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我从15,000英尺高空坠落并活了下来
I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived
2017 — 2022，它一次次回到首页
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这是一篇第一人称回忆：一名海军飞行员从战斗机上弹射后，降落伞没有完全张开，他从约一万五千英尺高空坠入海中，身负重伤仍设法自救，最终被正在返航的扫雷舰救起。文中还写到救援飞机无法用无线电联络，只好放下钢索拖过军舰舰首来传递求救信号，以及他事后得知的种种巧合。
为什么经久不衰：极端处境下冷静自救的第一手叙述，细节真实到一个经历过坠机的读者说自己会用完全相同的措辞来描述那种感觉，因此多年后读来仍然震撼。
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用自己在急流中的失控经历，类比并赞叹作者在混乱与窒息中的自救。
今年早些时候我玩白水漂流时，不幸从筏子上掉进一连串五级急流。那完全是混乱：大片流动水体的力量大得惊人，任何“游到安全处”的念头都很荒唐，更准确的说法是“被冲到安全处”，因为你根本无法控制身体的整体移动。我听说雪崩幸存者有时分不清上下，结果把自己越埋越深；我在急流中水下时就是这样，看不见、分不清上下、也无法呼吸。他能活下来实在令人震惊——在受伤的情况下找到刀、判断形势、在被卷下去之前采取行动，几乎超出我的想象。非常抓人的一篇。
iopuy查看英文原文
Earlier this year on a white water rafting expedition I had the misfortune of falling out of the raft and into a series of category 5 rapids. It was absolute chaos. The force of large bodies of moving water is astounding. Any notion of "swimming to safety" is ludicrous. A more accurate description is "being washed to safety" because you have no control over the larger movements of your body. I've heard in avalanches survivors sometimes don't know which end is up and digging themselves deeper. This was me while underwater in the rapids. I couldn't see, didn't know which end was up, and couldn't breath. How he managed to survive is astonishing. Finding his knife, assessing the situation, and acting before being pulled under while injured almost defies my imagination. Riveting read.
另一位坠机幸存者证实文中对受伤后身体感受和心理状态的描写极其真实。
我曾经历过一次坠机：我们的小飞机机翼撞上了跑道前方一艘正在航行的帆船的桅杆，而我们没看见它。飞机撞上海堤后翻到陆地上，倒扣着滑行了几百英尺。作者对两件事的描述都非常准确：一是在试图动之前感觉不到自己的伤，二是他自己意识到“我没死”。换成我会用一模一样的方式描述。我最后脚和腿骨折，但整体没有永久损伤，极其幸运。回想那次经历总有一种强烈的不真实感。
Mitchhhs查看英文原文
I was once in a plane crash in which the wing of our small plane hit the mast of a sailboat that was motoring in front of the runway and we didnt see it. We impacted the seawall and flipped over onto land and slid upside down a few hundred feet. The author's description of both not feeling his injuries until he tried to move as well as his own recognition of not being dead were spot on. I would have described it exactly the same way myself. I ended up with a broken foot and leg, but overall no lasting damage which was extremely lucky. Looking back on that experience is always incredibly surreal.
对救援飞机用钢索拖过舰首传递信号这一段感到好奇，希望有人解释其中的海军惯例。
很精彩的一篇。有人能解释下面这段吗？我不太明白那艘扫雷舰是怎么理解这个信号的——“海岸警卫队的水陆两用飞机爬升后飞走了。（我后来得知，他飞向了一支从西太平洋巡航归来、正返回美国的扫雷舰编队。他无法调到他们的无线电频率进行通信。但这位聪明的飞行员从飞机上放下一根钢索，让它拖过扫雷舰 USS Embattle 的舰首。扫雷舰舰长明白了这个请求，全速转向我的方向。）”
econnors查看英文原文
Awesome read. Can anyone explain the quote below? I don't really understand how the minesweeper understood the signal. --- The Coast Guard amphibian gained altitude and flew off. (I learned later that he headed for a squadron of minesweepers that was returning to the United States from a tour of the Western Pacific. He was unable to tune to their radio frequency for communications. But this ingenious pilot lowered a wire from his aircraft and dragged it across the bow of the minesweeper, the USS Embattle. The minesweeper captain understood the plea, and veered off at top speed in my direction.)
最不可思议的巧合：他此前切除了脾脏，反而在撞击水面时免于内出血而死。
在一个关于疯狂好运（和厄运！）的故事里，最离谱的无疑是这段：“他说，如果我有脾脏，落水时它几乎肯定会破裂，我早就失血而死了。我们中队25名飞行员里，我是唯一没有脾脏的。这让我时常想想，也许你们也该想想。”
michael_fine查看英文原文
In a story of insane luck (and unluck!), the craziest part is definitely this " He said that if I had had a spleen, it almost certainly would have ruptured when I hit the water, and I would have bled to death. Of the 25 pilots in our squadron, I am the only one without a spleen. It gives me something to think about. Maybe it does you as well."
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