Near death experiences are the sorts of things that stick with us for the rest of our lives. Our mortality is a topic that is hard to ignore one way or another, but it’s even more “intense” if the situation also claimed someone else’s life. For all the stories of heroes, self-sacrifice and so on, encountering it in the flesh is a very different matter.
Someone asked "[People] who had their lives saved by someone that gave up theirs, what's the story?” and netizens shared their examples. So settle in as you read through, upvote your favorites and post your own examples in the comments below.
#21
Hey, sorry if the wording is weird. English isn’t exactly my sting suit. Also there’s probably a few typos.
I’m not sure if this counts but my mom would talk about when she grew up on the Navajo Reservation. One story has always been clear in my mind because I’ve visited where this happened. So one day there was a school dance and she was running a bit late, but that was okay because the school was like right behind he house and between her hour and her neighbor’s there was an ally way with a gate. Well turned out it wasn’t okay at all because when she was going through the “ally way” there was a guy up against the wall and fence. Since this is the reservation my mom just thought “Okay it’s probably someone who’s drunk or something like that”. Well the thought stopped when she noticed that his gaze was on her and wasn’t moving off her at all. After the eyes my mom noticed something reflect the moon light, then she noticed what this guy was holding. It was a knife. My mom walked past him with no real trouble but once she past the gate she sprinted to the school. My grandfather was the principal there and was over looking the entrance to greet all the students, obviously my mom told him everything. My grandfather called the police but they found nothing, so the night went on until the end of the dance. While people were leaving this kid went up to by grandpa and he just seemed basically completely waste and was grabbing his stomach. This kid has also had the reputation of being a trouble maker. Grandfather approach this kid getting ready to bring hell until the kid fell into him. The kid removed his hand from his stomach to reveal that his forearm and the stomach area of his shirt was drenched in blood. He was sent to the hospital but didn’t make it. My mom said with full certainty that without him she probably would have been the one stabbed.
I’m not sure if this counts but my mom would talk about when she grew up on the Navajo Reservation. One story has always been clear in my mind because I’ve visited where this happened. So one day there was a school dance and she was running a bit late, but that was okay because the school was like right behind he house and between her hour and her neighbor’s there was an ally way with a gate. Well turned out it wasn’t okay at all because when she was going through the “ally way” there was a guy up against the wall and fence. Since this is the reservation my mom just thought “Okay it’s probably someone who’s drunk or something like that”. Well the thought stopped when she noticed that his gaze was on her and wasn’t moving off her at all. After the eyes my mom noticed something reflect the moon light, then she noticed what this guy was holding. It was a knife. My mom walked past him with no real trouble but once she past the gate she sprinted to the school. My grandfather was the principal there and was over looking the entrance to greet all the students, obviously my mom told him everything. My grandfather called the police but they found nothing, so the night went on until the end of the dance. While people were leaving this kid went up to by grandpa and he just seemed basically completely waste and was grabbing his stomach. This kid has also had the reputation of being a trouble maker. Grandfather approach this kid getting ready to bring hell until the kid fell into him. The kid removed his hand from his stomach to reveal that his forearm and the stomach area of his shirt was drenched in blood. He was sent to the hospital but didn’t make it. My mom said with full certainty that without him she probably would have been the one stabbed.
9points
#22
Not me, but a close family friend. They were on a safari in Africa, my friends younger brother was trapped in a gorge. His father ran down and safely got him up to higher ground but was trampled by a herd of wildebeests in the process.
-7points
