![]() Something strong enough to continue trying to hit the runway even though all signals indicated that he wouldn’t make it. The frontier can be found in this question: What was he thinking? He was intelligent, well prepared and had undergone extremely rigorous training. That was not the end of the story, that is not where the frontier is. The impact of the tail against the aircraft carrier cut the plane in two, and sent the pilot ricocheting off the runway in a shower of sparks, still clinging to his seat. But the latter continued, even though he only had to push down a fraction of an inch on the throttle to take off again and try a new approach. ![]() And many signals were indicating that to him, both in his cockpit and on the runway – the landing officer had turned on large red lights which meant your approach is not good, you should not land! And of course he yelled into his microphone, his voice echoing in the pilot’s helmet. Shortly before the author reached the American aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, an important step in his quest that was leading him to explore the frontier between life and death – frontier because some people succeed and others fail – a pilot was in the middle of landing, a normal sort of thing on such a boat. (The impact of emotion on our actions and how they are the cause of certain mistakes, the impact of fear and the effectiveness of humor) When five people were shipwrecked and only two came home, what was it that made the difference? Who survived the Nazi camps? Why did Robert Falcon Scott die during his expedition to the North Pole and Roald Amundsen survive? Why was a 17 year old adolescent girl the sole survivor to escape in the Peruvian jungle, while the adult victims with her in an air crash died? And, why can some people survive the worst psychological catastrophes, like divorce, death, layoff, serious illness, while others suffer terribly? In his quest, he discovered principles that he tells us about in his book.Ĭhapter 1: Look out, here comes Ray Charles The fact that he lived while so many others died fascinated him, and he wanted to understand, with the help of his interest in science. ![]() Laurence Gonzales’ interest in survival began when his father told him his story. He was taken to a prisoner camp, then freed at the end of the war. A German farmer was standing in front of him, his gun pointed at him – at that time, they did not hesitate to kill American pilots from time to time. He whole body was in agony, and a piece of the cockpit had penetrated his leg. When he came to, he was on the ground, and looked out at the world through the shattered window of the cockpit. He remained imprisoned in the cockpit for a six kilometer descent while the plane was cut in two. With his plane spinning around, pinned by centrifugal force, seriously wounded, he failed to grab his parachute and jump. While conducting a raid on Dusseldorf, his plane was hit in midair by a shot from a German flak, which cut the left wing in two and killed nine crew members on the spot – out of ten. The author begins by telling us the story of his father, a B17 bomber pilot – the flying fortress – during the Second World War. Book chronicle and summary of “Deep Survival”: Summary of Deep Survival: In extraordinary circumstances, like accidents or catastrophes, some people survive and others die, such that sometimes things lead you to believe that the first ones die and the second ones survive this book explains, using numerous stories of accidents and catastrophes, and by exploring the latest scientific theories – from neuroscience to the theory of chaos – what makes one person die and another survive.īy Laurence Gonzales, 2003, 295 pages. Welcome back to Books That Can Change Your Life ! Since it is not your first visit here, you must want to receive The 3 Vital Principles To Succeed in Life, backed by science :
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