00:00Marriage is not only about happiness, mutual support, love and friendship.
00:05Marriage also involves trials, crises and storms.
00:09And this Swedish couple survived several storms during their honeymoon.
00:13Literally.
00:14No screams, insults and drama, but real hurricanes, fires, earthquakes and other natural disasters.
00:21It's a real story of cinematographic love.
00:24Young people married against nature.
00:27Meet Erika and Stéphane.
00:29They met in Stockholm while they were working on a common project,
00:33separated but started talking on social media.
00:36Their long-distance communication lasted several years
00:39before Stéphane decided to propose a date to the woman.
00:43And it's worth paying tribute.
00:45It was not a typical date in a restaurant or a park.
00:48Stéphane proposed to Erika to accompany him to go diving in Egypt.
00:52They realized that they both loved to travel and finally fell in love with each other.
00:57After a fabulous marriage and the birth of a beautiful daughter,
01:00the couple decided to go on a honeymoon of four months.
01:03The trip was impressive.
01:05From Sweden to Indonesia, then to Australia, New Zealand, Japan and China.
01:10They did not expect that the trip would turn into a real adventure
01:14where security would not be guaranteed.
01:16At first, they found themselves stuck at Munich airport.
01:20All flights were delayed due to a violent snowstorm.
01:23In Bali, Indonesia, they went on a high mountain with their little daughter.
01:28A strong wind began to blow at the top.
01:30It tore the roof of the tourist bus where our heroes were sitting.
01:34Fortunately, no one was injured and there were no other problems.
01:38But at that moment, it was just a foretaste of the disasters to come.
01:43The couple arrived in Australia,
01:45where a forest fire began near the city of Perth.
01:48Stéphane and Erika did not want to breathe the thick smoke.
01:51So they quickly headed to the city of Cairn.
01:54It was during this period that a ferocious cyclone began there.
01:59The storm was so strong that the Australian Red Cross
02:02provided shelter to 2,500 people in the mall.
02:06And there, another problem began.
02:10Imagine 2,500 people in a large room without electricity
02:14while a hurricane rages outside.
02:17Oh, and there were only five toilets in the whole building.
02:20How nervous do you think people were?
02:23Erik and Stéphane remember that some guys started fighting because of the stress.
02:28The tension was rising.
02:29But fortunately, the guards of the mall kept the situation under control.
02:35Fire, hurricane, it looks like something is missing.
02:38Oh yes, what would you say about an earthquake?
02:41The couple faced two earthquakes during their honeymoon,
02:45one of them taking place in Japan in 2011.
02:48They went through all this together with their little daughter.
02:51Imagine how much their daughter was amazed by all these adventures.
02:55Such a trip strengthened their marriage.
02:58Of course, after natural disasters,
03:00any domestic quarrel would seem like a simple fight.
03:04Erika admitted that in crisis situations,
03:06Stéphane fully justified her confidence and behaved as she had hoped.
03:11Oh, how cute!
03:13And if we create trips for married couples who plan to divorce,
03:17survive together a storm, a fire, an earthquake and a flood,
03:23then think again if you have to leave.
03:26Imagine that you have gone through several natural disasters throughout your life.
03:30Now, the question is, are you lucky because you survived?
03:35Or are you an unlucky person because you have encountered such problems?
03:40It depends on your perception of the situation.
03:42For example, there is a woman, Diana Weiland, who lives in California.
03:46She has survived several disasters throughout her life and continues to smile.
03:51And more recently, she faced another disaster,
03:54forest fires in their original state.
03:57But let's put the events in order.
03:59In 2005, Diana Weiland was living in New Orleans.
04:03And if someone does not know,
04:05that year, Hurricane Katrina destroyed many houses in this city and others.
04:09Diana's house was no exception.
04:11According to her, the roof of the house was completely flooded.
04:15Of course, she had to abandon everything and evacuate.
04:18Diana and her family drove to Texas, to a friend's house, for about 20 hours.
04:23A month later, Hurricane Rita arrived there.
04:26And Diana and her family evacuated again.
04:29It was as if nature was following her everywhere.
04:31But our heroine was not shy.
04:34Several years later, she faced another disaster,
04:37Snowmageddon.
04:40It was when huge amounts of cold and wet snow flooded cities and roads.
04:45Strong winds, snowstorms, and endless snowfalls.
04:50All traffic was stopped.
04:52Lights were off.
04:53Streets deserted.
04:55Diana stayed 11 days without electricity during this snowy apocalypse.
04:59And after all these disasters, she experienced the exact opposite of snow.
05:03Forest fires in her hometown of Lake Arrowhead, in the county of San Bernardino.
05:08Let's hope that this time, everything will go well for her again.
05:11And that she will face all adversity with a smile.
05:15Have you heard that the lightning does not strike twice in the same place?
05:19Can it hit the same person twice?
05:22And what if it hit the same man seven times in a few years?
05:26This is not the scenario of a tragicomedy film.
05:29This is the real story of Roy Sullivan.
05:31A man who has entered the Guinness Book of Records
05:34for the number of lightning strikes he has survived.
05:39There are more than 8 million lightning strikes on Earth every day.
05:42That is about 100 lightning per second.
05:44But despite this, the probability of being struck is extremely low.
05:48One in ten million.
05:50For Roy Sullivan, these probabilities were too high.
05:54Because of his strange record, people have nicknamed him the human skydiver.
05:59For the first time, lightning struck him in 1942.
06:03When Roy was on a tower of geysers that was not equipped with skydivers.
06:07A bright lightning and a powerful current discharge
06:10frightened the man but did not cause significant damage to his health.
06:15The following accident occurred in 1969
06:18when a lightning struck a tree near the road.
06:21The lightning crossed the tree into a car.
06:24Guess who was driving this vehicle?
06:26Roy lost control and almost fell into a ravine.
06:29Fortunately, he survived.
06:31Once again.
06:33Okay, the first time he was on the tower during a storm,
06:36the second time he was on the road next to a tree
06:39and as we know, lightning often strikes trees.
06:43This meant that Roy was in a potential risk zone each time.
06:47But the third time it happened in his garden.
06:50The lightning struck the transformer and hit his shoulder.
06:54The fourth time it happened in 1972.
06:57The lightning struck Roy while he was working.
07:00From then on, man began to suspect that this natural phenomenon
07:04was in one way or another attracted by his body.
07:07Maybe it was a curse
07:09or maybe everything could be explained from a scientific point of view.
07:13A year later, the lightning struck him for the fifth time.
07:16A storm had started that day.
07:18Roy decided not to try his luck again and hid in his truck.
07:22Thus, when the storm calmed down,
07:25Sullivan got out of the car and BAM!
07:27Another lightning strike.
07:29He stayed twice before reaching the record.
07:32They happened in 1976 and in 1977.
07:37Roy's bad luck spread to his wife.
07:40One day, the lightning struck her too.
07:43It didn't hurt her, but it was very scary.
07:46So far, no one has broken Roy's record.
07:50But of course, people didn't try to do it.
07:53Okay, lightning, fire, snowstorm, hurricane and earthquake.
07:59But what about tsunamis?
08:01Unfortunately, this is one of the most terrible and devastating disasters on the planet.
08:06If you have survived it, you are certainly lucky.
08:09Zarul Fuadid, from Indonesia,
08:11has survived twice to these devastating water disasters.
08:14The first took place in Indonesia in 2004
08:17and the second took place a few years later
08:20during an earthquake in Japan.
08:22The second time, Zarul was in a building on the third floor
08:26and felt a shock.
08:28He was shocked and immediately remembered the tsunami he had experienced before.
08:32The tsunami had hit the city,
08:34but our hero and his family had survived.
08:37After this double test,
08:39he decided to return to his home country, Indonesia.
08:42Despite the terrible events,
08:44Zarul looks at what happened calmly.
08:47A disaster can happen to anyone at any time,
08:50but that doesn't mean you have to live in fear forever.
08:54So, focus on the good side of life.
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