The Miracle at 33,000 Feet: How Vesna Vulović Survived the Highest Fall in History | E185
On January 26, 1972, 22-year-old Serbian flight attendant Vesna Vulović survived a 33,000-foot fall without a parachute when JAT Flight 367 exploded over Czechoslovakia, setting a world record that still stands today. Her miraculous survival and subsequent life as a pro-democracy activist made her an enduring symbol of human resilience until her death in 2016.