44 Horrifying Moments When People Realized They Might Not Make It Out

I went back into my burning house 3 times to get my animals. 3 times. My hair burnt from the radiant heat. My sweater melted. Not a burn on me, no lung issues, nothing… 3 times I went back inside and I got all my animals.

In Vegas on Fremont St by myself two guys started to corner me and I panicked and said "do I look like a woman scared to go back to prison again?" I've never been to prison. But they left me alone.

I followed our dog to the river in the winter when I was about 5 and fell through the ice. The only reason I survived is because our dog belly crawled to the hole and I was able to grab his collar and eventually get out.

I live in Ukraine.

A random man pushed me over the side of a bridge when I was walking home at night. I was desperately grabbing for anything I could to not fall and ended up grabbing the back of his pants, we both went over the edge and dropped about 30 feet, I landed on top of him and his spine was crushed against a rock. I fractured my sternum and broke my arm.

Missed the last bus late at night and started crying of fear. Went home by paying a huge taxi ride and crying even more because of the unexpected expense. Found out the next day that the bus flew off the bridge and into the river. There were no survivors.

Survived cancer twice.

When I was about three I got out of the house in our complex. This man came up to me and asked me if I wanted to go to Disneyland. I of COURSE said yes, as I went to get into his vehicle these three young (but older than me) girls grabbed me and started running with me. I still VIVIDLY remember it to this day.

Three men followed my 4 yr old daughter and I around Walmart. Every corner I turned it was one of them pretending to be on their phones. I saw an older lady and told her to please go get security. They ended finding these guys car and it was full of ammo/guns, tape, rope, and children’s books.

I was kidnapped when I was a child and I was found by the police in a different state.

My parachute failed to open, in 10 second before landing my safety parachute opened. Broke my spine, legs and neck. Hospital for 8 months.

I told my wife to calm down and act reasonable one time.

My friend invited me to see the batman movie one summer night in 2012 and my mom refused to let me go, teenage me was so upset that i couldn’t go. We were supposed to go to the Aurora theater. My mom saved us from seeing James Holmes face to face that night!

When I was younger I’d use walkie talkies to talk w my bff. A woman joined our “chat” and convinced us to meet at a local lake at night. We went there, we saw a few men w flashlights calling our names. We both got scared and went home. Never told our parents. Sorry mom and dad.

Hurricane Katrina. Those documentaries are nowhere near as apocalyptic.

I got hit by a car crossing the street, he was going about 55mph. Hit n run….I flew pretty far and was found hours later in bushes by pizza delivery people.

So four months back I was in a car accident. MY WORK COLLEAGUE, yes you heard that right put something in my drink to do things with me that i wouldn’t agree with, I left and got into a accident. Something never made sense after the accident, there was stuff wrong with the car that we couldn’t explain. Turns out he messed with my car as well. So that if he couldn’t get his way with me, I would get in a tragic accident and no one will point fingers at him.

7 week coma. Woke to paralysis, found out I was terminal if I didn't receive a transplant & unlike to receive one because of the damage my heart sustained. 7 months in the hospital in 2024. I swear, and angel was in my hospital room & told me it wasn't my time. Scared me but I had my transplant 7/31/24.

84 hours labour, thought I was in the seventh circle of Hell.

Well my country went though civil war as a kid I was there I can’t believe I’m alive sometimes. When I see the kids in Palestine it’s triggering cause that was once us. Most didn’t survive.