March 16, 1920Center, North DakotaHazel Miner (15) dies while protecting her younger siblings Myrdith and Emmet (8 and 10 respectively) during a massive blizzard The morning of March 15 seemed “fairly nice” and the locals of Center did not assume a blizzard was heading into the area. By the afternoon, heavy wind and snow began…
Woman shoots three children, self; only one child survives
February 6, 2013Denver, ColoradoMayra Perez shoots her three children and herself; only one child survives The motive behind the attack is suspected to have originated with an argument between Mayra and her husband on the evening of February 5. Mr. Perez left the house to calm down. He returned on the morning of February 6…
Woman survives a free fall of between 800 to 10,000 meters after being pulled from an airplane
January 26, 1972Srbská Kamenice, CzechoslovakiaA airliner carrying 28 people explodes mid-air, leaving only 22-year-old flight attendant Vesna Vulović alive About an hour after the DC-9 airplane took off from Copenhagen to Belgrade, it was broken apart by an explosion. It is believed many of those aboard the aircraft were sucked out of the vessel and…
A woman is abducted, raped, disemboweled, and her throat cut before she is left for dead
December 18, 1994Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South AfricaAlison Botha is abducted, raped, stabbed, and left for dead Botha was forced into her car by Frans du Toit who initially promised not to hurt her, and claimed to need to use her car to get money from someone who was indebted to him. Du Toit eventually…
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