Amazing People Who Survived The Unsurvivable

You know how in each "Die Hard" movie, the things Bruce Willis does get more and more ridiculous? How could he possibly survive all of that? It turns out that a lot of real people have gone through stuff sick enough to make an action star go blanche, and lived to brag about it. 

From surviving car crashes to be stuck underwater, stories abound of people who seemingly skirted the laws of nature or were saved by a miracle. Here are some tales of survival that would impress even John McClane. 

You know what's hard? Climbing the Himalayas. You know what's harder? Doing it with broken legs. As detailed in "Extreme Survival," by Helen Chapman and Jane Moates, on the way down from The Ogre — the coolest-ever nickname for a mountain — Doug Scott slammed into the cliffside and broke both his legs. Legs, in case you're not aware, are important for climbing. After that, he and fellow climber Chris Bonington (who had broken his ribs) built a cave in the snow, because a blizzard was coming. You're right, that doesn't make any sense. An igloo, sure, but just a bunch of snow? No way. But the snow-cave actually helped them survive the blizzard! (If anyone knows how pushing snow on yourself can protect you from more snow, teach us your secrets, wizard.)

Finally, the pair returned to find their support team had left, thinking them dead. Somehow, the two managed to last an incredible 10 days more before finally being rescued. We're guessing no one on the support team got invited to the welcome back party.

Remember all those old-time movies where a damsel would be tied to the tracks by a dastardly and devious villain? Ever wonder what it would really feel like to have a train run over you? If you're curious, just ask Truman Duncan — it happened to him! He was working as a railroad switchman when he fell off a train and landed on the tracks, Today details. He tried to run and avoid getting caught under it, but since he isn't a cartoon character, no such luck. Remarkably, even after suffering the real-life version of the world's most famous magic trick, he had the ability to call 911 and tell them that he had been, quite literally, cut in half. After that, it took an ambulance a ridiculous 45 minutes to get to him — he was conscious the entire time, even calling his family (probably because he was bored).

He later said his inspiration for living, despite how being cut in two usually makes that impossible, was his children. As he put it, "I wanted to see my babies grow up." Awwwwww.

Prepare to hear a story so awesome, it should be made into an Oscar-winning movie. Oh, wait ... they already did. "The Revenant" tells the story of a frontiersman fighting for survival after being attacked by a bear.

HistoryNet presents the true story: Hugh Glass lived in 1823, back when the Wild West was still a fantasy — it was the Wild North. While in Upper Missouri, he and his fellow trappers survived an attack by Native Americans, before Glass stumbled upon being mauled by a bear. Glass somehow managed to survive that — because Chuck Norris was him in a past life — but he was horribly wounded. Also, don't forget that there were still Native tribes trying to shoot all these pushy white people off their land, and he was one of them. Fearing that his breaths were drawing attention, two of Glass' fellow trappers stole his stuff and buried him. While he was still alive. Think of the rudest thing you've ever done, and take heart because it almost certainly wasn't that rude.

Glass soon pulled himself out of his grave and hunted down those who had hurt him. Once he found them, he ... asked for his stuff back, and left them in peace. That is, somehow, the most badass thing he ever did.