A Man Who Nearly Drowned at the Height of 30,000 Ft
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Not many survival stories can rival the miracle that happened to Marine Lt. Col. William Henry Rankin in 1959. See for yourself: one bad day, this man nearly drowned -- falling from the sky! Um, are you saying that it sounds too paradoxical to be true?
So, it was a high-altitude flight, and Rankin, together with his wingman were flying at the height of more than 47,000 ft. The only thing that could cause some trouble was a storm that was raging far beneath the planes, but now, it didn't present any threat. However, the pilots were supposed to pass through this storm on their way to the Marine air base in Beaufort, South Carolina...
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TIMESTAMPS:
"Engine failure. I have to eject." 0:24
Decompression 1:46
... wasn't the worst thing 2:53
Falling through the black clouds 3:26
Is it possible to drown in the sky? 5:07
How he landed 6:27
...and what happened to him next 7:07
#survivalstory #truestory #brightside
SUMMARY:
- Things took a turn for the worse when the aircraft was approximately 9 miles and mere minutes away from the military base. Suddenly, Rankin's engine quit, and the fire warning light switched on.
- Desperately trying to keep his plane from gaining speed and going into a complete nosedive, Rankin radioed his partner, "Engine failure. I have to eject."
- Rankin was in a free fall at a height of 40,000 feet, with a temperature of minus 65 degrees F.
- When the man found himself in the air at such an unprecedented height, he experienced severe decompression. It felt as if his stomach had increased to twice its size, and his nose seemed like it was about to explode.
- Rankin continued falling, and all he could feel besides all-encompassing fear was the shocking cold.
- Rankin had been falling through the black clouds with almost no visibility for about five minutes, surrounded by lightning, rain, hail, and violent winds, when something went wrong with the barometer that was supposed to deploy his parachute automatically.
- ut it wasn't just any old thunderstorm. Nope, the unlucky 39-year-old fighter pilot plunged straight into a cumulonimbus cloud.
- Lightning snapped and crackled around Rankin, and even though he didn't hear the thunder per se, he could feel it vibrating through his body. The hailstones were so big that at some moments, Rankin worried they would tear his parachute.
- The pilot was shocked to discover that he was relatively unscathed, the lightning hadn't grazed him, his parachute was in one piece, and he hadn't drowned in the rainwater. The only thing he had to worry about now was a safe landing.
- At first, Rankin was going down toward a clearing, but his bad luck continued, because, at the last moment, a powerful gust of wind threw him into a tree.
- After freeing himself and staggering to his feet, the pilot limped through the forest until he found a country road. But hitching a ride turned out to be a tough task.
- Rankin spent several weeks in the hospital and made a complete recovery. Later, he wrote the book "The Man Who Rode the Thunder" where he described his experience.
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On a scale of zero to ten, how much are you afraid of heights? 😉 (My answer would be 10)
BRIGHT SIDE ten
CREEPER??
7
3 or2
0
He should also be proud that he didn’t have any long term damage with that jaw flopping around
When he was still alive in the early 2000’s I bet wherever he went all this was all through his mind, like his view of the storm, falling for ages and how uncomfortable it felt
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
dude im pretty sure he is
dude, that was just the animation. no ones jaw would actually do that..
Kevin Moore woooosh
This is how my grandma got home from school
You mean she free fell upwards both ways
RIP kobe
@@jakewinlandvlogs7477 No
@@jakewinlandvlogs7477 why are you here, go on a video dedicated to him. Not here
Legit
"relatively unscathed"? looks like the dude had a dislocated jaw the entire time...
IKR
this video should be abt why he had a month like that
@Robloxboigamer yes
My hat's off to you sir... You lived more in those few minutes than most do in a life time
If there was ever a man who needed a GoPro...
dear lord yes
LOL...Yea, but then someone would try to beat it
I would watch the entire 40minutes
Oh I would watch that video OVER AND OVER again if it was on youtube
New RedBull video coming soon
The real tragedy is whoever animated his mouth
true
Yeah.
Haha but true joy
Yep
True
"I have been falling for 30 minutes" -Loki
*I fell for hours*
@@karmotlephrog3791 i fell for years.
Zx4xydhc
I fell for eternitys
ha
Nokia 3310: *falls from a cloud*
Universe: *dies*
I think you meant "earth" The Universe has planets that are apart
@@unluckypatcher8423 what i meant was the multiverse. The universe is too weak and small against a 3310
That was my 1st phone , i was 5 or 6 yo so i left it on the rain a few times and 7 years later it still worked.
Happy Virus he meant the universe you clearly don’t know the 3310
I don’t get it.
Scary just to hear about it, imagine you in it.
Yoinks shaggy
Yes but still wanna be with him at this amazing jumping.
I would die
Fun but not with the scary clouds and thunderstorms
@@thesaints-7-andrew. remember you knew the conclusion but he didn't know if he will make it or not, and the unknown was terrifying
He didn’t need a parachute he could have put on his feather falling 4 diamond boots or/and drank a resistance potion
No he should have drank Potion of Slow Falling
No he should have had a totem of undying
Or an elytra
*sigh* mincraft gamers
I mean i like minecraft but i dont play it everytime
maple pancake '_' no u
The true flying man. . .he stayed up there 40 mins with only a parachute.
Give this man a Guinness record.
It's so amazing how this man survived all of these pain while he was falling in the sky, he is amazing!
Truly a life changing experience
this has to be the most incredible story i have ever heard.
Lol I thought he almost drowned after he reached the ocean after the incident and survived
Same i thought he fell into the ocean i actually hoped that was what the video was about
dylan Mathews o
Read the title
NIRVAN THAPA sharkea
me too
“He had frostbite. But he had no *longterm damage.*
Frostbites are like burns, some are worse than others.
He's talking about bad frostbite can make limbs come off
is frostbite longterm damage ? u would think ur finger falling off straight away would be shortterm
Well when you have frostbite and you don’t treat it in enough time you can get your limbs chopped off
@@thelifeofjamieg
You're so beautiful ❤❤❤
The real tragedy is that his mouth almost fell off
Lol
I can't understand why his chin looks like that,😂😂
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@@squreshimd okay
same
squreshimd r/ihadastroke
Because it's animation, you dolt.
One time
I breathed oxygen
Me too
Same
And I breathed out carbon dioxide
@@redcarnotaurus323 I thought I was the only one who does that
Cool.
6:10 I have been falling, for 40 MINUTES!
Doctor Strange loki lol
This is actually very scary like imagine if this was you!
Who else wasn’t gonna watch the whole video but than just found it interesting
I did
Me
Me
Exactly what happened.
AndrewGoPlayz ikr
*Sick dude, that's the most epic gamer skydive I've seen 😔👊*
God bless this man.
My biggest and most inhbearesing survival story trying to get the popcorn 5 feet away on the couch.
@@MarcusStuff_ ok cool but who asked
I pooped in the middle of class and it was so much it almost touched my shoes
@@captainmostafa8089 SHEEEESH
This man proves why Marines are as tough as they are. I am so proud of 'my' Marines, my uncle, and my dad. Semper Fi.
That is what you call fate, it wasnt his time to die yet no matter what happens, no matter how hard the evil tries, god always protects!
Why is the "G" in small letter 🙄
Why do people hates me? -evil
there is no god
@sans the comic there is no god
@sans the comic there is no god
I once survived my history class back in high school.
Wan Zachary Wan Isa hahahahaha i am surviving it now
I survived a math test
I slept through that
I like the way you think
Flimsy hahahahaha
Wow God bless this amazing soldier 🙏
Title : *he fell from a cloud*
The real title : *he fell from a plane*
U mean thumbnail
The title said something else like this man almost drowned from 30,00 or something like that
Well he probably flew above the clouds just like an average plane would when you travel.
The thumbnail ruined my childhood😂
Who else dreamt of walking on clouds
Me
I used to want to just lie on a cloud I thought it would be a fluffy bed
I wanted to eat a cloud like a marshmallow
Me
Not me I was smart (not sure what happened )
So we’re not gonna question why his chin is shaped like that
and why is his face cut in half
Because he cut his face off ._.
300000
Rtfh wea f really liked it so I can see it on my iPad it was a little more than the
AND HE TOTALLY LOOKED LIKE HE HAS A DISLOCATED JAW.
Why would we
No one:
Literally nobody
Not even a soul:
Thumbnail:he fell from a cloud...
not funny at all
Bro this meme not funny
I was wondering the same
didn’t laugh
Short story: A man in my church gave his testimony of being a tank commander in World War II. The day before they were to enter a German town he was reading his Bible. A fellow commander walked up to him and said, “What are you reading that fiction for? You think that book is going to save you?” The Christian responded, “My mother gave me this Bible and I read it every day. And I believe every word and promise in this book!” The next day, as the tanks approached the town the Germans fired on the company of tanks. This veteran said, “Out of the whole column of tanks in my company, only my tank made it through.”
K
Gary McAleer nobody asked
uhh okay?
K
@@epicpeegaming2438 The moderator asked to post our stories. Apparently you have none.
I read about this in my sophmore English class, in the story I read he had his oxygen mask which flapped around as he was falling badly hitting his face
The man in his interview be like : "I have seen many things."
I think my heart would have given out well before hitting the storm.
He was a fighter pilot. He good. Strong heart
And right mind
my heart would've stopped when the plane took off
Well... Now I have a fear of clouds . This literally sounds like one of the most traumatic experiences ever to go through on your own .... He really got stuck in the middle of a storm cloud and survived .
I can't even imagine experiencing one minute of that terror.
He’s the real dude who fell from heaven.
Serious question: Why didn’t he wait until the plane was lower to eject?
Thats what I was thinking
Yeah, im confused as well. the plane should have easily been able to glide to the air base at only 9 miles out. Why are you 47k feet up when you are going to land in 9 miles? At the very least he could have glided down to a few thousand feet and then ejected.
@@DragonMoth34 My guess the jet was not design to glide in a unstable thunderstorm. The video mentioned, for what ever reason was about to go into a nose dive.
Because I plane was on fire and it’s a small plane
@@DragonMoth34 Jets can't glide. Without motive power, the plane's forward velocity would've dropped below the minimum needed to keep it aloft. As the story indicates, right after he ejects the plane nose dives into the clouds. Any kind of fixed wing aircraft relies on Bernoulli's Principle, so an engine failure means it will drop like a rock.
I heard of this Story before,
I think I’m Smart!
Wolfy UnicornsYT, I heard that the more you know the Smarter you are
sorry
Wow your so smart because you randomly heard this before (-_-)
It’s called History
Why are u being so negative
That guy is such a legend
The people around the world: physics says you you can't drown in the air while free-falling
Physics: ight, imma take a break.
When did physics say that?
@@jamesishere98765 r/woooosh
His name is longer than the distance he fell 😂😂😂😂
ShReK_Playz oof 😂
No it isn’t , those are his titles genius
Can beat osas?
Um
Yeah well he's my uncle and I love him he was the best Marine ever
Him: has frostbite and survives
Me: can’t even go 20 seconds in the snow in a coat
It took 4 minutes for this guy to make it from space to earth, but it takes 1 hour to deliver my pizza
I saw this exact comment on another video, smh
@@joebob2087 Me too i just copied and paste it
What a crazy situation to be in, wow!! Glad he survived 😀
Oh my God...imagine being this man...
Jeez, that was a lot scarier than I thought. Wish he had a GoPro!
Rankin still smiling even he's in the hospital.
He didn't drown because he at a potion of water breathing
unknown unknown ikr
Bru
He was Blessed to have survived!
He wasn't merely lucky, he was very blessed!
U know how long I thought this guy was flying over the ocean
I'm a local from there, and, contrary to the French pronunciation of Beau, we pronounce Beaufort as "B-you-fort."
When he ejected, I was afraid he was going to get “Goosed”
6:54 "but hitching a ride turned out to be a tough task"
If I saw someone with a face like that I wouldn't stop for him either...
Wow! Tough man! He should be so proud of himself.
This would be the greatest memory in your life despite the horror
Him: Free falls from plane and survives
Me: *Hits side on the corner of the table and feels like life is ending*
This would be a badass campaign mission
one time, i cried, but...
my tears went up in the air like there was no gravity or something...
oooooooooo
No one:
Literally no one:
Not even Area 51:
Bright Side: His Ankles were so hot as if someone put ice on his feat
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
extreme cold burns
That’s a once in a lifetime experience and If that was me I would actually enjoy it!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m so afraid of heights I would still be scared on a table
My best survival is an earthquake 5 hours ago in oct 16,2019
In philipines it burn one mall the other one is the roof falled from top to floor and other one was just people escaping life danger
And one idk it was close then our school got suspended we have no class cause many glass in school just cracked and pop
Wait a minute ur in MINDANAO!?
Jees man
You should make a movie about this of his story .🤲👏
Imagine you in it an you like this is crazy I've been calling for ,40 minutes
Man he just put on fether falling 4 on his boot
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He didn't have enough levels
dave 19 10 feather*
This ain’t minecraft
Underrated comment😂😂
plot twist: the ocean was 30,000 feet in the air
When he said that about running thru the woods I thought he was gonna get attacked buy a starving bear
@Adam Bumgarner stated "buy a starving bear" ... take it back for a refund.
One of my terrifying things is when I went skydiving and the plane malfunctioned and when we were in the air the plane almost hit us
1. I have never been scared of a cloud till now lol. And 2. “The Man Who Rode The Thunder” 😆😆 GENUIS!
Literally right as a read that I heard it in the video
"There he found out what *A LUCKY MAN* he was"
I survived Acrophobia at Six Flags. I kind of understand his pain.
He didn't need a parachute if he had redbull. Because Red Bull give you wings 🤣
No it gives you wiiiiiiings
@@brockjohnson447 ha ha 😁
Like thats the worst nearly thing ever...
Man idk. Someone gets caught in a wave in the ocean. It’s an eternity, they’re flipping 10 times and almost died. In reality it was 5 seconds and 1 flip.
I’m curious if this happened to him. If it was this bad. He really shouldn’t have remembered all those details. Like his altitudes, number of flips and all.
Don’t get me wrong I’m sure it was scary and lucky he survived. Just curious how factual it is.
you have a point. But still I feel like there's a chance of it being correct.
I can’t imagine falling for 40mins
First from Peterborough,England
One time I survived 1 whole week
Without WiFi
Impossible
Congratulations for your extreme technological survival skills. I work with Guinness World Records and I would like to interview you and put you in the books. Message me for more information. Thank you.
Your a legend
I survived 50 years without Wi-Fi, then they invented it!
Impossible no one has ever done it!
When I saw this mans chin, I felt that
If you found this comment . Congrats You're lucky
Have a wonderful day :)
I founded it... I'M LUCKY YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yay I’m lucky I found this comment yay let’s party!!!
THE REAL QUESTION IS
'should we call him lucky or unlucky'?
Both
Dark Ghost 👻
Absolutely amazing
No one:
Not even anyone:
Vsco girls: *he fell from the sksksksksksksky*
E- King no a skskskskkskskskkskskskskksksksksksksky
@@itssoey279 oo yess
@Easton Monkelban yes sis!!
He needs to see Skskskskeppy
I drown in water like a Normal person
he did almost drown in water, it was just in the air.
10 and i thank that man for his service
Who's bright side evil twin??
Dark side
Long ago I met a guy his yt is call darkside he have same profile pic as bright side but is black and red
ZavierRBLX No I do not.
No,Maybe dark corners,
Antonymss of side is corners
Imagine drowning in the sky
lets take time to appreciate this animation
Have people ever thought of just painting the plane blue so you can’t spot it
radar/sonar … ????
me when i go on the most scary rollercoaster of my life
I remember watching this when I was younger
Actually I felt so hilarious to to realize that there are incredible people in the world who can even refute physics
Is it’s really that cold 🥶 planes aren’t that cold and they fly higher wow they must have a strong exterior
Blue2 Billionaire planes are pressurized and heated and fly at 30,000 feet so not higher
Yeah no Planes are 10k Ft High and that is 15k ft
Gfb2303 no emarits flies at 40,000 ft
the voice makes it 10 x better
Why would he not take the plane ride down some before he pulled the eject