5 People Whose Lives Were Saved by Ludicrously Good Luck — cracked.com

When the day needs saving in movies, the perfect hero for the job will swoop in at just the right moment to prevent tragedy while still preserving the maximum amount of thrilling suspense. However, this is generally not the case in real life -- if you get your shoelace stuck on a railroad track and just sit there waiting for Superman to appear at the last second to bend some iron and set you free, you're going to get hit by a train.

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