Juliane Koepcke

Juliane Koepcke

In 1971, after LANSA flight 508 was struck by lightning above Peru, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke fell from the sky for two miles but survived. Despite extensive wounds, she walked for 11 days in the rainforest before finding a group of fishermen who helped transport her to a hospital.

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