Random People Who Escaped Death Then Died Immediately After (13 items)

(#4) Woman Who Escaped Mall Shooting Dies In Aurora Massacre

Jessica Redfield was an up-and-coming sports broadcaster from Denver, CO. In 2012, she died at the hands of the Aurora shooter, who entered a midnight screening of The Dark Knight and opened fired on the audience.

Before Redfield was a victim of the Aurora theater shooting, she had survived an attack at a mall in Toronto only a month prior. Redfield managed to sneak out of the Eaton Centre when the gunman started shooting.
(#1) Soldier Escapes Swarm of Wasps And Runs Into Traffic

In October 2016, Austin McGeough, a 21-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Campbell on the Tennessee-Kentucky border, was on his way back to base after attending a party. Reportedly, he was disoriented and tried to break into a nursery. While attempting to do so, he struck a wasp’s nest.

Toxicology reports indicated McGeough was intoxicated. In an attempt to evade the wasps, he inadvertently ran onto Highway 41-A, where an oncoming vehicle fatally hit him.
(#5) Woman Who Survived 9/11 Dies In A Plane Crash Two Months Later

26-year-old Hilda Yolanda Mayol worked in a restaurant on the ground floor of the World Trade Center. She was present during the September 11 attacks in 2001 but was not injured. Two months later, on a trip to the Dominican Republic, Mayol died on American Airlines Flight 587, which crashed in Queens, NY.

At the time, many feared that the crash was a second terrorist attack, but the accident was attributed to the pilot's mishandling of the rudder controls during turbulence.
(#7) Basketball Player Averts Plane Crash But Dies In A Car Accident

In 1977, the entire University of Evansville Men's Basketball team - except for one player - died in a crash only 90 seconds after the plane took flight. An ankle injured prevented 18-year-old David Furr from playing with the Purple Aces, so he skipped the flight that would ultimately fell all his teammates.

Although the team had previously only ever traveled by bus, the coach requested they fly in style for this particular away game. Two weeks later, Furr and his 16-year-old brother were involved in a driving accident that resulted in both of their deaths.
(#8) Woman Avoids Club Fire But Dies In A Car Crash One Week Later

Jessica de Lima Rohl had spent weeks organizing a university party at a local Brazilian club in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul. However, when her boyfriend asked her to stay in and skip the event, Rohl agreed at the last minute. This proved to be a lifesaving decision: 233 died from a fire that broke out in the nightclub.

A week later, 21-year-old Rohl and her boyfriend died when their car collided with an oncoming truck.
(#12) Girl Survives Pool Accident But Dies In Surgery Months Later

In June 2007, 6-year-old Abigail Taylor from Edina, Minnesota, experienced near-fatal trauma after an accident in a wading pool. Abigail got caught in a pool drain at the Minneapolis Golf Club in St. Louis Park. She had extensive damage to her organs but survived.

Nine months later, Abigail died in a special surgery intended to transplant some of the organs damaged in the incident. Her death sparked outrage, and Minnesota state officials instated new laws to make pools safer throughout the county.