00:00Be sure of it. I would appreciate it.
00:02Ralston would continue to record these video messages for the next four days.
00:07Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at the most harrowing and emotional goodbyes
00:11from people who survived dangerous situations.
00:15A man cool as could be records what he believes are his last moments on this planet.
00:21Number 10, Paula Lane.
00:23She was missing for nearly a week, and this morning 46-year-old Paula Lane is lucky to be alive.
00:29In 2012, 46-year-old Paula Lane and her boyfriend were driving in the latter's Jeep
00:35when they became isolated in a devastating snowstorm.
00:38Lane's boyfriend left to find help and never returned.
00:41Clifton went off searching for help, leaving Lane to fend for herself.
00:46Lane, fearing for her own life, left a goodbye message for her sons,
00:50telling them, I'm so sorry this has happened, and even scarier, nobody's ever going to find me.
00:56However, she also claimed with some confidence that she was leaving in the morning to find help.
01:01She proceeded to trek seven miles in six feet of snow, surviving on tomatoes and sleeping in hollow trees.
01:08After six days in the freezing wilderness, Lane was found by her own brother,
01:12who had been using a friend's front loader to find his missing sister.
01:15Doctors say Lane has a mild case of frostbite, but is doing surprisingly well.
01:20Number 9. Taha Erdem.
01:23Back in February 2023, Turkey and Syria were struck by a number of catastrophic earthquakes.
01:29These affected millions of people, including Turkish teenager Taha Erdem.
01:34He and his family were sleeping when the first earthquake hit.
01:37Unfortunately, the damage was horrendous, and Erdem's apartment complex collapsed.
01:41Stuck in a mangle of concrete and steel,
01:44a surprisingly calm Erdem takes his phone out and films his final goodbyes.
01:48I think this is the last video I will ever shoot for you.
01:52Erdem also speaks of his regrets and says a Muslim prayer while accepting his tragic fate.
01:57The reason I shot that video was as the roof was getting closer to me, I thought that I was going to die.
02:03But fate was actually on his side, as neighbors soon found Erdem and pulled him from the rubble.
02:08Miraculously, the rest of his family were also found and saved.
02:12They were left homeless, but alive and together.
02:14But they are counting their blessings, that they still have each other.
02:20Number 8. Jennifer O'Neill.
02:22In 2022, just a few months before the Turkey-Syria earthquakes, Florida was struck by Hurricane Ian.
02:29Reaching winds of 160 miles per hour, Ian became the costliest hurricane in Florida history,
02:34causing $112 billion worth of damage.
02:38Jennifer O'Neill realized that the storm was worse than she thought,
02:41and recorded a final goodbye to her mother and father.
02:44So far, so good, as long as the house holds.
02:48In the video, O'Neill had already accepted her fate, stating,
02:52I didn't know if the next morning they were going to find my body.
02:55Once the storm intensifies, O'Neill says her final farewell,
02:59thanking her parents for everything they ever did.
03:01I love you, Mom and Dad. I love you. Thank you so much for everything I can.
03:06Luckily, O'Neill would be one of the survivors.
03:09Her friend Judd was able to rescue her in his personal boat.
03:13I grabbed, like, my dog's ashes and a couple pictures, and that was it.
03:20Number seven, Daryl Blake Jane.
03:22On November 18, 2006, Daryl Blake Jane of Washington left for a personal visit to Trout Lake.
03:29But his Jeep became stuck in a snowstorm, and he failed to arrive at a family gathering the next day.
03:34Jane lived inside his Jeep for nearly two weeks, surviving on the small rations of food and water that he had brought with him.
03:41He also spent his time lying inside his sleeping bag and periodically running the engine.
03:46Feeling hopeless of rescue, Jane eventually left a goodbye message to his friends and family members.
03:52But rescue did come, in the form of a private snowmobile team called the Drift Skippers.
03:57They were hired by Jane's family and found Jane on the isolated Forest Road 23.
04:01Number six, Robert Ringo.
04:05Joshua Tree National Park is one of the most popular parks in America, but it is nevertheless extremely dangerous.
04:11Hot, barren, and enormous, it's not the place you want to injure yourself.
04:15Unfortunately, in 2024, that's what happened to Robert Ringo, who slipped on some rocks and broke his leg.
04:21Citing unbelievable pain, Ringo was unable to move and was left exposed to the boiling desert sun.
04:28Ringo survived eating juniper berries.
04:30Fortunately, he also had extra water and made a canopy out of his hat.
04:35While he never lost faith, Ringo grew increasingly pessimistic and began filming his predicament.
04:40At one point, he even stated,
04:42Probably nobody will ever see this, indicating that he feared the worst.
04:46Probably nobody will ever see this.
04:48Luckily, that did not come to pass.
04:50Ringo's family had notified the authorities of his disappearance,
04:53and a rescue helicopter made contact after 40 long hours.
04:57I'm doing very well.
04:59I mean, extremely well mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.
05:02Number five, Marty Martinez.
05:05A crashing plane is one of our biggest collective fears,
05:08and Marty Martinez was one of the unlucky few to experience it firsthand.
05:13He was flying on Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 in 2018,
05:16when a horrific engine failure caused metal parts to break off and hit the fuselage.
05:22Um, and about five seconds later, all of the oxygen mass deployed,
05:27and immediately knew something was on, but, or something was wrong.
05:30A cabin window was damaged, causing explosive depressurization and one death.
05:35Fearing the extensive damage, Martinez hopped on Facebook Live
05:38and documented what he believed were his final moments.
05:41Luckily, the plane was able to make a safe landing in Philadelphia,
05:45saving 148 lives, including that of Martinez.
05:49He later posted photos of the damage as a memento.
05:52I just feel very lucky to be alive.
05:54Number four, Kevin Diepenbrock.
05:57The Dragon is a dangerous piece of road on U.S. Route 129,
06:01comprising 318 curbs in just 11 miles, about 29 curves per mile.
06:07In 2016, Kevin Diepenbrock and his friend Philip Polito
06:10were riding their motorcycles on the Dragon when Diepenbrock crashed into Polito,
06:15sending them both down a steep embankment.
06:17Polito was killed in the accident,
06:18but Diepenbrock survived with punctured lungs and broken bones.
06:23While he tried calling for help, no one came to his rescue,
06:26and he resorted to filming goodbyes for his family.
06:29Sorry as being stupid, but, you know, that's what I do.
06:35Bloodied and hoarse, Diepenbrock apologizes for, quote,
06:39being stupid and tells his family that he loves them.
06:42Love you, Courtney. Love you, Mom and Dad.
06:45Some passers-by finally heard his calls for help
06:48and notified the authorities, who rescued Diepenbrock after 27 hours.
06:53For somebody to hear me yelling out is truly divine intervention.
06:58Number three, Amber Conhorst.
07:00Hiking alone can be relaxing, but it's also very dangerous.
07:0425-year-old Amber Conhorst was walking on Arizona's Rose Cliffs Trail in 2016
07:09when she lost her footing and fell down a 100-foot hill.
07:13I was blacked out for all of this, so I don't know if that was my mind's way of protecting me or what.
07:18The damage was extensive.
07:19A broken nose, a partially torn ear, a crushed pelvis, and a fractured back.
07:24Her cell had no service, so she blew a whistle to alert nearby hikers.
07:28Unfortunately, it was late and no one heard her.
07:31After many hours alone and unable to move,
07:33Conhorst began writing goodbye letters on her phone.
07:36It's something the end with a heart.
07:39Luckily, Conhorst had previously checked into a bed and breakfast,
07:43and the owners grew suspicious when she didn't arrive back.
07:46They alerted the authorities, and a search and rescue team found Conhorst after 28 hours.
07:52Number two, Jacob Childs.
07:53We go from the desert to the sea for the story of Jacob Childs.
07:57Childs was scuba diving off Bundaberg, Australia in 2016
08:01when he became separated from the group.
08:03He was left bobbing in the water for six hours,
08:10attempting to alert the rescue helicopters that were flying overhead.
08:13With hope waning, Childs started filming himself.
08:16He's surprisingly calm throughout the ordeal,
08:19even bordering on nonchalant as he says,
08:21quote,
08:21That's a wrap on old Jakey.
08:24That's a wrap on old Jakey.
08:25However, one of the helicopters finally spotted Childs, and he was rescued.
08:29True to character, he was totally non-pulsed about the near-death experience.
08:33He claimed that he was warm, alert, and craving a cup of tea.
08:37He even stated with confidence, quote,
08:39I'll be in the water tomorrow, probably.
08:42I wouldn't say I was scared.
08:44Um, I was thirsty.
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09:01Number 1. Aaron Ralston
09:03And here we come to what could be the greatest survival story of the 21st century.
09:08It's certainly the most popular.
09:10Back in 2003, Aaron Ralston was in Utah's Blue John Canyon
09:14when he dislodged a massive boulder, which in turn pinned his arm to the canyon wall.
09:19It seemed to be solid, but as Ralston climbed over it,
09:23lowering himself off the backside of the boulder, it suddenly tumbled.
09:27He was unable to free himself and spent five days alone in the narrow canyon.
09:32Believing that he would die, Ralston carved his name into the canyon wall
09:36and filmed his final goodbyes with the video camera he had brought with him.
09:403.05 on Sunday.
09:44This marks my 24-hour mark of being stuck.
09:51But with one last surge of desperation, Ralston freed himself in grisly fashion,
09:57rappelled down a 65-foot cliff, and walked six miles before encountering some hikers and getting help.
10:03And I knew when I saw it that I'd made it.
10:08Are there any other memorable goodbyes that were fortunately unnecessary, which you cherish?
10:13Tell us all about them in the comments.
