30 Wild Times People Narrowly Missed Injury, Illness or Death

‘At the exact time my mom planned to arrive, the building exploded’

While no one can fully outrun the Grim Reaper, it’s possible to at least keep him at bay. Something these Redditors know better than anyone — one guy’s hangover kept him from being part of the Cave Creek Disaster in 1995, while another’s urge for tacos prevented him from being a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. But the stories aren’t all coincidental; some people had a nagging intuition that something would go wrong and were totally right to listen to their gut. 

Whatever the case, a number of other Redditors have also narrowly missed serious injury, illness or death and have shared the chilling tales of what could have been.

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