7 People Who Cheated Death (Then Kicked It In The Balls) Pt. 2 (#5,4)


	7 People Who Cheated Death (Then Kicked It In The Balls) Pt. 2 (#5,4)

revenantdm

7-21-2008 6:41 PM

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death, survival, life raft, green beret, vietnam, pow, wwii

revenantdm says:

A Green Beret held for 9 years and a steward o a British Ship in WW II who survived on a life raft for 133 days.... Amazing stories of Will to Live!

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<DIV class="Title2">Jim Thompson POW and Legendary Badass</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article_16497_7-people-who-cheated-death-then-kicked-it-in-balls.html"><P align="center">
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 During the Vietnam War, Jim was captured and held as a prisoner of war, at which time he was beaten and tortured. The time we're speaking of by the way was a period of nine years</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article_16497_7-people-who-cheated-death-then-kicked-it-in-balls.html">
His plane was shot down in 1964, with Jim taking a bullet and breaking his back in the process</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article_16497_7-people-who-cheated-death-then-kicked-it-in-balls.html"><P align="center">
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<SMALL>Actual photo (of Christopher Walken)</SMALL>
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<DIV class="Title2">Poon Lim, Cast Away</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article_16497_7-people-who-cheated-death-then-kicked-it-in-balls.html">ship he was working on was blown up by the Germans</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article_16497_7-people-who-cheated-death-then-kicked-it-in-balls.html">a life raft and hang out until he was rescued ... 133 fucking days later</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article_16497_7-people-who-cheated-death-then-kicked-it-in-balls.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cracked.com/img/FB399879-2042-4B79-BED2-A71ADDBAB5ED" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article_16497_7-people-who-cheated-death-then-kicked-it-in-balls.html"><P align="center">
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<SMALL>Toothy death or lunch? Depends on who you are.</SMALL>
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He finally sailed near Brazil and was rescued by some fishermen, and these days the US Navy teaches his survival techniques to its sailors</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cracked.com/article_16497_7-people-who-cheated-death-then-kicked-it-in-balls.html"><P align="center">
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