#1
YamOk4302:
He thought he had no purpose for so many years and yet he died saving a child. Humanity can be good.
#2
simply_overwhelmed18:
Mine is a close call and not a death, but one of my sisters staff had a weird feeling one day he shouldn't be alone, he wasn't sick at all and couldn't explain it. So he said yes to working a shift he wasn't rostered on to work as someone had called in sick. Halfway through the shift in front of customers and staff he was behind the till and suddenly just dropped to the floor. They thought he was joking as he was only 18 at the time, but a second later they realised he was not responding to them. One other staff member was training to be a nurse and realised something was horribly wrong and started doing CPR. He survived, and they said if he was alone he would have died. He now has a defib and pace maker, but no one can tell him why his heart stopped. This was 2 years ago and he hasn't had any type of heart issues since.
You're more likely to die from an accidental o****d overdose than you are from a motor vehicle crash in the U.S.A. That's according to data released by the National Safety Council or NSC.
Americans often worry about the wrong things, warns the NSC, adding that many people are paranoid about meeting their end in a car accident, or being struck by lightning.
"Fear is natural and healthy," notes the site. "It can help us respond to danger more quickly or avoid a dangerous situation altogether. It can also cause us to worry about the wrong things, especially when it comes to estimating our level of risk."
The NSC cautions that if we overestimate our risk in one area, it can lead to anxiety and interfere with carrying out our normal daily routine. Ironically, it can also lead us to underestimate real risks that can injure us or cause death.
#3
JabbaThaHott:
I thought you were gonna say he crushed her during the deed.
#4
Sproose_Moose:
This is like a thing that happened in my town. Boys were in a class where it's woodwork etc but this was welding.
Drum hadn't been properly processed to remove all of the excess oil/fuel.
I was in class when I heard a giant boom. The kid had welded into the drum and all of the excess petrol hadn't been properly cleaned out so it's sitting in a contained metal drum. He didn't die instantly but had 98% burns to his body.
That was really disturbing and sticks with me over 20 years later.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. and worldwide. In fact, there's a 1 in 6 chance that this is how you'll meet your end.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), ischaemic heart disease is responsible for 13% of global deaths. "Since 2000, the largest increase in deaths has been for this disease, rising by 2.7 million to 9.1 million deaths in 2021," notes WHO.
Ischemia is a condition in which some parts of your body don't get enough blood, and in turn, not enough oxygen. In this case, it would be your heart. This is often due to a build-up of plaque in the arteries’ walls.
"As the plaque develops, the arteries narrow," explains the Medical News Today site. "This makes it difficult for blood to flow around the body and increases the risk of heart attack or stroke. It can also give rise to angina, arrhythmias, and heart failure."
Some of the best ways to prevent heart disease are to stop smoking (if you're a smoker), to exercise, maintain a healthy weight, get enough sleep, manage stress, eat the right food and go for regular medical screenings.
#5
PickerPat:
Holy moley. Was there anything further with the kid or restaurant? Or did everyone just go "whelp, accident."
OP:
Well, no crime was committed, it was a f***k accident. I’m sure there were no consequences for the kid and his parents, aside from hopefully a lot of guilt. I’m not sure they even know my uncle died, since he didn’t die at the scene.
#6
My mom belonged to a weekly women’s bowling league that met every Thursday afternoon. It was mainly bored housewives with a few older widows, and was more social than competitive. Everyone cheered when the 69 year old widow managed to throw something besides a gutter ball.
Mom would always treat herself to a hotdog and coke from the concession stand, and have a pleasant chat with the woman who always worked there.
One day, the concession stand was closed because the woman had k****d her husband the night before with a bowling ball. She dropped it on his head while he was sleeping, then picked up the ball and dropped it again.
The next day, the joke going around middle school was that his last words were “Spare me”.
If you're worried about dying in a plane crash, the National Safety Council's data might soothe your fears. While it's not impossible, the NSC says there were too few deaths of that nature in 2023 to even calculate the odds. The same applies to train crashes and death by lightning.
You do, however, stand a 1 in 91 chance of accidentally falling to your death. Especially as you get older. There's actually been a disturbing and sharp increase in the number of people dying as a result of falling in the U.S.
#7
Parents: never under any circumstance bury your kids in sand at the beach.
#8
She was one of 3 people I knew and really liked that died within 6 months. Had a very hard time dealing with that, it changes you when you're young.
mid_1990s_death_doom:
That happened to a local doctor in Houston a few decades ago. I think the elevator was malfunctioning due to a hurricane, and he got decapitated.
"In 2023, more than 41 000 individuals older than 65 years died from falls," reveals the JAMA Health Forum, adding that more older adults die from falls than from breast or prostate cancer, car crashes, overdoses, and all other unintentional injuries combined.
More importantly, notes the site, the mortality rate for falls among older adults in the U.S. has more than tripled during the past 30 years. "In contrast, death rates due to falls decreased during the past 30 years in other h**h-income countries," it adds.
#9
whoisfourthwall:
Wait, everyone? Even the people on the train? Everyone, everyone?
OP:
As far as I remember from the story my grandpa told me, it was a freight train that hit the ambulance. This happened in the late 1930s, early 1940s. When my grandmother passed away 20 something years ago, I found a newspaper article about the accident but I don't know what happened to it. And there's no one left on that side of the family to ask to find out more. 😪
#10
When she pulled into the garage, she accidentally left the car running, and accidentally left the kitchen door into the house open. The car exhaust filled up the house with carbon monoxide. She was found dead the next morning, upstairs in bed with her two little dogs. It was a tragic accident.
The National Safety Council has also revealed that a preventable death occurs every two minutes. And over 7,000 preventable injuries occur every hour, most of them at home. It adds that preventable injuries are at an all-time h**h in the United States, ranking as the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer.
"For too long, preventable deaths and injuries have been called 'accidents,' implying unavoidable acts of God or fate that we are powerless to stop," notes the NSC. "This is simply not true."
#11
Beaglescout15:
Honestly though, they saved their kids a ton of money.
#12
spleencheesemonkey:
I heard somewhere that this is the most common cause of deaths at the Grand Canyon.
#13
#14
StupidFkinLawyer:
It’s costly to be that dumb. And not always only for the dumb one.
#15
creatyvechaos:
This is why I lay rakes down prong side to the dirt if I don't have a place to set them leaning. Seen too many cartoons to not pull that mistake ever.
#16
Winter-Fold7624:
I had a former coworker whose child died that way. It was truly horrific. There was also a news article in my area just last week about this happening to an elderly gentleman.
#17
No_Consideration876:
A family friend also suffered infection from a pedicure. Developed sepsis, nearly died. Ultimately she had 2 toes removed but she survived.
#18
There was a massive mixing bowl for pork pie Mince.
One day several of the workers went out for a smoke leaving one lad on his own. He needed to retrieve something and ended up falling into the mixer. He got minced. Us in Wakefield didn't dare eat pork pies for ages after that!
#19
#20
jackdupp27:
Cops in a donut shop? Go figure.