Number 8 Igal Tyszman During their honeymoon cruise, in July of
2018, Israeli couple Igal Tsyzman and Shir Frenkel opted for an excursion to the Honduran
island of Roatan, which also included a zipline tour.
The newlyweds, both in their 20s, were passengers on the Allure of the Seas ship, operated by
Royal Caribbean Cruises.
On the third and longest line of the course, Frenkel went first, in the seated position.
Unbeknownst to those still on the platform, she’d come to a halt and started going backwards.
Tyszman was up next on the same line.
The guide sent him down in the plank position, in opposition to what the safety briefing
had recommended.
With Frenkel out of view, Tyszman crashed head-first into her, at high speed, sustaining
fatal injuries.
Frenkel was taken for surgery to Israel, with multiple traverse fractures, broken ribs and
a bruised spleen.
She subsequently sued Royal Caribbean, for $1 million, claiming she and her husband had
been misled to believe the zipline tour had been organized by the cruise company when
it was actually run by an independent contractor.
Number 7 Tom and Eileen Lonergan On January the 25th of 1998, an American couple
became lost at sea, off the coast of Australia, after they were unintentionally abandoned
during a scuba diving excursion.
The last time Tom and Eileen Lonergan were ever seen was by other divers in their group,
underwater, exploring the Great Barrier Reef.
The passengers and crew on the MV Outer Edge didn’t notice that the couple was missing.
Their disappearance became evident two days later, after a bag of their personal belongings
was found aboard the vessel.
A massive search ensued but yielded no results.
In the following months, pieces of their equipment were found washed ashore, about 75 miles from
where they were lost.
These included a fin, compressed air tanks and life vests marked with their names as
well as a diver’s slate, dated January 26.
It read “We have been abandoned on Agincourt Reef by MV Outer Edge 25 Jan 1998 3pm.
Please help to rescue us before we die.”
Excerpts from Tom’s journal, later leaked to the press, detailed that he was looking
for a “quick and peaceful death”.
Eileen had expressed concerns about him, in her own journal, but was determined to stand
by his side until the end.
A theory emerged that the Lonergans had staged their disappearance or committed suicide together
but it was promptly shut down by their families, a coroner and the police, who noted the fragments
had been taken out of context.
Even though they’d been abandoned in shark-infested waters, experts speculated they weren’t
attacked.
They likely experienced delirium, from dehydration, voluntarily removed their diving equipment
and then drowned.
The vessel’s captain was charged with their unlawful killing but was later found not guilty.
The company he ran, Outer Edge Dive, admitted negligence and was fined out of business.
Number 6 Maykool Coroseo Acuña In February of 2017, a Chilean tourist got
lost in the Bolivian Amazon, for more than a week and half, where he survived by following
a troop of monkeys.
25-year-old Maykool Coroseo Acuña was camping with Max Adventures, near the Tuichi River,
in Madidi National Park.
The area was only accessible by boat and miles away from the nearest town.
In the evening, he returned to camp from a guided excursion.
While the other travelers took part in a ceremony to thank Pachamama, or Mother Earth, for allowing
them to visit the rainforest, Acuña remained in his cabin.
At one point in the evening, he disappeared, without a trace.
It’s unclear why he’d chosen to wander off in the rainforest as Acuña only remembered
that he’d impulsively started running, throwing away his cellphone, flashlight and sandals.
He then tried to get back but lost his way.
His Bolivian guide believed that, by not taking part in the gratitude ceremony, he’d angered
Pachamama, who’d sent the vengeful spirit Duende to take him to another dimension.
In spite of extensive search efforts the only clue was found six days later, in the form
of a muddied sock, which Acuña’s mother confirmed had belonged to him.
It was used by shamans, who performed rituals, trying to locate him in the spirit world.
Meanwhile, Acuña survived in the rainforest with the aid of a monkey troop, which he said
had led him to fresh water and shelter, every day.
He reportedly ate the fruit that they dropped from the trees.
Nine days from his disappearance, park rangers heard Acuña screaming on the river bank,
less than a mile from the camp.
He was weak, dehydrated and had nearly been eaten alive by insects.
He recovered and credited God with his rescue, not shamans or the spirits endemic to the
local culture, in which he didn’t believe.
Number 5 Daniel Mee & Jayden Dolman In July of 2019, a British tourist helplessly
watched as two of his friends plummeted to their deaths, in Alicante, Spain.
Daniel Mee, Jayden Dolman and Lewis Higgins had been partying for a few days, following
their arrival in the Mediterranean port, a coveted destination for many British holidaymakers.
On the third day of their visit, the trio was walking on a beach promenade, in Orihuela
Costa.
They’d reportedly been drinking all day and were supposed to meet with some people
they’d chatted to on the flight from the UK.
Higgins was carrying the group’s possessions in his backpack because his companions had
suffered sunburns to their backs.
Mee and Dolman, both in their 20s, were dangerously posing near the edge of a cliff while Higgins
was taking pictures.
An off-duty Civil Guard officer had reportedly warned them to take care.
Mee and Dolman were embracing as they lost their balance and went over the railing, falling
30 feet.
The same officer, who’d previously warned them, was on the beach and watched them tumble
over the edge.
Mee suffered critical head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene while Dolman
was flown to a nearby hospital where he too passed away, the following day.
After witnessing the accident, Higgins was so shocked and distraught that he reportedly
had to be immobilized.
It would later be determined that alcohol, cocaine and hashish had been factors in the
incident.
Number 4 Kushila Stein In 2019, New Zealand woman Kushila Stein was
lost at sea for two days, off the coast of Greece.
45-year-old Stein was helping a British man, named only as Mike, take a yacht from Turkey
to Athens.
She then decided to “stretch her legs” and sailed a dinghy to the island of Folegandros.
She spent the day shopping on the island and then called Mike to tell him she was on her
way back.
However, on Stein’s return to the yacht, one of her oars fell over and strong winds
pushed her inflatable boat out to sea.
Mike called the authorities, the following morning, and a search for the woman was launched
by the coast guard.
It involved multiple vessels, a helicopter and an underwater drone.
As an experienced sailor, trained in sea survival, Stein took measures to optimize her chances
of being found alive.
She survived, without any drinking water, by rationing a handful of hard candies.
Stein wrapped herself in plastic bags to keep warm at night.
She used mirrors and wore a red bag on her head to make herself visible to passing boats
or planes.
However, in case rescuers would fail to locate her in time, she wrote her mother’s name
and phone number on the side of the boat.
Fortunately, after a 40-hour ordeal, the coast guard found her half way between Folegandros
and Crete, Greece’s largest island.
She was treated for exposure and dehydration.
After her rescue, she reportedly called her mother and told her that she still had one
piece of candy left.
Number 3 Ashley Judd While tracking Bonobos on an excursion through
the Congolese rainforest, actress Ashley Judd suffered devastating leg injuries that would
require her to be transported across the border, into South Africa.
Judd was experiencing trouble with her head lamp when she tripped over a fallen tree.
Her leg was shattered in four places and she also suffered nerve damage.
The pain caused Judd to go into shock and pass out.
It took several hours for the 52-year-old actress to be transported out of the rainforest
by porters carrying her on a hammock.
While still in excruciating pain, she was then transported to different locations, via
motorcycle, for another six hours.
Hospitals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were ill-equipped to deal with the extent
of her injuries.
Judd thus had to be driven, for 55 hours, to a hospital in South Africa where she was
admitted to a trauma unit.
Talking to a journalist, on Instagram Live, she expressed gratitude while also commenting
on the privilege of being able to rapidly receive help, as opposed to a Congolese person
who might not have had such swift access to medical treatment.
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Number 2 Hiker Killed in Mount Stromboli Eruption In early July of 2019, Mount Stromboli, on
the eponymous island off the coast of Sicily, experienced two explosive events.
The twin eruptions, which took place at 2:46 pm, were described as among the strongest
to have ever occurred on the island.
As the ash plume rose high into the sky lava spewed from all active mouths of the volcano.
A local priest described it was like being in hell as native villagers and visiting tourists
were forced to flee from a “rain of fire”.
Amid the terror of the blast, dozens of tourists threw themselves in the sea to escape the
volcanic flow.
Luckily, they were promptly evacuated.
A 35-year-old man, whose identity wasn’t released, was near the summit when the eruption
occurred.
The hiker, originally from Sicily, was fatally struck by falling debris.
His Brazilian companion was rescued in a state of dehydration and shock.
6 other people sustained minor injuries in the disaster’s wake.
Number 1 Sam Beattie In December of 2016, during a gap year, New
York man Sam Beattie and his girlfriend, Michele Segalla, went on holiday to Australia.
Eight weeks into their trip, which saw them travel around the country in a van, the couple
was on an excursion to Mount Warning, in New South Wales.
They camped out at the top.
Shortly before 4 am, lightning struck their tent and then jumped to Beattie’s feet,
killing him instantly.
Segalla, who suffered head and neck injuries, spent several hours, crying next to his lifeless
body while waiting for help.
Two teenage hikers heard her.
One went to find rescuers while the other stayed with her and performed CPR on Beattie,
but to no avail.
Segalla, was taken to hospital, in a state of shock, where doctors would later tell her
she was lucky to have survived.
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