to control
our minds and use it at will,
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that would be like being
a superhuman, a superhero.
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SHANE HOBEL:
That will, that power,
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is being driven both
not only by the adrenaline
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but, more importantly,
it's that energy.
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It's that type of thing in China
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that's called fa jin:
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"animal explosive energy."
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It's a burst
of absolute decision.
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It's that unknown, that
unexplained energetic place
347
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that we all know about,
we talk about it,
348
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we have feelings
and vibes about these things.
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BOYLE:
So, this was a once
in a lifetime moment for me.
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I've never done anything else
like this again.
351
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I think you can tap
into some amazing power.
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I truly do. It's there.
353
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We just have to have
a reason to use it.
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Sometimes the difference between
certain death and survival
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isn't only due to adrenaline,
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something that's already
inside our bodies,
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but because of something else.
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Something you'd never expect
could keep you alive.
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Southampton, England.
April 10, 1912.
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[horn blows]
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RMS Titanicsets out
on her maiden voyage
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bound for New York.
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Billed as "unsinkable,"
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the more-than-46,000-ton vessel
offers
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passengers the very latest
in transatlantic comfort.
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But what the men, women
and children on board don't know
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and could never suspect
is that Titanic
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will not reach
its intended destination.
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The Titanichad 2,208 on board--
uh, 891 of whom were crew.
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The Titanicwas not just
the largest and most luxurious
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ocean liner of the time,
but it was also seen
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as a kind of industrial miracle.
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It was the largest moving object
in human history.
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It was four days
into its voyage.
375
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Very late in the evening, about
20 minutes before midnight,
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the lookout spotted
a growler iceberg in its path.
377
00:19:49,623 --> 00:19:51,233
Iceberg dead ahead, sir.
378
00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:53,409
Iceberg dead ahead,
sir.
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And unfortunately
the ship was going too fast.
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-Hard to starboard.
-HUGH BREWSTER: They tried
to turn the ship,
381
00:19:59,546 --> 00:20:05,247
but the iceberg struck
along the starboard bow,
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bashing in the riveted
steel plates
383
00:20:08,772 --> 00:20:11,384
that comprised
the Titanic'shull.
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The Titanic
was proclaimed unsinkable
385
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because it had 16 so-called
watertight compartments,
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except only the first forward
four compartments at the bow
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and four compartments at
the stern were truly watertight.
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And this was the fatal flaw
because the iceberg breached
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more than the first
four compartments.
390
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And the order was given
to man the lifeboats.
391
00:20:40,935 --> 00:20:43,372
[alarm blaring]
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It's endlessly repeated that
there weren't enough lifeboats
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00:20:46,201 --> 00:20:49,770
on the Titanic,and strictly
speaking, it's true.
394
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Every passenger
and every crew member
395
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had a different moment
when they began to move
396
00:20:55,036 --> 00:20:57,256
from complacency to concern
397
00:20:57,299 --> 00:20:59,345
and finally to panic.
398
00:20:59,388 --> 00:21:01,521
SHATNER:
As panic spreads
across the decks
399
00:21:01,564 --> 00:21:04,088
of the Titanic,
male passengers scramble
400
00:21:04,132 --> 00:21:06,569
to place their wives
and children on lifeboats.
401
00:21:06,613 --> 00:21:08,658
Many unfortunate souls
402
00:21:08,702 --> 00:21:11,270
choose to take their chances
by jumping overboard
403
00:21:11,313 --> 00:21:13,794
into the frigid waters
of the North Atlantic.
404
00:21:13,837 --> 00:21:16,013
They didn't live long.
405
00:21:16,057 --> 00:21:19,321
That is, with the remarkable
exception of one man,
406
00:21:19,365 --> 00:21:22,672
Charles Joughin,
the ship's chief baker.
407
00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,416
Charles Joughin
was asleep in his bunk
408
00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:29,375
when the Titanichit
the iceberg,
409
00:21:29,418 --> 00:21:33,553
and where his quarters were,
were a part of the ship
410
00:21:33,596 --> 00:21:35,772
that felt the collision
quite significantly,
411
00:21:35,816 --> 00:21:37,992
so he sat up with a jolt
412
00:21:38,035 --> 00:21:42,257
and realized that there had been
a fairly serious collision
413
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:45,086
for the ship
and he went up on deck to see.
414
00:21:45,129 --> 00:21:47,349
BREWSTER:
When he heard that the order
415
00:21:47,393 --> 00:21:50,352
for lifeboats had been given,
416
00:21:50,396 --> 00:21:53,964
he returned to his cabin
and poured himself
417
00:21:54,008 --> 00:21:56,793
a tumbler full of liquor,
418
00:21:56,837 --> 00:21:59,361
and he drank
a half tumbler full.
419
00:21:59,405 --> 00:22:01,624
Then he went back up on deck
420
00:22:01,668 --> 00:22:05,062
and helped to supervise
the loading of lifeboats.
421
00:22:05,106 --> 00:22:07,238
He helped load lifeboat ten.
422
00:22:07,282 --> 00:22:10,329
After that lifeboat was loaded,
he went back to his cabin
423
00:22:10,372 --> 00:22:13,114
and had another nip or two
so that he was
424
00:22:13,157 --> 00:22:16,073
really quite well-lit
as it got later in the night.
425
00:22:16,117 --> 00:22:18,989
RUSSELL:
At about 2:10, passengers
426
00:22:19,033 --> 00:22:21,383
reported hearing
a sickening roar.
427
00:22:21,427 --> 00:22:23,254
-[loud metallic creaking]
-RUSSELL: That was the bulkheads
428
00:22:23,298 --> 00:22:26,910
giving way after this incredible
stress from the incoming ocean.
429
00:22:28,608 --> 00:22:30,392
BREWSTER:
After the Titanicbroke in two,
430
00:22:30,436 --> 00:22:32,873
Joughin himself climbed
onto the stern railing,
431
00:22:32,916 --> 00:22:35,397
not far from the flagpole.
432
00:22:35,441 --> 00:22:37,660
And as the ship sank,
433
00:22:37,704 --> 00:22:40,054
he rode it down
like an elevator.
434
00:22:40,097 --> 00:22:43,362
[passengers screaming]
435
00:22:43,405 --> 00:22:47,409
The water temperature
was between -1 and -2 Celsius,
436
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or about 28 Fahrenheit,
which is below freezing.
437
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RUSSELL:
Then, at about 2:30 a.m.,
438
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so ten minutes
after the ship disappeared,
439
00:22:58,464 --> 00:23:02,424
the cries for help
had finally stopped.
440
00:23:05,471 --> 00:23:08,387
So we would say survival time
in that water
441
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was about ten minutes
for most passengers and crew.
442
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BREWSTER:
Joughin paddled around
for a while
443
00:23:14,697 --> 00:23:16,960
and eventually, uh, came across
444
00:23:17,004 --> 00:23:20,007
the overturned
collapsible lifeboat,
445
00:23:20,050 --> 00:23:25,316
and at least 28 men found refuge
there and survived on the back.
446
00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:28,407
Joughin says he paddled up to
the lifeboat and was rebuffed.
447
00:23:28,450 --> 00:23:32,411
They said,
"No more men, you'll sink us."
448
00:23:32,454 --> 00:23:35,762
Of the 2,208 passengers and crew
449
00:23:35,805 --> 00:23:38,460
who sailed upon the Titanic
on its maiden voyage,
450
00:23:38,504 --> 00:23:42,464
only 712 survived.
451
00:23:42,508 --> 00:23:46,729
1,496 perished.
452
00:23:46,773 --> 00:23:48,601
SHATNER:
Among the survivors
453
00:23:48,644 --> 00:23:52,256
was Charles Joughin, who, after
floating in 28-degree water
454
00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:56,957
for nearly two hours,
managed to stay alive.
455
00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,742
But how?
456
00:23:59,786 --> 00:24:02,266
He should have been a candidate
to have his legs amputated.
457
00:24:02,310 --> 00:24:05,531
There should have been
severe damage, and there wasn't.
458
00:24:05,574 --> 00:24:09,099
Joughin reached New York
in relative good health.
459
00:24:09,143 --> 00:24:12,799
He went back to his career
at sea not long afterwards.
460
00:24:12,842 --> 00:24:14,322
And when they asked him later,
461
00:24:14,365 --> 00:24:16,367
"What do you think it was
that allowed you to survive,"
462
00:24:16,411 --> 00:24:20,807
he said that the alcohol warmed
his blood and kept him alive.
463
00:24:20,850 --> 00:24:24,201
But no medical science shows
that this is the case.
464
00:24:24,245 --> 00:24:27,466
In fact, it's believed that
alcohol actually makes it worse
465
00:24:27,509 --> 00:24:31,165
if you're encountering
a situation of hypothermia.
466
00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:34,081
BREWSTER:
Experts say that
when you drink alcohol,
467
00:24:34,124 --> 00:24:37,171
something called
vasodilation occurs,
468
00:24:37,214 --> 00:24:39,347
and the blood goes to your skin,
469
00:24:39,390 --> 00:24:42,306
which is why your face turns red
if you drink a lot.
470
00:24:42,350 --> 00:24:45,875
So that when you actually
are plunged into cold water,
471
00:24:45,919 --> 00:24:48,617
you're more susceptible
to hypothermia.
472
00:24:48,661 --> 00:24:52,534
You actually, uh, would die
more quickly if you were drunk.
473
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TAYLOR:
Alcohol is a toxin.
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Perhaps it drives
your body temperature up
475
00:24:57,626 --> 00:24:59,672
because your immune system
has to kick in
476
00:24:59,715 --> 00:25:02,718
and start fighting off a toxin.
Uh, that's one possibility.
477
00:25:02,762 --> 00:25:04,894
Uh, the other possibility is
478
00:25:04,938 --> 00:25:09,116
that the alcohol in his system
just kept him calm,
479
00:25:09,159 --> 00:25:12,641
uh, so that he didn't panic
and was able to survive longer
480
00:25:12,685 --> 00:25:15,949
because he kept
a cool head about it.
481
00:25:15,992 --> 00:25:19,909
So stories like Charles Joughin
cause us to question.
482
00:25:19,953 --> 00:25:23,347
Was he different
from normal people?
483
00:25:23,391 --> 00:25:25,741
How could he have survived
temperatures like that
484
00:25:25,785 --> 00:25:28,875
for that long?
485
00:25:28,918 --> 00:25:31,007
We don't really know
the answers to this,
486
00:25:31,051 --> 00:25:32,226
and maybe we'll never know.
487
00:25:33,444 --> 00:25:36,883
SHATNER:
Saved by alcohol?
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00:25:36,926 --> 00:25:38,624
Or was it that,
489
00:25:38,667 --> 00:25:40,408
by being intoxicated,
490
00:25:40,451 --> 00:25:43,803
Charles Joughin
simply had no fear?
491
00:25:43,846 --> 00:25:46,457
But whatever the reason,
492
00:25:46,501 --> 00:25:48,938
there are many who believe
that the ability
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00:25:48,982 --> 00:25:52,333
to fearlessly survive
almost certain death
494
00:25:52,376 --> 00:25:55,031
isn't limited to adults.
495
00:25:55,075 --> 00:25:58,121
They insist that children
also possess
496
00:25:58,165 --> 00:26:01,690
a unique ability
to survive danger,
497
00:26:01,734 --> 00:26:04,127
as we will soon find out.
498
00:26:09,437 --> 00:26:11,308
SHATNER:
Wallowa, Oregon.
499
00:26:11,352 --> 00:26:14,224
April 1986.
500
00:26:14,268 --> 00:26:17,314
Six-year-old Cody Sheehy is
with his family on a picnic
501
00:26:17,358 --> 00:26:19,839
in Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest.
502
00:26:19,882 --> 00:26:21,710
The young boy is playing
with his older sister
503
00:26:21,754 --> 00:26:24,583
amongst the trees
when he gets separated from her.
504
00:26:24,626 --> 00:26:27,281
When he tries to find his way
back to the picnic,
505
00:26:27,324 --> 00:26:30,327
he realizes he can't.
506
00:26:30,371 --> 00:26:32,503
RYAN SHEEHY:
At some point,
my sister had said
507
00:26:32,547 --> 00:26:35,594
that she hadn't seen
my brother in a while.
508
00:26:35,637 --> 00:26:39,119
After a few minutes, when
my brother still didn't show up,
509
00:26:39,162 --> 00:26:41,338
-we started to call out for him.
-Cody!
510
00:26:41,382 --> 00:26:42,905
RYAN:
And we thought
that would bring him
511
00:26:42,949 --> 00:26:46,126
out of the woods immediately,
but there was no response.
512
00:26:46,169 --> 00:26:47,736
And there were
several adults out there,
513
00:26:47,780 --> 00:26:50,086
and also my sister and I
started to look for him,
514
00:26:50,130 --> 00:26:52,828
yelling out his name,
trying to get his attention.
515
00:26:52,872 --> 00:26:56,092
So I'd guess it was maybe
3:00 in the afternoon.
516
00:26:56,136 --> 00:27:00,488
Cody had probably been gone
for an hour and a half.
517
00:27:00,531 --> 00:27:03,883
I think at this point my mom was
starting to get really worried.
518
00:27:05,841 --> 00:27:07,495
SHATNER:
With no sign of the boy,
519
00:27:07,538 --> 00:27:10,019
an official search party
is formed.
520
00:27:10,063 --> 00:27:13,066
But as day turns into night,
521
00:27:13,109 --> 00:27:15,938
their desperate attempts
to find Cody fail.
522
00:27:15,982 --> 00:27:21,030
The six-year-old is now utterly
and completely lost and alone,
523
00:27:21,074 --> 00:27:24,033
wandering the rugged wilderness.
524
00:27:26,427 --> 00:27:29,343
A professional search and rescue
team from the county came out.
525
00:27:35,088 --> 00:27:38,613
And one of the first things
that they did was they started
526
00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:41,877
by driving the roads
and calling out his name.
527
00:27:41,921 --> 00:27:45,620
And they alerted local pilots
to start flying over there.
528
00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:47,666
This was a scary situation
for us.
529
00:27:47,709 --> 00:27:50,930
-[phone rings]
-The next morning
530
00:27:50,973 --> 00:27:53,193
my grandmother
received a phone call
531
00:27:53,236 --> 00:27:57,110
that he had been found,
and that was great news.
532
00:27:58,764 --> 00:28:00,635
It was a huge sense of relief.
533
00:28:03,116 --> 00:28:06,510
My six-year-old logic was
that if I could just get home
534
00:28:06,554 --> 00:28:09,252
and get into bed,
then I wouldn't be in trouble
535
00:28:09,296 --> 00:28:10,776
and everything would be okay.
536
00:28:10,819 --> 00:28:13,735
So when the sun came up,
I was...
537
00:28:13,779 --> 00:28:16,303
leaving that forested area
and that plateau,
538
00:28:16,346 --> 00:28:18,871
and looking down below me
was a valley
539
00:28:18,914 --> 00:28:20,873
with some houses in it.
540
00:28:20,916 --> 00:28:23,092
I got down the-the hill,
541
00:28:23,136 --> 00:28:24,572
and there was a girl,
542
00:28:24,615 --> 00:28:27,401
and so she talked me into going
into this house.
543
00:28:27,444 --> 00:28:30,447
And that's when I just totally
fell asleep on the couch.
544
00:28:30,491 --> 00:28:33,712
When I woke up, there was
a county sheriff there.
545
00:28:33,755 --> 00:28:37,454
So that officer drove me
to my grandpa's house,
546
00:28:37,498 --> 00:28:39,456
and then eventually
they brought my mom,
547
00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:43,199
and my sister and brother were
there all of a sudden, and so...
548
00:28:43,243 --> 00:28:46,376
at that point, I kind of knew
that... that I was home.
549
00:28:46,420 --> 00:28:49,466
SHATNER:
In the days after his survival,
550
00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:52,774
Cody's journey through the
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
551
00:28:52,818 --> 00:28:56,299
back to civilization
becomes headline news
552
00:28:56,343 --> 00:28:58,171
across the country.
553
00:28:58,214 --> 00:29:01,304
But the story raises
more questions than answers.
554
00:29:01,348 --> 00:29:04,481
How did a young child endure
frigid temperatures,
555
00:29:04,525 --> 00:29:09,225
hostile terrain, and a walk
of nearly marathon distance?
556
00:29:10,879 --> 00:29:13,012
Cody was missing from...
557
00:29:13,055 --> 00:29:15,797
early afternoon
till 8:00 the next morning,
558
00:29:15,841 --> 00:29:18,582
about 15 or 16 hours,
559
00:29:18,626 --> 00:29:21,934
and somehow in that time period
he covered 18 miles
560
00:29:21,977 --> 00:29:26,373
over rugged terrain in an area
he'd never been in, at night.
561
00:29:26,416 --> 00:29:28,941
It just really amazes me
that he had the conviction
562
00:29:28,984 --> 00:29:30,769
to keep heading
in the correct direction,
563
00:29:30,812 --> 00:29:32,901
and somehow he knew that.
564
00:29:34,598 --> 00:29:36,862
By the time it got dark,
I'd probably walked,
565
00:29:36,905 --> 00:29:39,386
I think,
around three or four miles.
566
00:29:39,429 --> 00:29:42,955
And as a six-year-old,
that probably was the furthest
567
00:29:42,998 --> 00:29:45,914
I'd ever walked in my life
up to that point.
568
00:29:45,958 --> 00:29:49,831
And I had found a larger road,
but then it got to a fork,
569
00:29:49,875 --> 00:29:51,528
and I had to make a decision.
570
00:29:51,572 --> 00:29:53,835
[crickets chirping]
571
00:29:58,971 --> 00:30:02,539
And I decided to go right,
and I went down...
572
00:30:02,583 --> 00:30:05,194
this other way
for probably half a mile.
573
00:30:05,238 --> 00:30:06,892
And then something
inside me said,
574
00:30:06,935 --> 00:30:09,590
"This is not
the right direction."
575
00:30:09,633 --> 00:30:12,375
More scary that way,
but I don't know why.
576
00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:14,334
So I turned around.
577
00:30:17,380 --> 00:30:19,905
And once I made a decision
to start walking,
578
00:30:19,948 --> 00:30:23,299
I don't really remember
questioning it.
579
00:30:23,343 --> 00:30:26,433
An adult can sit there
and think of all the fears,
580
00:30:26,476 --> 00:30:29,262
all the mistakes, all
the bad things that can happen,
581
00:30:29,305 --> 00:30:31,525
where the child
just knew he was in trouble
582
00:30:31,568 --> 00:30:33,440
and had to get out of it.
583
00:30:33,483 --> 00:30:35,659
SHATNER:
But what if it's more
584
00:30:35,703 --> 00:30:38,662
than just a child's lack
of self-consciousness
585
00:30:38,706 --> 00:30:42,014
that allowed Cody
to make it home alive?
586
00:30:42,057 --> 00:30:45,800
What if there's
a more supernatural explanation?
587
00:30:47,758 --> 00:30:50,544
For some reason, he knew
that he was on the right trail.
588
00:30:50,587 --> 00:30:52,676
Is it because there is
so many people and activity
589
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,462
on that trail in the past that
he's picking up on that energy?
590
00:30:55,505 --> 00:30:58,465
Whatever he's picking up,
he trusted it,
591
00:30:58,508 --> 00:31:00,380
he knew it, and he went with it.
592
00:31:02,121 --> 00:31:04,297
We are all connected
to our higher guidance
593
00:31:04,340 --> 00:31:07,430
and, in fact,
we receive messages
594
00:31:07,474 --> 00:31:10,738
from our guides
on a daily basis.
595
00:31:10,781 --> 00:31:14,307
This is our internal
guidance system
596
00:31:14,350 --> 00:31:19,921
keeping us on the right path,
telling us what to do next.
597
00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:23,577
The reason why Cody
stayed calm and did not panic--
598
00:31:23,620 --> 00:31:28,843
it is because he sensed
the presence of his spirit guide
599
00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:33,369
or perhaps his guardian angel
protecting him, guiding him,
600
00:31:33,413 --> 00:31:36,633
telling him
to walk back to safety.
601
00:31:36,677 --> 00:31:39,810
Children are very comfortable
with these feelings.
602
00:31:39,854 --> 00:31:42,117
They get a sensation
and they act on it.
603
00:31:43,771 --> 00:31:45,207
CODY:
Looking back over my life,
604
00:31:45,251 --> 00:31:48,167
there's no doubt
that I defied the odds.
605
00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:50,560
And science would probably say
that a six-year-old
606
00:31:50,604 --> 00:31:53,476
is capable of that
because I did do it.
607
00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,871
But the reality is that most
people are not put
608
00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:59,526
in that situation
as a six-year-old.
609
00:32:01,006 --> 00:32:03,443
SHATNER:
Cody Sheehy withstood something
610
00:32:03,486 --> 00:32:05,880
that would have challenged
any adult.
611
00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:09,362
But does his battle against
nature suggest that children
612
00:32:09,405 --> 00:32:12,104
have an innate knack
for survival,
613
00:32:12,147 --> 00:32:15,803
as counterintuitive
as that may seem?
614
00:32:15,846 --> 00:32:17,936
Survival experts say yes.
615
00:32:17,979 --> 00:32:19,850
They also claim that some people
616
00:32:19,894 --> 00:32:23,202
have even more extraordinary
survival skills,
617
00:32:23,245 --> 00:32:26,770
including the ability
to avoid danger entirely
618
00:32:26,814 --> 00:32:29,425
by sensing it before it occurs.
619
00:32:36,432 --> 00:32:39,305
SHATNER:
England, February 1998.
620
00:32:40,871 --> 00:32:44,266
Interior designer Clare Henry
is driving to her home
621
00:32:44,310 --> 00:32:48,488
in the county of Hampshire,
nearly 100 miles from London.
622
00:32:48,531 --> 00:32:53,406
It's a trip that she's made more
times than she can remember.
623
00:32:53,449 --> 00:32:56,235
HENRY:
So I'm sitting in the car.
624
00:32:56,278 --> 00:32:59,412
I was driving back
from London to Hampshire.
625
00:32:59,455 --> 00:33:05,418
It was about
the 8th of February, 1998.
626
00:33:05,461 --> 00:33:09,117
It was six months
after Princess Diana had died.
627
00:33:11,641 --> 00:33:16,603
I met Diana when I was
a member of the Harbour Club.
628
00:33:16,646 --> 00:33:18,605
And I would meet her many times
629
00:33:18,648 --> 00:33:20,911
when I was working out
in the gym.
630
00:33:20,955 --> 00:33:24,045
And I wasn't a close friend--
I wish I had been--
631
00:33:24,089 --> 00:33:26,743
but we used to have
a giggle together,
632
00:33:26,787 --> 00:33:28,745
and we had a lovely time.
633
00:33:28,789 --> 00:33:30,747
And she was a very dear soul.
634
00:33:30,791 --> 00:33:33,446
Full of light, full of love.
There was something about her.
635
00:33:33,489 --> 00:33:35,100
I couldn't quite put
my finger on it.
636
00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,407
SHATNER:
As Clare pulls
637
00:33:38,451 --> 00:33:40,540
onto the M27 motorway,
638
00:33:40,583 --> 00:33:43,238
she notices that the highway
is shrouded in fog.
639
00:33:45,458 --> 00:33:47,895
HENRY:
I came across a fog wall.
640
00:33:47,938 --> 00:33:50,158
It had been raining in
the morning, and when it rains,
641
00:33:50,202 --> 00:33:53,466
you know, you often get
damp weather in England,
642
00:33:53,509 --> 00:33:57,078
and you get foggy evenings,
especially in the West Country.
643
00:33:57,122 --> 00:34:00,081
SHATNER:
Instead of pulling
into the fast lane,
644
00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:02,431
as she's done
countless times before,
645
00:34:02,475 --> 00:34:06,827
Clare slows down
and proceeds with caution.
646
00:34:06,870 --> 00:34:10,004
And then
Clare suddenly has a strange
647
00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:13,877
and disturbing vision.
648
00:34:13,921 --> 00:34:15,879
She sees a woman's face
649
00:34:15,923 --> 00:34:17,968
but not just that of any woman.
650
00:34:18,012 --> 00:34:21,798
She sees the face
of Princess Diana.
651
00:34:23,931 --> 00:34:28,066
And suddenly I see this vision.
652
00:34:28,109 --> 00:34:31,112
And I was very surprised,
very shocked
653
00:34:31,156 --> 00:34:34,246
to see the face
of Princess Diana
654
00:34:34,289 --> 00:34:35,986
just here.
655
00:34:36,030 --> 00:34:39,077
Literally here
in front of my face.
656
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:43,516
Because I see her face,
and I put two and two together--
657
00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:47,737
Diana killed in a car crash
658
00:34:47,781 --> 00:34:50,610
in the tunnel in the Mercedes--
659
00:34:50,653 --> 00:34:52,133
I suddenly realize
660
00:34:52,177 --> 00:34:54,135
Diana is trying
to tell me something,
661
00:34:54,179 --> 00:34:57,138
and something is about to happen
in front of me,
662
00:34:57,182 --> 00:34:58,705
and I need to pay attention,
663
00:34:58,748 --> 00:35:01,360
and I need to change
what I normally do.
664
00:35:02,665 --> 00:35:06,060
So I had
a very, very, very short time
665
00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:09,890
to think about what
I was gonna do next.
666
00:35:09,933 --> 00:35:13,763
I shot across, left,
towards the hard shoulder,
667
00:35:13,807 --> 00:35:15,417
and I kept on going.
668
00:35:15,461 --> 00:35:17,158
And all of a sudden,
669
00:35:17,202 --> 00:35:21,858
-I hear this awful sound.
-[tires screeching]
670
00:35:21,902 --> 00:35:24,600
[glass breaking, metal clanging]
671
00:35:24,644 --> 00:35:27,212
And the sound
was metal on metal...
672
00:35:29,214 --> 00:35:30,737
...and breaking glass.
673
00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:34,001
And I realized
there's an accident.
674
00:35:34,044 --> 00:35:38,484
I just remember passing
this barrage of cars.
675
00:35:38,527 --> 00:35:42,401
And I couldn't believe
how glass didn't hit me.
676
00:35:42,444 --> 00:35:45,317
It was a pretty big pileup.
677
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:49,059
And then I stop 'cause I realize
there's nobody next to me,
678
00:35:49,103 --> 00:35:51,105
there's nobody behind me,
679
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:53,673
and nobody got out
of that accident.
680
00:35:53,716 --> 00:35:58,373
I was the only one
who got out of that accident.
681
00:35:58,417 --> 00:36:02,247
And if I had done
what I normally do that day
682
00:36:02,290 --> 00:36:04,423
and gone straight
into the fast lane,
683
00:36:04,466 --> 00:36:07,556
I don't think I'd be sitting
here today, to be honest.
684
00:36:08,818 --> 00:36:11,256
SHATNER:
This strange ability
685
00:36:11,299 --> 00:36:13,214
to anticipate danger
before it happens
686
00:36:13,258 --> 00:36:16,391
may seem like
a far-fetched notion.
687
00:36:16,435 --> 00:36:19,699
But if not for seeing the face
of Princess Diana,
688
00:36:19,742 --> 00:36:21,962
Clare Henry believes
that she would have met
689
00:36:22,005 --> 00:36:26,488
a rather sudden and tragic end
on the highway that day.
690
00:36:26,532 --> 00:36:30,840
Was the vision
that she claims to have seen
691
00:36:30,884 --> 00:36:34,801
simply a coincidental figment
of Clare's imagination?
692
00:36:34,844 --> 00:36:39,501
Or was it something more?
693
00:36:41,590 --> 00:36:43,679
Clare had a glimpse
of the future
694
00:36:43,723 --> 00:36:47,509
in that one instant,
which is exactly the time
695
00:36:47,553 --> 00:36:51,209
she had a vision
of Princess Diana warning her.
696
00:36:51,252 --> 00:36:53,428
"This is not your time to die."
697
00:36:54,603 --> 00:36:56,257
"Be careful.
698
00:36:56,301 --> 00:36:58,433
Get off the road now."
699
00:36:58,477 --> 00:37:00,914
Clare and Princess Diana
700
00:37:00,957 --> 00:37:02,872
may have been just friends
at the gym,
701
00:37:02,916 --> 00:37:06,311
but perhaps there was a deeper,
stronger connection
702
00:37:06,354 --> 00:37:08,051
on a spiritual level,
703
00:37:08,095 --> 00:37:10,576
on a much higher level.
704
00:37:10,619 --> 00:37:12,578
A bigger story, so to speak.
705
00:37:13,796 --> 00:37:15,189
DENNIN:
I think many of us
706
00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:16,669
have had that experience
707
00:37:16,712 --> 00:37:18,497
of, you know, your hair tingling
708
00:37:18,540 --> 00:37:21,151
or ducking just before
something was coming.
709
00:37:21,195 --> 00:37:23,328
And if our brain is good
at interpreting it
710
00:37:23,371 --> 00:37:25,591
without us knowing,
we can get a premonition
711
00:37:25,634 --> 00:37:27,462
and get out of harm's way.
712
00:37:28,681 --> 00:37:30,596
But at the end of the day,
713
00:37:30,639 --> 00:37:32,902
science doesn't really have
a good explanation of this yet
714
00:37:32,946 --> 00:37:34,556
because we haven't studied it
in the ways,
715
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,036
I think, that needs to be done.
716
00:37:36,079 --> 00:37:38,125
[monitor beeping]
717
00:37:38,168 --> 00:37:40,083
CORY:
Sometimes premonition
718
00:37:40,127 --> 00:37:43,086
comes from what we call
our spirit family.
719
00:37:43,130 --> 00:37:48,091
They are communicating with us
from the other side,
720
00:37:48,135 --> 00:37:51,181
giving us messages
721
00:37:51,225 --> 00:37:53,619
that something's
about to go wrong.
722
00:37:53,662 --> 00:37:57,710
Because premonition is coming
from our higher consciousness,
723
00:37:57,753 --> 00:38:01,017
it is not part
of our normal awakened state.
724
00:38:01,061 --> 00:38:04,064
It is coming
from another dimension
725
00:38:04,107 --> 00:38:07,023
beyond this human reality.
726
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,201
SHATNER:
If it's true that some humans
727
00:38:11,245 --> 00:38:13,943
can avoid danger
by seeing through time,
728
00:38:13,987 --> 00:38:15,771
could it also be possible
729
00:38:15,815 --> 00:38:18,208
for some of us
to protect ourselves from harm
730
00:38:18,252 --> 00:38:21,821
by making time stand still?
731
00:38:21,864 --> 00:38:23,953
There's at least one man
732
00:38:23,997 --> 00:38:27,000
who would insist
that the answer to that question
733
00:38:27,043 --> 00:38:29,002
is a profound yes.
734
00:38:34,312 --> 00:38:36,444
SHATNER:
Ragged Falls, Ontario.
735
00:38:36,488 --> 00:38:38,707
Summer 1995.
736
00:38:38,751 --> 00:38:40,796
13-year-old David Whitehead
737
00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,799
is hanging out with friends
by a river,
738
00:38:43,843 --> 00:38:47,716
enjoying the simple joys
of sunshine and the outdoors.
739
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,764
But what happens next
is anything but fun.
740
00:38:51,807 --> 00:38:54,332
WHITEHEAD:
We start playing truth or dare,
741
00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:56,508
and I started getting the sense
742
00:38:56,551 --> 00:38:59,380
that my friend was thinking,
"Well, the next dare
743
00:38:59,424 --> 00:39:01,121
will be that I'm gonna jump
into the river."
744
00:39:02,383 --> 00:39:03,776
I didn't think
it was a good idea,
745
00:39:03,819 --> 00:39:05,168
but he did it anyways.
746
00:39:05,212 --> 00:39:07,257
He jumped in.
747
00:39:07,301 --> 00:39:11,523
Immediately, he gets swept
towards the edge of these falls,
748
00:39:11,566 --> 00:39:14,090
and they were very rocky,
sharp, jagged edges.
749
00:39:14,134 --> 00:39:16,615
They would actually smash you
all the way down.
750
00:39:16,658 --> 00:39:18,007
I don't know what it was,
751
00:39:18,051 --> 00:39:19,661
but something activated
inside of me,
752
00:39:19,705 --> 00:39:22,969
and I knew
that my friend was gonna die.
753
00:39:23,012 --> 00:39:24,057
SHATNER:
In an instant,
754
00:39:24,100 --> 00:39:25,624
David was able to react
755
00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:27,452
because, in that moment,
he found
756
00:39:27,495 --> 00:39:30,063
he possessed
the extraordinary ability
757
00:39:30,106 --> 00:39:32,544
to slow down time.
758
00:39:35,764 --> 00:39:38,201
The whole thing I remember
759
00:39:38,245 --> 00:39:40,247
in crystal clear detail
to this day.
760
00:39:42,423 --> 00:39:44,033
Time stood still.
761
00:39:44,077 --> 00:39:45,948
Everything seemed to slow down.
762
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:48,690
I remember everything feeling
763
00:39:48,734 --> 00:39:51,432
like I was operating
in slow motion.
764
00:39:52,477 --> 00:39:55,044
And luckily,
765
00:39:55,088 --> 00:39:57,090
I was able to finally get ahold
766
00:39:57,133 --> 00:39:58,439
-of one of the rocks.
-Help! Help me!
767
00:39:58,483 --> 00:40:00,659
WHITEHEAD:
I grab the rock.
768
00:40:00,702 --> 00:40:02,312
I grab onto my friend's hand.
769
00:40:02,356 --> 00:40:04,489
-Help me!
-His feet are literally dangling
over the edge
770
00:40:04,532 --> 00:40:06,491
of this waterfall.
771
00:40:06,534 --> 00:40:09,276
-Help! Help me!
-WHITEHEAD:
All that went through my mind
772
00:40:09,319 --> 00:40:11,017
was, "Don't let go.
Don't let go.
773
00:40:11,060 --> 00:40:12,453
-Don't let go."
-Help!
774
00:40:12,497 --> 00:40:16,239
I'm just a small,
scrawny 13-year-old kid,
775
00:40:16,283 --> 00:40:17,806
and here I am,
bicep-curling this kid
776
00:40:17,850 --> 00:40:19,547
off the edge of a waterfall.
777
00:40:19,591 --> 00:40:21,767
I often think back
to that feeling
778
00:40:21,810 --> 00:40:24,422
of time slowing down,
and I wonder,
779
00:40:24,465 --> 00:40:26,685
how could I be
in one state of consciousness,
780
00:40:26,728 --> 00:40:28,774
and then,
during a traumatic event,
781
00:40:28,817 --> 00:40:31,516
I'm in a completely different
state of consciousness?
782
00:40:33,518 --> 00:40:36,303
Time dilation isn't just
something we perceive.
783
00:40:36,346 --> 00:40:40,307
It's something that really
happens to us in our brains.
784
00:40:40,350 --> 00:40:44,485
It may seem like time
is moving slower,
785
00:40:44,529 --> 00:40:46,444
but we're just processing
information
786
00:40:46,487 --> 00:40:48,620
-so much more quickly.
-[screams]
787
00:40:48,663 --> 00:40:52,841
Our synapses
are literally firing off faster.
788
00:40:52,885 --> 00:40:54,539
The way you make
a slow-motion movie
789
00:40:54,582 --> 00:40:56,889
is by taking
a lot of frames of film.
790
00:40:56,932 --> 00:40:59,282
And that's essentially how
the human brain works, too.
791
00:40:59,326 --> 00:41:02,285
Intense experience
792
00:41:02,329 --> 00:41:05,506
means lots of dense,
rich memories,
793
00:41:05,550 --> 00:41:07,552
which creates a perception
794
00:41:07,595 --> 00:41:09,945
that things have taken
a long time
795
00:41:09,989 --> 00:41:13,645
even if they've taken
a short time.
796
00:41:13,688 --> 00:41:17,039
So that means that there's
a gear that we have in our minds
797
00:41:17,083 --> 00:41:19,999
that we don't play with
on a daily basis
798
00:41:20,042 --> 00:41:22,697
but, during traumatic events,
gets activated.
799
00:41:22,741 --> 00:41:26,135
And this is
yet another testament
800
00:41:26,179 --> 00:41:28,137
to the true potential
that we all have.
801
00:41:31,619 --> 00:41:34,448
If, after hearing these stories,
802
00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:36,102
you still think
surviving disaster
803
00:41:36,145 --> 00:41:37,930
is nothing more
than a matter of fate,
804
00:41:37,973 --> 00:41:39,322
then maybe you're the type
805
00:41:39,366 --> 00:41:40,715
to ignore
the safety instructions
806
00:41:40,759 --> 00:41:42,412
before an airline flight
807
00:41:42,456 --> 00:41:45,938
or trust someone else
to pack your parachute.
808
00:41:45,981 --> 00:41:47,896
No?
809
00:41:47,940 --> 00:41:52,945
Then maybe you'd better
take destiny into your own hands
810
00:41:52,988 --> 00:41:56,035
and rely on your wits
to survive,
811
00:41:56,078 --> 00:41:59,125
especially since your future
is still...
812
00:41:59,168 --> 00:42:01,257
[whispering]:
unexplained.
813
00:42:01,301 --> 00:42:03,085
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