In November 1942, the ocean swallowed the SS Benlomond in less than 120 seconds Amid the waves, a Chinese man named Poon Lim, second steward on board, managed to free himself from the wreckage and floated for hours until he found a wooden raft. It wasn't salvation, but limbo: biscuits, chocolate, sugar, a jug of water, a few flares, two funnels, and a flashlight. No company, no route, just the void of the Atlantic. The attack was the work of the German submarine U-172. Of the 54 crew members, only six managed to leave the ship. Lim was the only survivor. For 133 days, the sea was his only home. He caught birds, drank their blood, fished with improvised lines, faced a shark, hauled it aboard, killed it with a jug, and ate it. Every day was a pact with hunger, every night a duel with loneliness. When the Brazilian coast finally appeared on the horizon, Poon was a man, nine kilos lighter, but still able to walk. Local fishermen found him and helped him, but they didn't save him:...
The moment woman hallucinating on super-strength cannabis scales 40ft electricity pylon and clings to it for two hours
High voltage: The moment woman hallucinating on super-strength cannabis scales 40ft electricity pylon and clings to it for two hours A woman who had spent four hours smoking super-strength 'skunk' cannabis had to be rescued after she climbed a 40ft electricity pylon while hallucinating that it was a bridge Horrified locals spotted the 21-year-old - from Zlin, Czech Republic - apparently trying to cross a river and called the emergency services. Police spokesman Jan Macalikova said: 'It was a nightmare because she was very much under the influence of drugs and wasn't making much sense. Out of her mind: The intoxicated 21-year-old clings to electricity cables after climbing the pylon in the belief that it was a bridge 'She was convinced, though, that the pylon was a bridge across the Morava river.' Drugs counsellors and police eventually coaxed her down after two hours on the pylon She received treatment at hospital for he...