The Most Bizarre Freak Accidents

Publish date: 2024-05-09

Air travel comes with lots of downsides. Airplane food usually tastes like salted cardboard. Security checks are often more invasive than pelvic exams. You might die a horrible, horrible death. And even when none of those problems apply, flying can still really suck. No one understands that better than critical care nurse Chris Fogg, who once got sucked through an airplane window mid-flight.

In 2007, Fogg was helping to airlift a patient from Idaho to Washington when the window next him suddenly shattered. According to The Seattle Times, the resulting change in air pressure sent him hurtling headfirst through the opening. Fogg fought the onslaught of physics, his limbs the only barrier between him and a 20,000-foot fall to the ground.

Planting his left hand against the ceiling and his knees against the wall, the nurse tried desperately to pull himself back inside the plane. Luckily, he had the strength and wherewithal to separate his chest from the window, reducing the suction and allowing him to return to his seat. Unfortunately, the turbulence didn't stop there. Fogg's head had become a blood fountain, and he still had a patient to look after.

Fogg used a pillow to stem the bleeding. Meanwhile, all manner of charts and medical supplies got tossed about the plane and sucked through the broken window, which sounds pretty inconvenient from a nursing standpoint. Despite those obstacles, everyone survived. After an emergency landing, Fogg received 13 stitches and resumed work the next day.

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