First I was afraid I was petrified....., what tales of survival famous or otherwise have caught your interest over the years?

A friend of mine relayed the true story of meeting a spider in an unlit hallway in the middle of the night. It was SO large, that she felt a breeze as it passed her leg. Now, that’s scary, I don’t care who you are.

This

O!M!G! This guy!

In 2002, when my doctor said he found something on my mammogram, I was terrified.

I will choose from the famous, past, afar category. :-) I think the story of Ernest Shackleton and survival of the crew of The Endurance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_(1912_ship) after they were stranded in the Antarctic is one of the most extraordinary tales of survival, fortitude, courage, leadership and fatefully, “endurance,” that I have ever heard. That even a one of them got back home is extraordinary, but there was not a single man lost. Amazing.

@lillycoyote Thanks for reminding us of a fascinating story.

The story of the Uruguayan national soccer team in “Stranded” where the ate their dead team mates in order to survive a horrifying plane crash ordeal in the Andes mtns.

Swiss Family Robinson is my fav though!!