Close Shaves
1. "Tank crushes passenger car"
< http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article984906.ece >
"Knut Okkenhaug, 57, had a startling brush with death when an errant tank
flattened half of his car... Okkenhaug was extracted with the help of a
group of refugees that were being driven past in a bus"
2. "Homeless man compacted in garbage truck survives"
< http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=112216 >
"A homeless man who fell asleep in a commercial trash bin was dumped into
the back of a garbage truck Friday and compacted - but escaped serious
injury"
3. "Woman in Dumpster picked up with trash"
< http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040702/NEWS01/
407020364/1002 >
"The unidentified woman was searching for her keys in a Dumpster on
Wednesday morning when a dump truck picked up the garbage at her
Ridgeland apartment complex - with her inside - and carried her about
two miles"
4. "Baby's miracle escape"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1315657.html >
"A baby escaped without a scratch after her pram was pushed 100 metres
down the road by a lorry"
5. "Granny left dangling from 100ft drawbridge"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1270708.html >
"A 79-year-old woman had an amazing escape after she was left dangling
100 foot in the air from a drawbridge"
6. "Driver plunges into icy Chena" [expired link]
< http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~2576478,00.html >
"he decided to take a shortcut across the Chena River to the Princess
Hotel, or maybe Pike's Landing. About 20 feet onto the ice, Voorhis'
1994 Ford F-350 pickup broke through and sank up to its headlights in
the Chena"
