Great bit of info! Thanks for sharing. I would love to read her book.

She was raised in the jungle and being scientists and naturalists you'd think her parents would have both taught her to be more observant in nature so yeah you'd think she would have a better chance of survival in the jungle than the average person. There are so many ways she could have been killed after surviving the fall but before rescue! In fact I think it's safe to say most people could not survive ten days in the jungle with only a candy bar, and with no injuries. Okay, so most people could not survive three days in the jungle and ten candy bars.

Thanks for sharing. He mentioned her being familiar with the jungle probably kept her from panicking, but that she actually used it is great. Modern people don't do well in the wilderness generally, whether it's South American jungles, Alaskan forests or Australian outback,. They often panic, which is doom.

And you left out MY favorite part of the story, which is that the reason she resorted to listening to her surroundings was because her vision was compromised by the sudden decompression of the cabin bursting capillaries in her eyes, making them swell. This was on top of being very nearsighted and unable to find her glasses after the fall. So all of this amazing stuff she did in the jungle was largely without sight.

@@heidishmidi Very interesting comment. Her photo presented when she was discovered by the forest workers seems to show that her eyes are indeed very swollen. What an incredible story of survival.

Right! The jungle didn't "almost kill her." A decrepit plane and a cheapskate airline did.

Wow!

Give credit where credit is due. It was our Lord and Savior Jesus who saved this woman.

@Gregg Cross Stop diminishing this woman and her capabilities. Your LoRd aNd sAviOr wouldn't have saved you in the jungle, you'd die because you're not as competent as she is.

@@Maialeen , oh ye of little faith. Remember, any talents that this woman may have had were God given. She survived because the Lord let her.

Spoiler much

@@jf5357 Then don't read the comments first😉

To make it just that bit more amazing, they don't mention in this video but she did it without her glasses which broke in the crash which made her progress all that much slower. I can't even find my glasses without my glasses lol

@@jf5357 Do you read the last page of a book first? Lol

@@jf5357 wait till you find out people died as well.... wow

It's a bit amazing to me that her survival skills were sort of everyday life when you live in that environment. I probably wouldn't know to pour gasoline on the maggots, but it makes sense.

built different

Yes!! Exactly this. I have heard the story of her survival before, but not what she went on to achieve afterwards.

He talked about her life and achievements after the crash. It was at the very end of the video.

Do they really though

I read her book. She recognized edible plants in the jungle since she basically grew up in the jungle and was very well educated in identifying different plants.

I cant believe some Jew hasnt made a some bullcrap movie about it starring a black man in a dress

@@whiteyfisk9769 Who didn't touch hug as a kid? Or touched you too much..

@@phattjohnson hello rabbi

Oh, she had plenty of food after the accident 👀

lol I knew it

What a great opportunity. I can imagine it was hugely impactful and inspiring.

@@southerncomfortuk It made me realize that even in the darkest moments one can emerge from it, Even if they can't they should not give up. They should at least try get out of a bad situation.

Listen at 7:15 her mother didn't die in the crash, she was one of 15 who succumbed to injuries.

@@TreeStump-and-CheeseKetchupIT Yea I thought it was sad that they weren't able to find each other after the crash, although who knows if either of them would have gotten out with the mothers sustained injuries. Incredible story and how she thanks the jungle for her life and protects it is so inspirational

@@TreeStump-and-CheeseKetchupIT amounts to the same thing, no one knows how long she survived, but in the end she was still dead 😢

@@naomisgram1 I think it's an important distinction since it was specifically mentioned by the narrator. For a similar but unrelated circumstance, it reminds me of JAL Flight 123 where delayed/flubbed rescue attempt resulted in more fatalities than necessary.

@@naomisgram1 Apparently her father thought that she (the mother) survived for up to 2 weeks since her body was not in an advanced state of decay nor picked over by animals when he arrived to identify her. He thought that she must have broken her spine or shattered her pelvis and couldn't move.

As she said, it wasn't the jungle's fault. If anyone was at fault, it was the airline... and that airline felt the consequences of this event.

The canopy of the jungle broke her fall and saved her.

is still living the best life she can*

I think of this as well.

That was my first thought too. Especially since her mother were among the initial survivors, surely she wouldve had the same skills for surviving in the jungle as her daughter. But perhaps her injuries were just too severe. Its awful to hear, that so relatively many survived just to die while waiting for rescue. But I really feel for Juliane's mother, on top of everything else she must have been heartbroken at the thought of her daughter probably being dead and not being with her.

Well said. Was going to make same comment.

Yeah, the fact that her mother also survived the crash but later died of her injuries must have been a terrible thing to learn. That line hurt me to hear.

I think I remember reading that in the case of her mother, the chair crashed so hard into the ground that it sunk into the soft earth, trapping her so she couldn’t escape before bleeding out from serious injuries. I think it haunted Juliane for a long time to think about her mother’s last moments.

Anything crazy happen on those 10 days she was in the jungle?

I've not read her book but, story here says she felt as the jungle caught her from her fall. She probably has a wonderful relationship with jungle as she has gone on to visit crash site and replace her father at their sanctuary for animals in that same jungle. Not sure I would be able to overcome the trauma she has valiantly overcome. Amazing woman.

I read an interview with her and the documentary by Verner Hertzog. Maybe I should read her book.

Whats the book called?

_When I Fell From The Sky: The True Story of One Woman’s Miraculous Survival_

In aviation I think its a golden rule. NEVER fly through stormy weather.

I think it was that Herzog was booked onto this actual flight, but missed it.

I just watched this, while snug in my home. A few minutes ago, I received an emergency alert on my phone warning of possibility of flash floods. We were advised to stay home unless we were escaping flash floods. It's election day here in Los Angeles, so people were out and about anyway.

@@EXROBOWIDOW I pray that you stay safe!!!

@@EXROBOWIDOW Y'all finally getting rain?

That must have been horrible. The only assumption anyone could have made, until her rescue, was that there were no survivors.

I agree. I can’t fathom it. I assume he must have felt incredibly relieved though as he must have given them both up for dead

Lansa should have been removed from the air well before this, their history was beyond bad by this point.

*!!!!!!!!!!!!* yup!!! I 2nd THAT *"emotion"* !!

@@marvindebot3264 Tell me why people want to de-regulate again?

@@nicholasbaldwin1876 Stupidity?

@@marvindebot3264 Sorta like Aerosucrae

I don't know, but I'd guess torn ligaments are like broken arms, no two are exactly the same. I wonder if she was sort of on Auto pilot, bad analogy, but best I can think of at the moment. Also pouring gas onto a huge gash wound also says she was on some kind of adrenaline high for days.

It's amazing the kind of chemical/hormone stuff the body does in life or death situations

@@GregBrownsWorldORacing She was in survival mode the whole time her adrenaline was working over time im sure

I thought the same thing, though I know there's the context of her survival depending upon getting out I still marveled at her fortitude and ability to power through the pain. I think much of this comes from within, her mother's calm remark about this being the end to her as the plane was plummeting to earth says a lot about acceptance and great strength.

Perhaps some tears are worse than others? Hers perhaps severe but not preventing her from walking?

I was thinking this as well, had the wound not been infested with maggots, she would've likely died from an infection. Or, at the very least, lost an arm.

These type of survivor stories support my belief in Angels. The Synchronicity of events, in Her ordeal, is noteworthy. One miracle after another.

This is only true for some special maggots! Most species of maggots will make things worse!

I really like the fact that the Peruvian hunters who found her were so helpful. Such good people!

@@aldisozols2522 I'm actually very glad they were. Not to talk bad about my country, but in here and in Brazil there are some people that do illegal activities in the jungle, like illegal deforestation, hunting of endangered species, drug production, etc. And criminals also aid them with human trafficking, child enslavement and native tribe genocides. It's really miraculous that not only she was found, but that she was found by good natured people who cared for her and brought her to safety. Those are the kind of people who represent the hospitality and selflessness of our citizens, instead of the others who represent cruelty and viveza that we should never harbor.

Lxik .... the jungles of the South American continent are no joke, and are not for the faint of heart, I am a retired civil surveyor in northeast FL and had the great opportunnity to read a book about a little adventure that Teddy Roosevelt took with a "real" surveyor named "Rondon", the book was called "The River of Doubt" , and I would reccommend it to anyone, I am old and worn out now but I have learned after a life of working hard outside and seeing so much that there are good people and bad people in all peoples of the world, no matter where you go or what you do, Im sure you know about Rondon as there are towns and a Brazilian state that has his name, he was the real deal when it came to the jungle though and is credited by Roosevelt himself for getting him out of the jungle and completing completing their task of plotting the unknown "River of Doubt", absolutely fascinating the story of Mr. Roosevelts life and death adventure (in his retirement after politics) with Colonel Rondon that nearly killed him and ultimately took years off his life, himself passing only about 5 years later.

The part about her other's final words to her has haunted me since I watched this a few days ago. I wonder if she really did arrive at a place of tranquility with regards to accepting death head-on, or if she was as horrified as everyone else, but mustered every ounce of strength in order to produce a calm and collected voice, attempting to soothe her daughter.

She had peace. A lot of people, when they know it's the end, feel peace...

I also think it’s clear that it was the airline that was at fault, not nature. I can relate to her, when you live in nature to a certain extent, you come to an understanding of it. And we tend to hate most what we don’t understand.

Thank you!! Came here to say this exact thing. He looked for her for a long time, determined to tell the story

The Irony

thanks for adding this

It's a wonderful documntary available in youtube.

Don't you mean "That's partly *why* he made the film in the first place?" He couldn't have made the documentary about her plane crash survival before she had that experience.

Seen a few videos on this story. Had no idea was a book so thank you!

If one believes in miracles, you likely also believe, everything happens for a reason. Not sure what the reasons are but a bolt of lightning & she already had the skills to survive in the Jungle.

@@GregBrownsWorldORacing Did god just need the soul of a few dozen others to fuel Juliane's miracle? Pretty high cost for someone who can supposedly just alter reality and fate at will..

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Trekking with a torn ligament in her knee is incredibly painful. Every step hurts like hell. Maybe that was the reason she decided to swim in the stream rather than continue walking. Add to that no food, a broken collar bone and an infested wound .... she really was a survivor.

Lighting can do LOTS of damage, but normally not structurally relevant ...

Pride implies some ownership?

I’m so proud of you for still being here also. I remember when you first subscribed to this channel, I knew that you would make a difference in the success of the channel somehow. Congratulations my friend 😇😀😅

@@margin606 By those standards, am I allowed to be proud of my father, or a friend?

How much experience do you have with all deaths imaginable? ;-)

@@justincredible. So would you need to burn to death to know it would be a horrible way to go? It's just a bad argument.

And survivors at all on catastrophic crashes make lotto wins seem like daily occurrence

Reading your comment made me remember the Chapecoense football team air disaster, where the plane run out of fuel and went down, I think like 2 or 3 survived.

@@justincredible. imagination doesn't require experience 😒

Definately.

Wish I could see their reunion.

He had given up hope. I read an interview with him about 50 years ago and he said he didn't wish to live with the loss of his family. When authorities gave him the news he was certain they had made a mistake. It was not until he saw her with his own eyes that he truly believed it. He went on to live another 10 or 12 years, I believe. I was in high school here in the US when it happened and it was big news here, too, when she was found.

This story has kind of a Stephen Kinglike ending. No family who had a relative on that flight received a happy ending.

Julieane never spoke to anyone who told her ...You're Never Going to Make it Kid... so it never occurred to her to fail..that might be the mindset that ultimately saved her. Happy in her Ignorance, if you will. (and pure speculation on my part)

That used to show that movie around the holidays in the 70's and early 80's. It's called Miracles Still Happen.

Yes ! I was a little girl when the movie came out and I just remember the maggots and her falling while still in the chair ! It scared me so bad !

Actually maggots just eat the dead skin keeping the wound from becoming more infected.

The maggots as gross as they may be most likely saved her life. Maggots only eat dead tissue. They kept her from experiencing gangrene or possible sepsis that would have resulted from her injuries had the dead tissue not been removed. Not pleasant but actually a good thing.

Good movie. "Miracles Still Happen".

You Aussie? It's my sleeptime too. Nite😴

Hi Matthew .... glad to see I'm not the only pedant here. Just now commented on the same thing myself.

@@giovannimorrisone483 You are not alone!

I came here looking for this reply before I posted the same explanation. Good job.