In this line of work, I have had the pleasure of reading many books on why some people survive while others do not and researched thousands of survival ordeals to the answer that same question. Why People Survive If you add up the attributes of survivors described in the several books on why some people survive while others do not, they are: knowledge (and the ability to apply it), adaptability, ingenuity, intelligence, conditioning (including training), resilience, perseverance, tenacity, instinct, and luck, and “the will to survive.” Under this last category fall the intangibles: hope, purpose, love, and faith. (Gonzalez, 2005) (Kamler,…

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