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Talk about being unlucky! Join us as we examine the most unfortunate timing in human history. From surviving atomic bombs to being falsely accused, these individuals faced extraordinary circumstances through no fault of their own. Our countdown includes people caught in natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and historical turning points that changed their lives forever.
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00:00The moment we entered the house, came a tremendous flash.
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo, where we'll be looking at 10 times someone ended up in a horrible
00:10situation by sheer chance alone.
00:13That was all taken away.
00:16Richard Jewell
00:17In 1996, the Summer Olympics were held in Atlanta in the United States.
00:22It turned into a tragedy, as terrorist Eric Rudolph planted a backpack full of explosives
00:27in the Olympic grounds.
00:28Thankfully, the disaster was mitigated by security guard Richard Jewell, who discovered
00:33the bomb and saved many lives from the disaster.
00:36We were just concerned with getting the people as far away as we could, as quickly as we could.
00:41So in one respect, he was at the right place at the right time.
00:44Unfortunately, the FBI and the press later began believing he was the culprit.
00:49How do you know that they're FBI?
00:51Because they followed me from my house.
00:53They follow me everywhere I go.
00:54This destroyed his reputation for a few years, until Eric Rudolph was found guilty.
00:59Clint Eastwood made a movie about his life in 2019.
01:02So on the bright side, his reputation has been repaired since, and he's predominantly considered
01:07a hero.
01:08Sir, I've never been treated like a hero.
01:11Never.
01:12I mean, I don't know what a hero's treated like.
01:14Austin Hatch
01:15Few things in life will be more traumatic than surviving a plane crash.
01:19So surviving, too, would likely take a huge toll on someone's mind.
01:23What he's gone through so far is miraculous.
01:26He said to me,
01:27Coach, the way I look, I've been so blessed through life.
01:32I've only had two really bad days in my life.
01:34This is what happened to Austin Hatch in the 2000s.
01:37In 2003, he was only eight years old, when a plane his father was piloting crashed in
01:42Indiana.
01:43His mother and two siblings tragically didn't survive.
01:46But Austin and his dad did.
01:48He would just hug me, and tell me how much he loved me, and how thankful he was to still
01:53have me.
01:54In 2011, it happened again.
01:56A plane that his father was piloting stalled, crashed, and Austin lost both his dad and his
02:01stepmother.
02:02Miraculously, Austin survived, after being put into a coma for two months.
02:07What was it like to realize that you'd lost your dad and your mom?
02:11Yeah, it's hard to put that into words.
02:14It would have been hell to overcome.
02:16But he now has a wife and child, so things are finally looking up for him.
02:20What do you think your parents would be proudest of?
02:23I'm sure they'd be proud of me just being here, but I think they would probably be more
02:27proud of my outlook on life.
02:29Well, they're still with me every day, still having a profound impact on the man I am and
02:35hope to become.
02:36The Disarmace family.
02:37The 2010 Haiti earthquake was one of the most devastating natural disasters for the island.
02:48The Disarmace family was caught in the disaster.
02:50Two weeks later, they decided to seek refuge in Chile.
02:54Tragically, a month into their stay, Chile was also hit by a brutal earthquake.
02:58We're asking everybody to stay calm, to stay patient, she said.
03:02The family said it was extremely horrifying to live through both.
03:06Every member of the family lived to tell the tale, but it undoubtedly wreaked havoc upon their
03:10mental health.
03:11If they'd known the dangers of moving to Chile, they said they would have remained in Haiti.
03:15The early 1940s were probably the worst time in history for an American to visit Japan,
03:22or vice versa.
03:24In 1942, American citizen Iva Togori Dequino went on holiday to Japan.
03:29You sound very vaguely familiar to me.
03:32Well, you may have picked up the voice of one ship.
03:34Her timing proved to be terrible, as Japan declared war on America while she was there,
03:39and she couldn't return.
03:40Imperial Japan then forced her to become a DJ for an English-speaking propaganda radio broadcast,
03:47which earned her the nickname Tokyo Rose.
03:49Now, how long ago did you come back to Japan?
03:51Four years ago.
03:52She heroically put her life on the line to feed American prisoners of war.
03:57Tragically, the states weren't so thankful toward her after the war.
04:00She ended up getting convicted of treason and served six years in prison, but was eventually
04:05pardoned in 1977.
04:07Emperor Carus.
04:08Roman history gets beyond chaotic during the Crisis of the 3rd Century, which lasted
04:13from 235 until 284 AD.
04:16So, um, I referred last time to the 3rd Century Crisis, the crisis of the Roman Empire that
04:23preceded the accession of Diocletian from 235 to 284.
04:28One of the last emperors during this period was Carus, who ruled from 282 to 283.
04:33Although very few details remain, we do know that he served as a military tribune of the
04:388th Legion, Augusta, and the 9th Legion, Hispana.
04:41While he was in power, the empire's main rivals were the Sassanids, an empire that dominated
04:47Persia and Mesopotamia.
04:48Carus led a strong campaign against them in 283, but this failed when Carus died randomly.
04:54Some sources claim he was struck by lightning, but this isn't confirmed.
04:57We don't know exactly what happened, but his death by lightning is not out of the realm
05:02of possibility.
05:03Generally, scholars think it was not a natural death.
05:06His two sons took over the empire, but were overthrown by Diocletian, who ended the crisis
05:12and brought stability.
05:13Wars on Rome's eastern border would continue for centuries, eventually motivating the Crusades.
05:18Jason and Jenny Cairns Lawrence.
05:21This English pair is often called the world's unluckiest couple.
05:24This is because they've survived not only one terrorist attack while on holiday, but
05:28three.
05:29First, they were visiting New York on September 11th, 2001.
05:33I have a situation where Americans are under possible hijacked.
05:36Four years later, they were caught up in London when the July 7th bombings were perpetrated.
05:40It's just indescribable.
05:42Finally, in 2008, they visited Mumbai at the same time as the horrific attacks.
05:47We will take the strongest possible measures to ensure that there is no repetition of such
05:53terrorist attacks.
05:54Well, this is what the press wants you to believe.
05:56The story is largely false.
05:58They arrived in both New York and Mumbai after the attacks had taken place, and were in Binghamton
06:03when the London bombings happened.
06:05So, the wrong place they were in was the bar where they first met a journalist who fabricated
06:09the story.
06:10Ron Goldman.
06:10One of the most infamous murder cases in history surrounded the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson
06:15and her friend Ron Goldman.
06:17We will continue our pursuit of Mr. Simpson and hope to have him in custody soon.
06:24Initially, people believed O.J. Simpson was responsible.
06:27When he was asked to turn himself in, he instead tried to flee in a highly publicized chase.
06:32One of the young guys, either one of the Goldman families or the Brown family, and he said,
06:38Murderer, Murderer.
06:41The trial eventually found Simpson innocent, although the verdict was met with much scrutiny.
06:46Nicole is believed to have been the primary target, but Goldman was tragically murdered
06:50because he caught her at the wrong time.
06:52He was a special human being who didn't deserve what's happened.
06:58He was a waiter trying to return her glasses, but ended up losing his life, likely so the
07:04killer could minimize witnesses.
07:05So I love you very much and I'll see you soon.
07:08William Huskisson
07:09In the 1830s, steam-powered locomotives had just started coming out and were all the rage.
07:14They hissed, they rumbled, and they roared.
07:17They belched smoke and spewed clouds of white mist.
07:20In 1830, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway first opened.
07:24A grand celebration was hosted for its opening, inviting both the Prime Minister and the Duke
07:29of Wellington.
07:30One politician, William Huskisson, was a fairly clumsy man.
07:33Huskisson noticed that in the carriage opposite was his great political rival, none other than
07:39the Iron Duke, hero of Waterloo, Duke of Wellington.
07:43This meant he was sorrowfully caught between two trains, which caused him to panic so hard
07:47that he failed to escape and ended up being run over by a train.
07:51It became the first railway fatality widely reported, although there had been a plethora
07:55of fatalities prior, but they were barely focused on.
07:58Loss and possession once wrote Hilaire Billock.
08:02There falls no shadow where never shines the sun.
08:06Franz Ferdinand
08:07World War I was triggered by a chaotic domino effect of European alliances declaring war on
08:12each other.
08:13Some damn foolish thing in the Balkans, Bismarck once predicted, would ignite a major war.
08:19The event that started it all was the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian heir and Archduke Franz
08:24Ferdinand.
08:25Six Bosnians worked together to eliminate him, and all their plans failed.
08:29That was, until his driver took a wrong turn and just coincidentally arrived outside a delicatessen
08:35where one assassin was waiting.
08:37At that moment, I was filled with a strange feeling, and I aimed at the Archduke from the
08:44pavement.
08:45His name was Gavrilo Princip, and he didn't hesitate to execute both Ferdinand and his
08:50wife.
08:50This led to Austria-Hungary eventually declaring war on Serbia, with both nations getting all
08:56their allies involved, who in turn invited their allies until all of Europe was at war.
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09:19Tsutomu Yamaguchi
09:23Few humans have lived through a single atomic bomb, but few have lived through two.
09:27Every day, Tsutomu Yamaguchi gives thanks for what he calls his miracle.
09:32His name was Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who was born in 1916 and died in 2010.
09:38Yamaguchi was sent to Hiroshima by his employers, which caused him to be caught in the attack.
09:42I thought the sun had fallen from the sky.
09:45There was a tremendous sound and a flash of light above me.
09:48After miraculously surviving, he returned to his home in Nagasaki.
09:52His boss didn't believe him on the phone when he mentioned the bomb, which was the general
09:57attitude in Japan.
09:58Many were skeptical that such a powerful weapon existed.
10:01Unfortunately, the second bomb dropped while he was in Nagasaki, but thankfully, that one
10:06didn't hurt him at all.
10:07Amazingly, he lived to the age of 93, a mind-blowing feat for someone hit by two atomic bombs.
10:25Were there any particularly tragic moments we failed to mention?
10:39Let us know in the comments.
10:40My mother decided to take us to the community shelter.
10:45clear to my father's mother's exam.
10:46My mother said in Nagasaki.
10:47He
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