Episode

Sucked into the Sky at 33,000 Feet: The Ewa Wiśnierska Story | E228

Podcast: The CRUX: True Survival Stories
Published: Apr 13, 2026
Duration seconds: 2085
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Summary

When a routine training flight turned deadly, champion paraglider Ewa Wiśnierska was pulled unconscious into a thunderstorm and carried higher than Mount Everest. What her GPS recorded over the next 40 minutes defies medical explanation.