r/AllThatsInteresting

On 9/11, visually impaired Michael Hingson was on the 78th floor of the North Tower. He relied on his guide dog, Roselle, to lead him down 1,463 steps amid the smell of jet fuel and chaos. Roselle remained calm even as the towers collapsed, guiding Michael to a subway station to save his life.

At 10:28 AM on September 11, 2001, Genelle Guzman-McMillan was descending the North Tower when it collapsed. Trapped between two concrete pillars in a pitch-black air pocket, she remained there for 27 hours before rescuers found her. She would be the last person rescued from the World Trade Center.

For nearly 7 years, Melina Salazar was the only server at a Brownsville, Texas Luby's willing to wait on Walter 'Buck' Swords, an 89-year-old WWII vet who cursed at staff and never tipped. When he died in 2007, his lawyer walked in and left her $50,000 and a car.

On October 9, 2002, Aileen Wuornos — the former sex worker who murdered seven men along Florida's highways — was executed by lethal injection. Her story inspired the Oscar-winning film "Monster" and sparked decades of debate over whether she was a ruthless killer or a victim acting in self-defense.

A 21 year old Yazidi woman who spent more than a decade as a sex slave is freed and reunited with her family

In 1999, 29-year-old Norwegian radiologist Anna Bågenholm fell headfirst through frozen ice, spent 80 minutes submerged with no pulse, and survived with a body temperature of 13.7°C, the lowest ever recorded in a living human.

The gravestone for Ken'neka Jenkins goes viral for it's upgrade after her family won a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit

Joan Murray's parachutes both failed at 14,500 feet over North Carolina in 1999. She fell the entire way. She landed on a fire ant mound. Doctors reportedly believe the stings kept her heart beating. Two years later, she jumped again.

On 9/11, firefighter Scott Davidson — father of comedian Pete Davidson — raced with Ladder 118 across the Brooklyn Bridge toward the burning Twin Towers. Minutes later, he and five crewmates were killed while evacuating the Marriott World Trade Center hotel as the North Tower collapsed on top of it.

In 2019, murder victim Jeffrey Merriweather Jr.’s remains were improperly shipped via FedEx by a Medical Examiner. The package vanished in transit, and his body has never been recovered.