When the odds are against you, do you just give up and hope for the best or do you try
and put up a fight?
Your answer determines whether or not you're a survivor, whether you'd be able to endure
when the odds are against you.
The following three tales follow people that shouldn't have persevered.
Did they really look death in the face and, against all odds, pull through?
Or, did we spin these stories up for your entertainment?
It's time to find out whether you can decide what's fact.. or fiction.
The line that divides the factual from the unreal has long since blurred, the tales we
once thought fantastical now implanted as truth.
To decipher verity from the imagined, you must break from the ordinary and consider
a universe where the outlandish prevails.
Can you expand your mind to see beyond our perceived reality?
Can you decide what's fact or fiction?
Just how deadly can Mother Nature be?
Mitchel Greenberg and Brandon Thomas found out the hard way while trying to enjoy the
peace and quiet of the wild at the base of a very well-known natural formation.
In an instant, their experience took a turn for the worst..
Story # 1: May 18, 1980 Many people weren't alive or couldn't remember
what they were doing on May 18th, 1980, but it's a day that Mitchel Greenberg won't soon
forget.
It wasn't a trip he had been excited about, but his close friend, Brandon Thomas, insisted
that they forgo the beach and try for something adventurous – a once in a lifetime expedition
in the shadow of Mount St. Helens.
The two traveled with a group of eight, though they all set up camp separate from one another.
They spent only one day in River Glen, a quiet campsite near the base of the towering volcano.
The morning after enjoying the peacefulness of nature and sharing stories over a campfire,
Mitchel and Brandon awoke to an unexpected event.
Mitchel didn't see it at first, but when he saw the terror in his friend's eyes,
he knew something bad was happening.
The sky just beyond the treelined campsite was blocked by a red cloud that rose from
the peak of Mount St. Helens.
The pair rushed from their campsite in a panic just as the ground started to quake.
Amidst the chaos that followed, Mitchel lost track of Brandon after being knocked to the
ground by a heavy wave of ash.
Ice and snow barreled over Mitchell from the snowy natural formation, freezing him in just
seconds.
His body underwent another drastic temperature change when the heat from the volcanic eruption
finally reached him.
The intensity started to blister his hands, forcing him to frantically crawl his way to
the nearby river for relief.
As he soaked his hands, he scanned the clearing, hoping to find Brandon.
Instead, he only saw the destructive force of nature.
Ash dropped from the sky like snowfall, clouding his vision.
Pockets of hot orange burst around him, engulfing him in an unexpected hell.
Knowing there was no surviving just by hiding near the river, Mitchel struggled against
the worsening conditions to find Brandon and safety.
Breathing grew difficult as the ash grew even thinker, but despite all that stood in his
way, Mitchell found Brandon hiding beneath tree limbs.
Rendered immobile from his broken hip, the two sat together on the pile of branches,
each one praying for an impossible rescue.
They prolonged the inevitable by breathing through their shirts, hoping to keep their
lungs clear of the volcanic ash.
Hope had long-been lost when, through the thick cloud of gray, Mitchel saw two figures
approaching them.
One pair of friends they traveled with, Jonathan Reese and Rose Nelson, had found their way
through the eruption to Mitchel and Brandon's campsite.
Together, the three were able to build a shelter for Brandon before setting off to find help.
For nearly 11 miles, Mitchel walked through the devastated landscape before finding a
family of hikers that were able to call in a rescue.
Mitchel, Brandon, Jonathan, and Rose survived the ordeal, each one walking away with their
own emotional or physical scars.
The eruption of Mount St. Helens was a well-known ordeal, but is it possible that Mitchel and
company were trapped within it?
To survive the abundance of ash and the incredible heat sounds unlikely, but does that mean it
didn't and couldn't have happened?
We'll get to the reveal in a few, but for now, vote what you think by using the on-screen
poll and let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
Our second story deals with a horror that is still relevant today – the poor conditions
of garment factories around the world.
If you're unaware of these horrible conditions, pay attention to this story of Hasina Anand.
Forced to work in an overcrowded building for minimal pay, Hasina witnessed firsthand
the result of such an environment.
Story # 2: The Dark Labyrinth It wasn't a feeling she was accustomed to,
especially after several years in the cramped factory.
The building seemed to sway, a motion that should have been impossible for the stubby
structure.
Hasina looked around to make sure she wasn't the only one to have felt it and judging by
the look on her neighbor's faces, she wasn't.
There was an uncomfortable silence for a very brief moment before the building moved again,
this time far more drastic.
Hasina heard the floor give way before the feeling of falling hit her.
By the time she could comprehend what was happening, the sun that had been peering through
nearby windows was completely blacked out and her lungs were filled with a thick dust.
Screams were stifled by the sound of the collapsing building and within seconds, all Hasina could
hear was the sound of her heart beating frantically as she dropped through the crumbling building.
It all went silent suddenly when she struck the bottom, her head slamming against a solid
surface.
The headache was unbearable when she finally came to, but it didn't keep Hasina from
being able to grasp just how dire her situation was.
Nothing but pitch black surrounded her.
There was no telling how long she had been knocked out, but as she started to rustle
in her spot trapped beneath the rubble, she quickly realized she wasn't the only one
alive.
"Save me!."
A frantic voice called out to her, muffled slightly by the walls of the labyrinth.
"Please, water."
Hasina's movements were hindered by the tight quarters, but she still tried to move
to find the distressed man.
They could hear one-another, and he continued to call out to Hasina, but by the time she
reached him, he had fallen silent and his body, trapped beneath a pile of rubble, had
gone limp.
Hasina wanted to avoid the same fate and so she crawled through the darkened cavern, her
body being torn up by tiny shards of metal and jagged concrete edges.
Crawling through the rubble, Hasina had no sense of time and saw only trickles of daylight
in small cracks that supplied her with the minimal oxygen she had.
As she sought a way out during her days trapped in the deadly maze, Hasina happened upon packs
of cookies and small puddles of water, just enough provisions to get her through the 17
days she spent trapped in what could have been her grave.
Hasina was rescued after being able to attract the attention of a rescue worker through a
tiny crack.
It was just big enough to fit a stick through and the stick was just big enough for him
to see.
After her rescue, Hasina later found that more than 1,000 of her coworkers had been
killed and she was the only survivor to have been found.
It's a well-known fact that the conditions in some factories are deplorable and structural
collapses aren't entirely uncommon, but what are the odds of surviving such a collapse,
trapped under all of that weight?
Is it likely she'd survive while more than 1,000 of her co-workers were pulled from the
rubble, lifeless?
Take a moment to tell us what you think in the comment section below and vote by using
the on-screen poll.
On August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina ripped through southern Louisiana, leaving a wake
of destruction and causing more than 1,500 deaths.
Chip DeLanio was born and raised on the outskirts of New Orleans, but never expected that he'd
find himself fighting for his life – a nearly losing it.
Story # 3: A Watery Grave When the alert bulletin started to sound,
Chip regretted every decision that led to his partial immobility.
The heavy cast on his leg kept him moving at a pace he needed to and his caretaker,
a kind neighbor and the only person he really spoke to, was with her family, likely scrambling
to plan their own escape.
The native Louisianan started to pack what he could reach, but the more he struggled
against his freshly broken leg, the more he realized just how futile his escape really
would have been.
When a desperate phone call to his neighbor went unsurprisingly unanswered, he realized
just how alone he was going to be.
And so he waited for the inevitable.
The wind outside had been kicking up for hours, the rain pounding against his fragile home.
He and his tiny abode had survived hurricanes before, but unbeknownst to him, none had caused
the same level of devastation that Katrina was threatening.
Chip was shocked when the steady flow of water rocked his house and started to seep in through
every crack.
He didn't want to panic, but as the structure started to give way, it was all he could do.
His cast felt like a brick as he struggled against the rising water and avoided the pieces
of debris that were knocked loose from his home.
He paddled as hard as he could, growing tired almost immediately.
Before long, the current of the rushing water had taken him, dragging him through his devastated
neighborhood.
He reached for every piece of debris that passed him, but his strength wasn't enough
to hold on and keep the water from pulling him.
His mind wanted to black out, but the flowing water that pounded against his face, making
it nearly impossible to breathe kept him awake.
Chip wound up getting caught against submerged debris for what felt like forever, his body
threatening to shut down every second that passed, then he felt something pulling him
back.
The motions were too rough and jerky to be water, and it wasn't until he felt a strong
hand grip his shoulder that he realized he wasn't alone.
Then, through the chaos of everything around him, he heard a man's voice.
The words were indistinguishable, but knowing he wasn't alone caused him to feel relief.
Even if he did die, at least it wasn't by himself.
But he wasn't going to die, at least not there.
Another jolt of pain shot up from his leg as the unknown hero gave Chip one last tug,
releasing him from his trap.
Seconds later Chip felt his back slide against a hard surface and heard more voices, speaking
frantically.
He tried to muster a "Thank you" to his nameless savior, but he couldn't gather
the strength.
Chip simply laid still, silent and motionless.
When a helicopter finally found the stranded group and airlifted them to safety, Chip moved
his head enough to meet the eyes of the man that saved him and summoned the strength to
force a smile.
Hurricane Katrina claimed many lives in 2005, but was Chip DeLanio almost one of them?
Are there people out there, so alone, that not one person would consider their safety
in instances of an emergency?
We'll find out in just a minute - but we want to know what you think in the comment section.
Are you ready to find out if you can decipher between fact or fiction?
Let's look back at tonight's three stories and find out which were born from reality
and which were fabrications of the imagination.
Our first tale follows what seemed like an impossible survival story during the eruption
of Mount St. Helens.
Anyone that knows their history will be able to confirm that the volcano did indeed erupt
on May 18th, 1980, but that doesn't mean Mitchel and Brandon are real, right?
The fact of the matter is, their story did happen, only to Danny Jay Balch and Brian
Thomas.
Balch and Thomas survived along with their friends Sue Ruff and Bruce Nelson.
Two other friends, Karen Varner and Terry Crall, sadly, were killed in their tent.
Looking at our second story of beating the odds, we were introduced to Hasina Anand,
a seamstress in a garment factory.
Did her terrifying tale of being trapped beneath rubble actually happen, or are we just trying
to frighten our claustrophobic listeners?
For that answer, you may want to ask Reshma Begum, the Bangladesh woman that actually
lived through Hasina's experience.
Reshma survived for 17 days in the collapsed building on what little water she could find
and four packs of cookies.
As for that last story, where Chip DeLanio struggled against the power of Hurricane Katrina?
Many tales of heroism and tragedy came after Katrina made landfall, so it's plausible
that Chip's was among them.
Though it could have happened, it didn't.
Mr. DeLanio's struggle is rooted in fiction, a creation of our own imaginations.
How well did you do in tonight's video?
Did you look past the deception of our world and define the oft-blurred line that struggles
to separate lies from the truth?
Let us all know in the comment section below and should you find the urge to test your
perceptions again, be sure to subscribe and join us next time when we ask you to decide
what's fact... or fiction.
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