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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
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that we all know about,
we talk about it,
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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.
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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 Titanic sets 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 Titanic had 2,208 on board‐‐
uh, 891 of whom were crew.
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The Titanic was 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.
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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
00:19:49,605 --> 00:19:51,232
Iceberg dead ahead, sir.
378
00:19:51,232 --> 00:19:53,317
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,
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00:19:59,365 --> 00:20:05,162
but the iceberg struck
along the starboard bow,
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bashing in the riveted
steel plates
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00:20:08,582 --> 00:20:11,293
that comprised
the Titanic's hull.
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The Titanic
was proclaimed unsinkable
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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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00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:38,112
more than the first
four compartments.
390
00:20:38,112 --> 00:20:40,906
And the order was given
to man the lifeboats.
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(alarm blaring)
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It's endlessly repeated that
there weren't enough lifeboats
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00:20:45,953 --> 00:20:49,623
on the Titanic, and strictly
speaking, it's true.
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Every passenger
and every crew member
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had a different moment
when they began to move
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00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,173
from complacency to concern
397
00:20:57,173 --> 00:20:59,258
and finally to panic.
398
00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:01,427
SHATNER:
As panic spreads
across the decks
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00:21:01,427 --> 00:21:03,971
of the Titanic,
male passengers scramble
400
00:21:03,971 --> 00:21:06,599
to place their wives
and children on lifeboats.
401
00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:08,517
Many unfortunate souls
402
00:21:08,517 --> 00:21:11,145
choose to take their chances
by jumping overboard
403
00:21:11,145 --> 00:21:13,814
into the frigid waters
of the North Atlantic.
404
00:21:13,814 --> 00:21:15,858
They didn't live long.
405
00:21:15,858 --> 00:21:19,195
That is, with the remarkable
exception of one man,
406
00:21:19,195 --> 00:21:22,782
Charles Joughin,
the ship's chief baker.
407
00:21:25,034 --> 00:21:27,328
Charles Joughin
was asleep in his bunk
408
00:21:27,328 --> 00:21:29,205
when the Titanic hit
the iceberg,
409
00:21:29,205 --> 00:21:33,417
and where his quarters were,
were a part of the ship
410
00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:35,711
that felt the collision
quite significantly,
411
00:21:35,711 --> 00:21:37,797
so he sat up with a jolt
412
00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:42,092
and realized that there had been
a fairly serious collision
413
00:21:42,092 --> 00:21:45,012
for the ship
and he went up on deck to see.
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00:21:45,012 --> 00:21:47,348
BREWSTER:
When he heard that the order
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00:21:47,348 --> 00:21:50,267
for lifeboats had been given,
416
00:21:50,267 --> 00:21:53,938
he returned to his cabin
and poured himself
417
00:21:53,938 --> 00:21:56,732
a tumbler full of liquor,
418
00:21:56,732 --> 00:21:59,318
and he drank
a half tumbler full.
419
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:01,487
Then he went back up on deck
420
00:22:01,487 --> 00:22:04,990
and helped to supervise
the loading of lifeboats.
421
00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:07,034
He helped load lifeboat ten.
422
00:22:07,034 --> 00:22:10,162
After that lifeboat was loaded,
he went back to his cabin
423
00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:12,915
and had another nip or two
so that he was
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00:22:12,915 --> 00:22:15,960
really quite well‐lit
as it got later in the night.
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RUSSELL:
At about 2:10, passengers
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00:22:18,921 --> 00:22:21,173
reported hearing
a sickening roar.
427
00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:23,008
‐(loud metallic creaking)
‐RUSSELL: That was the bulkheads
428
00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:27,012
giving way after this incredible
stress from the incoming ocean.
429
00:22:28,472 --> 00:22:30,266
BREWSTER:
After the Titanic broke in two,
430
00:22:30,266 --> 00:22:32,852
Joughin himself climbed
onto the stern railing,
431
00:22:32,852 --> 00:22:35,396
not far from the flagpole.
432
00:22:35,396 --> 00:22:37,606
And as the ship sank,
433
00:22:37,606 --> 00:22:40,025
he rode it down
like an elevator.
434
00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:43,195
(passengers screaming)
435
00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:47,283
The water temperature
was between ‐1 and ‐2 Celsius,
436
00:22:47,283 --> 00:22:51,078
or about 28 Fahrenheit,
which is below freezing.
437
00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:54,498
RUSSELL:
Then, at about 2:30 a. m.,
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so ten minutes
after the ship disappeared,
439
00:22:58,294 --> 00:23:02,506
the cries for help
had finally stopped.
440
00:23:05,259 --> 00:23:08,178
So we would say survival time
in that water
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was about ten minutes
for most passengers and crew.
442
00:23:11,307 --> 00:23:14,602
BREWSTER:
Joughin paddled around
for a while
443
00:23:14,602 --> 00:23:16,896
and eventually, uh, came across
444
00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:19,815
the overturned
collapsible lifeboat,
445
00:23:19,815 --> 00:23:25,112
and at least 28 men found refuge
there and survived on the back.
446
00:23:25,112 --> 00:23:28,282
Joughin says he paddled up to
the lifeboat and was rebuffed.
447
00:23:28,282 --> 00:23:32,286
They said,
"No more men, you'll sink us."
448
00:23:32,286 --> 00:23:35,581
Of the 2,208 passengers and crew
449
00:23:35,581 --> 00:23:38,459
who sailed upon the Titanic
on its maiden voyage,
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00:23:38,459 --> 00:23:42,421
only 712 survived.
451
00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:46,634
1,496 perished.
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SHATNER:
Among the survivors
453
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:52,139
was Charles Joughin, who, after
floating in 28‐degree water
454
00:23:52,139 --> 00:23:57,019
for nearly two hours,
managed to stay alive.
455
00:23:57,019 --> 00:23:59,563
But how?
456
00:23:59,563 --> 00:24:02,107
He should have been a candidate
to have his legs amputated.
457
00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:05,444
There should have been
severe damage, and there wasn't.
458
00:24:05,444 --> 00:24:08,948
Joughin reached New York
in relative good health.
459
00:24:08,948 --> 00:24:12,701
He went back to his career
at sea not long afterwards.
460
00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:14,119
And when they asked him later,
461
00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,121
"What do you think it was
that allowed you to survive,"
462
00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:20,668
he said that the alcohol warmed
his blood and kept him alive.
463
00:24:20,668 --> 00:24:23,963
But no medical science shows
that this is the case.
464
00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:27,257
In fact, it's believed that
alcohol actually makes it worse
465
00:24:27,257 --> 00:24:31,011
if you're encountering
a situation of hypothermia.
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00:24:31,011 --> 00:24:34,014
BREWSTER:
Experts say that
when you drink alcohol,
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something called
vasodilation occurs,
468
00:24:37,142 --> 00:24:39,228
and the blood goes to your skin,
469
00:24:39,228 --> 00:24:42,147
which is why your face turns red
if you drink a lot.
470
00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:45,776
So that when you actually
are plunged into cold water,
471
00:24:45,776 --> 00:24:48,445
you're more susceptible
to hypothermia.
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00:24:48,445 --> 00:24:52,533
You actually, uh, would die
more quickly if you were drunk.
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TAYLOR:
Alcohol is a toxin.
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Perhaps it drives
your body temperature up
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because your immune system
has to kick in
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00:24:59,456 --> 00:25:02,668
and start fighting off a toxin.
Uh, that's one possibility.
477
00:25:02,668 --> 00:25:04,712
Uh, the other possibility is
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00:25:04,712 --> 00:25:08,924
that the alcohol in his system
just kept him calm,
479
00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:12,553
uh, so that he didn't panic
and was able to survive longer
480
00:25:12,553 --> 00:25:15,806
because he kept
a cool head about it.
481
00:25:15,806 --> 00:25:19,852
So stories like Charles Joughin
cause us to question.
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Was he different
from normal people?
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00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:25,774
How could he have survived
temperatures like that
484
00:25:25,774 --> 00:25:28,777
for that long?
485
00:25:28,777 --> 00:25:30,988
We don't really know
the answers to this,
486
00:25:30,988 --> 00:25:32,322
and maybe we'll never know.
487
00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:36,869
SHATNER:
Saved by alcohol?
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Or was it that,
489
00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:40,289
by being intoxicated,
490
00:25:40,289 --> 00:25:43,792
Charles Joughin
simply had no fear?
491
00:25:43,792 --> 00:25:46,336
But whatever the reason,
492
00:25:46,336 --> 00:25:48,797
there are many who believe
that the ability
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00:25:48,797 --> 00:25:52,301
to fearlessly survive
almost certain death
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isn't limited to adults.
495
00:25:54,928 --> 00:25:58,057
They insist that children
also possess
496
00:25:58,057 --> 00:26:01,727
a unique ability
to survive danger,
497
00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:04,229
as we will soon find out.
498
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,320
SHATNER:
Wallowa, Oregon.
499
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,073
April 1986.
500
00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:17,201
Six‐year‐old Cody Sheehy is
with his family on a picnic
501
00:26:17,201 --> 00:26:19,703
in Wallowa‐Whitman
National Forest.
502
00:26:19,703 --> 00:26:21,580
The young boy is playing
with his older sister
503
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:24,416
amongst the trees
when he gets separated from her.
504
00:26:24,416 --> 00:26:27,252
When he tries to find his way
back to the picnic,
505
00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:30,130
he realizes he can't.
506
00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:32,341
RYAN SHEEHY:
At some point,
my sister had said
507
00:26:32,341 --> 00:26:35,385
that she hadn't seen
my brother in a while.
508
00:26:35,385 --> 00:26:38,972
After a few minutes, when
my brother still didn't show up,
509
00:26:38,972 --> 00:26:41,225
‐we started to call out for him.
‐Cody!
510
00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:42,601
RYAN:
And we thought
that would bring him
511
00:26:42,601 --> 00:26:46,021
out of the woods immediately,
but there was no response.
512
00:26:46,021 --> 00:26:47,648
And there were
several adults out there,
513
00:26:47,648 --> 00:26:49,983
and also my sister and I
started to look for him,
514
00:26:49,983 --> 00:26:52,694
yelling out his name,
trying to get his attention.
515
00:26:52,694 --> 00:26:55,948
So I'd guess it was maybe
3:00 in the afternoon.
516
00:26:55,948 --> 00:27:00,244
Cody had probably been gone
for an hour and a half.
517
00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:03,956
I think at this point my mom was
starting to get really worried.
518
00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:07,376
SHATNER:
With no sign of the boy,
519
00:27:07,376 --> 00:27:09,962
an official search party
is formed.
520
00:27:09,962 --> 00:27:12,923
But as day turns into night,
521
00:27:12,923 --> 00:27:15,717
their desperate attempts
to find Cody fail.
522
00:27:15,717 --> 00:27:20,973
The six‐year‐old is now utterly
and completely lost and alone,
523
00:27:20,973 --> 00:27:24,142
wandering the rugged wilderness.
524
00:27:26,186 --> 00:27:29,439
A professional search and rescue
team from the county came out.
525
00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:38,490
And one of the first things
that they did was they started
526
00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:41,660
by driving the roads
and calling out his name.
527
00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:45,497
And they alerted local pilots
to start flying over there.
528
00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:47,541
This was a scary situation
for us.
529
00:27:47,541 --> 00:27:50,836
‐(phone rings)
‐The next morning
530
00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:53,046
my grandmother
received a phone call
531
00:27:53,046 --> 00:27:57,175
that he had been found,
and that was great news.
532
00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,679
It was a huge sense of relief.
533
00:28:02,890 --> 00:28:06,393
My six‐year‐old logic was
that if I could just get home
534
00:28:06,393 --> 00:28:09,229
and get into bed,
then I wouldn't be in trouble
535
00:28:09,229 --> 00:28:10,731
and everything would be okay.
536
00:28:10,731 --> 00:28:13,609
So when the sun came up,
I was...
537
00:28:13,609 --> 00:28:16,236
leaving that forested area
and that plateau,
538
00:28:16,236 --> 00:28:18,864
and looking down below me
was a valley
539
00:28:18,864 --> 00:28:20,866
with some houses in it.
540
00:28:20,866 --> 00:28:23,035
I got down the‐the hill,
541
00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:24,369
and there was a girl,
542
00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:27,205
and so she talked me into going
into this house.
543
00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:30,292
And that's when I just totally
fell asleep on the couch.
544
00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:33,545
When I woke up, there was
a county sheriff there.
545
00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:37,341
So that officer drove me
to my grandpa's house,
546
00:28:37,341 --> 00:28:39,217
and then eventually
they brought my mom,
547
00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:43,013
and my sister and brother were
there all of a sudden, and so...
548
00:28:43,013 --> 00:28:46,266
at that point, I kind of knew
that... that I was home.
549
00:28:46,266 --> 00:28:49,269
SHATNER:
In the days after his survival,
550
00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:52,689
Cody's journey through the
Wallowa‐Whitman National Forest
551
00:28:52,689 --> 00:28:56,318
back to civilization
becomes headline news
552
00:28:56,318 --> 00:28:58,070
across the country.
553
00:28:58,070 --> 00:29:01,156
But the story raises
more questions than answers.
554
00:29:01,156 --> 00:29:04,284
How did a young child endure
frigid temperatures,
555
00:29:04,284 --> 00:29:09,331
hostile terrain, and a walk
of nearly marathon distance?
556
00:29:10,791 --> 00:29:12,876
Cody was missing from...
557
00:29:12,876 --> 00:29:15,754
early afternoon
till 8:00 the next morning,
558
00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:18,382
about 15 or 16 hours,
559
00:29:18,382 --> 00:29:21,718
and somehow in that time period
he covered 18 miles
560
00:29:21,718 --> 00:29:26,181
over rugged terrain in an area
he'd never been in, at night.
561
00:29:26,181 --> 00:29:28,850
It just really amazes me
that he had the conviction
562
00:29:28,850 --> 00:29:30,727
to keep heading
in the correct direction,
563
00:29:30,727 --> 00:29:33,021
and somehow he knew that.
564
00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:36,817
By the time it got dark,
I'd probably walked,
565
00:29:36,817 --> 00:29:39,236
I think,
around three or four miles.
566
00:29:39,236 --> 00:29:42,864
And as a six‐year‐old,
that probably was the furthest
567
00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:45,784
I'd ever walked in my life
up to that point.
568
00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:49,705
And I had found a larger road,
but then it got to a fork,
569
00:29:49,705 --> 00:29:51,498
and I had to make a decision.
570
00:29:51,498 --> 00:29:53,917
(crickets chirping)
571
00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:02,384
And I decided to go right,
and I went down...
572
00:30:02,384 --> 00:30:05,095
this other way
for probably half a mile.
573
00:30:05,095 --> 00:30:06,805
And then something
inside me said,
574
00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:09,474
"This is not
the right direction."
575
00:30:09,474 --> 00:30:12,394
More scary that way,
but I don't know why.
576
00:30:12,394 --> 00:30:14,438
So I turned around.
577
00:30:17,232 --> 00:30:19,818
And once I made a decision
to start walking,
578
00:30:19,818 --> 00:30:23,155
I don't really remember
questioning it.
579
00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:26,283
An adult can sit there
and think of all the fears,
580
00:30:26,283 --> 00:30:29,119
all the mistakes, all
the bad things that can happen,
581
00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:31,455
where the child
just knew he was in trouble
582
00:30:31,455 --> 00:30:33,373
and had to get out of it.
583
00:30:33,373 --> 00:30:35,500
SHATNER:
But what if it's more
584
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:38,503
than just a child's lack
of self‐consciousness
585
00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:41,882
that allowed Cody
to make it home alive?
586
00:30:41,882 --> 00:30:45,844
What if there's
a more supernatural explanation?
587
00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:50,348
For some reason, he knew
that he was on the right trail.
588
00:30:50,348 --> 00:30:52,476
Is it because there is
so many people and activity
589
00:30:52,476 --> 00:30:55,353
on that trail in the past that
he's picking up on that energy?
590
00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:58,440
Whatever he's picking up,
he trusted it,
591
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,484
he knew it, and he went with it.
592
00:31:01,985 --> 00:31:04,237
We are all connected
to our higher guidance
593
00:31:04,237 --> 00:31:07,365
and, in fact,
we receive messages
594
00:31:07,365 --> 00:31:10,619
from our guides
on a daily basis.
595
00:31:10,619 --> 00:31:14,081
This is our internal
guidance system
596
00:31:14,081 --> 00:31:19,711
keeping us on the right path,
telling us what to do next.
597
00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:23,381
The reason why Cody
stayed calm and did not panic‐‐
598
00:31:23,381 --> 00:31:28,637
it is because he sensed
the presence of his spirit guide
599
00:31:28,637 --> 00:31:33,266
or perhaps his guardian angel
protecting him, guiding him,
600
00:31:33,266 --> 00:31:36,478
telling him
to walk back to safety.
601
00:31:36,478 --> 00:31:39,689
Children are very comfortable
with these feelings.
602
00:31:39,689 --> 00:31:42,234
They get a sensation
and they act on it.
603
00:31:43,652 --> 00:31:45,112
CODY:
Looking back over my life,
604
00:31:45,112 --> 00:31:48,031
there's no doubt
that I defied the odds.
605
00:31:48,031 --> 00:31:50,450
And science would probably say
that a six‐year‐old
606
00:31:50,450 --> 00:31:53,328
is capable of that
because I did do it.
607
00:31:53,328 --> 00:31:56,748
But the reality is that most
people are not put
608
00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:59,584
in that situation
as a six‐year‐old.
609
00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:03,296
SHATNER:
Cody Sheehy withstood something
610
00:32:03,296 --> 00:32:05,632
that would have challenged
any adult.
611
00:32:05,632 --> 00:32:09,261
But does his battle against
nature suggest that children
612
00:32:09,261 --> 00:32:11,972
have an innate knack
for survival,
613
00:32:11,972 --> 00:32:15,809
as counterintuitive
as that may seem?
614
00:32:15,809 --> 00:32:17,853
Survival experts say yes.
615
00:32:17,853 --> 00:32:19,729
They also claim that some people
616
00:32:19,729 --> 00:32:23,108
have even more extraordinary
survival skills,
617
00:32:23,108 --> 00:32:26,695
including the ability
to avoid danger entirely
618
00:32:26,695 --> 00:32:29,531
by sensing it before it occurs.
619
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:39,374
SHATNER:
England, February 1998.
620
00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:44,045
Interior designer Clare Henry
is driving to her home
621
00:32:44,045 --> 00:32:48,300
in the county of Hampshire,
nearly 100 miles from London.
622
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:53,305
It's a trip that she's made more
times than she can remember.
623
00:32:53,305 --> 00:32:56,099
HENRY:
So I'm sitting in the car.
624
00:32:56,099 --> 00:32:59,311
I was driving back
from London to Hampshire.
625
00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:05,317
It was about
the 8th of February, 1998.
626
00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:09,237
It was six months
after Princess Diana had died.
627
00:33:11,448 --> 00:33:16,536
I met Diana when I was
a member of the Harbour Club.
628
00:33:16,536 --> 00:33:18,496
And I would meet her many times
629
00:33:18,496 --> 00:33:20,707
when I was working out
in the gym.
630
00:33:20,707 --> 00:33:23,919
And I wasn't a close friend‐‐
I wish I had been‐‐
631
00:33:23,919 --> 00:33:26,671
but we used to have
a giggle together,
632
00:33:26,671 --> 00:33:28,673
and we had a lovely time.
633
00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:30,550
And she was a very dear soul.
634
00:33:30,550 --> 00:33:33,345
Full of light, full of love.
There was something about her.
635
00:33:33,345 --> 00:33:35,180
I couldn't quite put
my finger on it.
636
00:33:36,765 --> 00:33:38,350
SHATNER:
As Clare pulls
637
00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:40,435
onto the M27 motorway,
638
00:33:40,435 --> 00:33:43,355
she notices that the highway
is shrouded in fog.
639
00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:47,734
HENRY:
I came across a fog wall.
640
00:33:47,734 --> 00:33:50,070
It had been raining in
the morning, and when it rains,
641
00:33:50,070 --> 00:33:53,323
you know, you often get
damp weather in England,
642
00:33:53,323 --> 00:33:56,910
and you get foggy evenings,
especially in the West Country.
643
00:33:56,910 --> 00:33:59,913
SHATNER:
Instead of pulling
into the fast lane,
644
00:33:59,913 --> 00:34:02,332
as she's done
countless times before,
645
00:34:02,332 --> 00:34:06,711
Clare slows down
and proceeds with caution.
646
00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:09,923
And then
Clare suddenly has a strange
647
00:34:09,923 --> 00:34:13,843
and disturbing vision.
648
00:34:13,843 --> 00:34:15,804
She sees a woman's face
649
00:34:15,804 --> 00:34:17,847
but not just that of any woman.
650
00:34:17,847 --> 00:34:21,893
She sees the face
of Princess Diana.
651
00:34:23,812 --> 00:34:27,941
And suddenly I see this vision.
652
00:34:27,941 --> 00:34:31,069
And I was very surprised,
very shocked
653
00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:34,281
to see the face
of Princess Diana
654
00:34:34,281 --> 00:34:35,907
just here.
655
00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:38,910
Literally here
in front of my face.
656
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:43,456
Because I see her face,
and I put two and two together‐‐
657
00:34:43,456 --> 00:34:47,627
Diana killed in a car crash
658
00:34:47,627 --> 00:34:50,588
in the tunnel in the Mercedes‐‐
659
00:34:50,588 --> 00:34:52,007
I suddenly realize
660
00:34:52,007 --> 00:34:53,967
Diana is trying
to tell me something,
661
00:34:53,967 --> 00:34:57,095
and something is about to happen
in front of me,
662
00:34:57,095 --> 00:34:58,555
and I need to pay attention,
663
00:34:58,555 --> 00:35:01,433
and I need to change
what I normally do.
664
00:35:02,475 --> 00:35:05,937
So I had
a very, very, very short time
665
00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:09,774
to think about what
I was gonna do next.
666
00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:13,778
I shot across, left,
towards the hard shoulder,
667
00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:15,447
and I kept on going.
668
00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:17,073
And all of a sudden,
669
00:35:17,073 --> 00:35:21,828
‐I hear this awful sound.
‐(tires screeching)
670
00:35:21,828 --> 00:35:24,497
(glass breaking, metal clanging)
671
00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:27,292
And the sound
was metal on metal...
672
00:35:29,169 --> 00:35:30,629
...and breaking glass.
673
00:35:30,629 --> 00:35:33,840
And I realized
there's an accident.
674
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:38,345
I just remember passing
this barrage of cars.
675
00:35:38,345 --> 00:35:42,349
And I couldn't believe
how glass didn't hit me.
676
00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:45,185
It was a pretty big pileup.
677
00:35:45,185 --> 00:35:49,022
And then I stop 'cause I realize
there's nobody next to me,
678
00:35:49,022 --> 00:35:51,024
there's nobody behind me,
679
00:35:51,024 --> 00:35:53,568
and nobody got out
of that accident.
680
00:35:53,568 --> 00:35:58,281
I was the only one
who got out of that accident.
681
00:35:58,281 --> 00:36:02,202
And if I had done
what I normally do that day
682
00:36:02,202 --> 00:36:04,287
and gone straight
into the fast lane,
683
00:36:04,287 --> 00:36:07,666
I don't think I'd be sitting
here today, to be honest.
684
00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:11,169
SHATNER:
This strange ability
685
00:36:11,169 --> 00:36:13,088
to anticipate danger
before it happens
686
00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:16,257
may seem like
a far‐fetched notion.
687
00:36:16,257 --> 00:36:19,552
But if not for seeing the face
of Princess Diana,
688
00:36:19,552 --> 00:36:21,763
Clare Henry believes
that she would have met
689
00:36:21,763 --> 00:36:26,351
a rather sudden and tragic end
on the highway that day.
690
00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:30,689
Was the vision
that she claims to have seen
691
00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:34,818
simply a coincidental figment
of Clare's imagination?
692
00:36:34,818 --> 00:36:39,614
Or was it something more?
693
00:36:41,491 --> 00:36:43,576
Clare had a glimpse
of the future
694
00:36:43,576 --> 00:36:47,372
in that one instant,
which is exactly the time
695
00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:51,084
she had a vision
of Princess Diana warning her.
696
00:36:51,084 --> 00:36:53,503
"This is not your time to die."
697
00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:56,214
"Be careful.
698
00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:58,383
Get off the road now."
699
00:36:58,383 --> 00:37:00,760
Clare and Princess Diana
700
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,679
may have been just friends
at the gym,
701
00:37:02,679 --> 00:37:06,307
but perhaps there was a deeper,
stronger connection
702
00:37:06,307 --> 00:37:07,976
on a spiritual level,
703
00:37:07,976 --> 00:37:10,562
on a much higher level.
704
00:37:10,562 --> 00:37:12,689
A bigger story, so to speak.
705
00:37:13,732 --> 00:37:15,150
DENNIN:
I think many of us
706
00:37:15,150 --> 00:37:16,609
have had that experience
707
00:37:16,609 --> 00:37:18,403
of, you know, your hair tingling
708
00:37:18,403 --> 00:37:21,030
or ducking just before
something was coming.
709
00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:23,241
And if our brain is good
at interpreting it
710
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:25,577
without us knowing,
we can get a premonition
711
00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:27,579
and get out of harm's way.
712
00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:30,415
But at the end of the day,
713
00:37:30,415 --> 00:37:32,751
science doesn't really have
a good explanation of this yet
714
00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:34,461
because we haven't studied it
in the ways,
715
00:37:34,461 --> 00:37:36,004
I think, that needs to be done.
716
00:37:36,004 --> 00:37:38,006
(monitor beeping)
717
00:37:38,006 --> 00:37:39,924
CORY:
Sometimes premonition
718
00:37:39,924 --> 00:37:42,927
comes from what we call
our spirit family.
719
00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:48,057
They are communicating with us
from the other side,
720
00:37:48,057 --> 00:37:51,060
giving us messages
721
00:37:51,060 --> 00:37:53,480
that something's
about to go wrong.
722
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:57,609
Because premonition is coming
from our higher consciousness,
723
00:37:57,609 --> 00:38:00,945
it is not part
of our normal awakened state.
724
00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:04,032
It is coming
from another dimension
725
00:38:04,032 --> 00:38:07,118
beyond this human reality.
726
00:38:09,162 --> 00:38:11,039
SHATNER:
If it's true that some humans
727
00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:13,875
can avoid danger
by seeing through time,
728
00:38:13,875 --> 00:38:15,627
could it also be possible
729
00:38:15,627 --> 00:38:18,129
for some of us
to protect ourselves from harm
730
00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:21,800
by making time stand still?
731
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,802
There's at least one man
732
00:38:23,802 --> 00:38:26,971
who would insist
that the answer to that question
733
00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:29,057
is a profound yes.
734
00:38:34,229 --> 00:38:36,481
SHATNER:
Ragged Falls, Ontario.
735
00:38:36,481 --> 00:38:38,691
Summer 1995.
736
00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:40,735
13‐year‐old David Whitehead
737
00:38:40,735 --> 00:38:43,655
is hanging out with friends
by a river,
738
00:38:43,655 --> 00:38:47,617
enjoying the simple joys
of sunshine and the outdoors.
739
00:38:47,617 --> 00:38:51,663
But what happens next
is anything but fun.
740
00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:54,249
WHITEHEAD:
We start playing truth or dare,
741
00:38:54,249 --> 00:38:56,376
and I started getting the sense
742
00:38:56,376 --> 00:38:59,254
that my friend was thinking,
"Well, the next dare
743
00:38:59,254 --> 00:39:01,172
will be that I'm gonna jump
into the river."
744
00:39:02,215 --> 00:39:03,758
I didn't think
it was a good idea,
745
00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:05,134
but he did it anyways.
746
00:39:05,134 --> 00:39:07,053
He jumped in.
747
00:39:07,053 --> 00:39:11,391
Immediately, he gets swept
towards the edge of these falls,
748
00:39:11,391 --> 00:39:13,935
and they were very rocky,
sharp, jagged edges.
749
00:39:13,935 --> 00:39:16,646
They would actually smash you
all the way down.
750
00:39:16,646 --> 00:39:17,939
I don't know what it was,
751
00:39:17,939 --> 00:39:19,566
but something activated
inside of me,
752
00:39:19,566 --> 00:39:22,986
and I knew
that my friend was gonna die.
753
00:39:22,986 --> 00:39:24,028
SHATNER:
In an instant,
754
00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:25,613
David was able to react
755
00:39:25,613 --> 00:39:27,407
because, in that moment,
he found
756
00:39:27,407 --> 00:39:30,076
he possessed
the extraordinary ability
757
00:39:30,076 --> 00:39:32,662
to slow down time.
758
00:39:35,665 --> 00:39:38,084
The whole thing I remember
759
00:39:38,084 --> 00:39:40,295
in crystal clear detail
to this day.
760
00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:43,965
Time stood still.
761
00:39:43,965 --> 00:39:46,009
Everything seemed to slow down.
762
00:39:46,968 --> 00:39:48,595
I remember everything feeling
763
00:39:48,595 --> 00:39:51,514
like I was operating
in slow motion.
764
00:39:52,473 --> 00:39:54,934
And luckily,
765
00:39:54,934 --> 00:39:56,936
I was able to finally get ahold
766
00:39:56,936 --> 00:39:58,396
‐of one of the rocks.
‐Help! Help me!
767
00:39:58,396 --> 00:40:00,607
WHITEHEAD:
I grab the rock.
768
00:40:00,607 --> 00:40:02,108
I grab onto my friend's hand.
769
00:40:02,108 --> 00:40:04,527
‐Help me!
‐His feet are literally dangling
over the edge
770
00:40:04,527 --> 00:40:06,321
of this waterfall.
771
00:40:06,321 --> 00:40:09,198
‐Help! Help me!
‐WHITEHEAD:
All that went through my mind
772
00:40:09,198 --> 00:40:10,992
was, "Don't let go.
Don't let go.
773
00:40:10,992 --> 00:40:12,410
‐Don't let go."
‐Help!
774
00:40:12,410 --> 00:40:16,122
I'm just a small,
scrawny 13‐year‐old kid,
775
00:40:16,122 --> 00:40:17,749
and here I am,
bicep‐curling this kid
776
00:40:17,749 --> 00:40:19,459
off the edge of a waterfall.
777
00:40:19,459 --> 00:40:21,669
I often think back
to that feeling
778
00:40:21,669 --> 00:40:24,255
of time slowing down,
and I wonder,
779
00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:26,591
how could I be
in one state of consciousness,
780
00:40:26,591 --> 00:40:28,593
and then,
during a traumatic event,
781
00:40:28,593 --> 00:40:31,596
I'm in a completely different
state of consciousness?
782
00:40:33,306 --> 00:40:36,100
Time dilation isn't just
something we perceive.
783
00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:40,188
It's something that really
happens to us in our brains.
784
00:40:40,188 --> 00:40:44,359
It may seem like time
is moving slower,
785
00:40:44,359 --> 00:40:46,361
but we're just processing
information
786
00:40:46,361 --> 00:40:48,529
‐so much more quickly.
‐(screams)
787
00:40:48,529 --> 00:40:52,784
Our synapses
are literally firing off faster.
788
00:40:52,784 --> 00:40:54,494
The way you make
a slow‐motion movie
789
00:40:54,494 --> 00:40:56,746
is by taking
a lot of frames of film.
790
00:40:56,746 --> 00:40:59,248
And that's essentially how
the human brain works, too.
791
00:40:59,248 --> 00:41:02,168
Intense experience
792
00:41:02,168 --> 00:41:05,421
means lots of dense,
rich memories,
793
00:41:05,421 --> 00:41:07,465
which creates a perception
794
00:41:07,465 --> 00:41:09,842
that things have taken
a long time
795
00:41:09,842 --> 00:41:13,471
even if they've taken
a short time.
796
00:41:13,471 --> 00:41:16,891
So that means that there's
a gear that we have in our minds
797
00:41:16,891 --> 00:41:19,852
that we don't play with
on a daily basis
798
00:41:19,852 --> 00:41:22,647
but, during traumatic events,
gets activated.
799
00:41:22,647 --> 00:41:26,067
And this is
yet another testament
800
00:41:26,067 --> 00:41:28,236
to the true potential
that we all have.
801
00:41:31,572 --> 00:41:34,367
If, after hearing these stories,
802
00:41:34,367 --> 00:41:35,994
you still think
surviving disaster
803
00:41:35,994 --> 00:41:37,912
is nothing more
than a matter of fate,
804
00:41:37,912 --> 00:41:39,247
then maybe you're the type
805
00:41:39,247 --> 00:41:40,707
to ignore
the safety instructions
806
00:41:40,707 --> 00:41:42,250
before an airline flight
807
00:41:42,250 --> 00:41:45,962
or trust someone else
to pack your parachute.
808
00:41:45,962 --> 00:41:47,714
No?
809
00:41:47,714 --> 00:41:52,844
Then maybe you'd better
take destiny into your own hands
810
00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:55,888
and rely on your wits
to survive,
811
00:41:55,888 --> 00:41:59,058
especially since your future
is still...
812
00:41:59,058 --> 00:42:01,144
(whispering):
unexplained.
813
00:42:01,144 --> 00:42:03,146
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