All professions are important, all professions are needed, and even those that involve a huge risk and danger to life. Nevertheless, people who have devoted their lives to difficult and risky work are well aware that the next shift may end in tragic death, and at best, a meeting with an ambulance crew and urgent hospitalization.
Who are these daredevils and what work do they devote their working time to? Our article invites inquiring minds to get to know brave people better. The rating list is presented to your attention: the top 15 most dangerous professions.
15. Stars of show business and famous politicians
Celebrities (singers, actors, etc.) and politicians open the top of the most dangerous professions, because it is not without reason that they surround themselves with personal protection and drive exclusively in armored vehicles. The fact is that people's love often develops into outright hatred - the so-called Haight. Haters show their aversion to public people in different ways. If some of them just make up stories on the Internet, others are ready to take extreme measures: to kill, cripple or cause harm to a famous person. For example, John Lennon and John Kennedy became victims of popular hatred: both were killed with a pistol shot.
14. Pilots and stewardesses
Workers who operate the passenger liner are in the clouds, both literally and figuratively. The profession of a pilot and a flight attendant directly breathes romance and spirituality, is this not an extra reason to dream? However, sublime reflections are sharply replaced by anxiety and anxiety with each shaking of the aircraft. Airline workers themselves claim that the chance of a car accident is several times higher than the likelihood of a plane crash. Perhaps this is true, but after a car accident people often survive, but staying alive after falling from a great height is incredibly rare luck.
13. Trainers and zoo workers
Sometimes the instinctive behavior of our smaller brothers resembles the bloodthirsty action of ruthless killer maniacs. For animals that do not know the human hand, this behavior is more than predictable, but aggression, as a rule, does not come from zoo residents and furry circus workers living side by side with people. Nevertheless, even the friendliest animals can attack the owner for no reason and ruthlessly "chop off" his life with the help of sharp fangs and long claws.
12. Divers (divers)
Diving is not only a fascinating hobby, but also a full-fledged profession. The most dangerous place on earth, according to divers, is the little-known depth of the ocean. It is quite difficult to argue with this statement, since in the abyss of sea darkness you can not only meet with dangerous predators, but also lose access to oxygen. Despite the danger of the underwater depths, divers risk their lives not in vain: they raise the drowned to land and are engaged in research work.
11. Bodyguards
The life of popular personalities is constantly under the destructive sight of the public. To mitigate the “blow”, and sometimes to completely avoid it, celebrities turn to bodyguards for help. Outcast daredevils put their health at risk and quite often take fatal shots from aggressively-minded “fans” and ill-wishers.
10. Stuntmen
Top 10 most dangerous professions open stuntmen. They can easily run over hot coals, jump from a ten-meter height or set themselves on fire alive. Doubles of extreme scenes always try to calculate the course of future events to the smallest detail, but, alas, this does not always work out. The result is lifelong injury or death.
9. Boxers
Boxer is one of the most dangerous professions in the world of sports. History knows enough cases of urgent hospitalization of athletes who “flew” to a knockout. Moreover, sometimes a duel ends in the death of one of the rivals. The lethal outcome is not at all surprising: after a judicial signal in the ring, the criminal code ceases to apply. This means that the battle becomes especially ruthless, and the opponents are given one single goal: to cripple a person on the opposite side of the ring.
8. Bullfighters
Unlike boxers, bullfighters are much less likely to get injured. Despite this, they bothered to a higher position in the ranking of the most dangerous professions. This is because bullfighters are left face to face not with a man at all, but with a bull, whose weight reaches half a ton. And if the damage done by a hand in a boxing glove is most often not fatal, then an attack by a bull with one hundred percent probability guarantees the corrida participant at least urgent hospitalization.
7. Industrial climbers
How do you like the prospect of spending your shift at a hundred-meter height? No, this is not at all about a cozy office located on the top floor of a prestigious skyscraper. Rather, the opposite is true: the climbers' workplace is located on the outside of the windows of multi-story buildings. By the way, unlike high-altitude installers who can confidently stand on their feet on special stages, climbers literally soar in the air, as they use special ropes tied to the roof of the building for work. However, high-strength cables do not always protect climbers from accidents.
6. Firefighters
The fiery flame shining in the fireplace gives an irreplaceable feeling of comfort and homeliness. However, both comfort and the house itself may not become in a matter of minutes, if only one spark from the fireplace hits the rug or curtain. If trouble happens, then brave professionals risk their lives to save someone else's. Fortunately, the death of a firefighter during a duty is a relatively rare occurrence.
5. Astronauts
For the daredevils, it is extremely difficult and responsible work, even beyond the borders of their native planet. Astronauts serve space stations or travel the galaxy to conduct research. Half a century ago, work as an astronaut was considered the most dangerous profession in both Russia and the USSR. In the past, space transport designs were not without flaws and frequent malfunctions. Moreover, future interstellar travelers sometimes died even during exercises. Today, technological progress is gradually bringing the design of spacecraft to perfection, but so far it cannot be argued that astronauts do not risk their lives. And in general, hardly anyone can assume that being in outer space is a trifling matter.
4. Police officers
Interior Ministry officers stand guard over public order and cool the ardor of the most dangerous elements of society. Far from friendly "communication" with armed bandits and drunken hooligans foreshadows misfortune or trouble. Police officers are so often injured and injured during the detention of criminals that they even stop writing about it in the newspapers: the public takes this incident for granted. And in vain, the country must know its heroes in person!
3. Miners
Miners more than deservedly get third place in the ranking of the most dangerous professions. Firstly, staying in a gloomy dungeon cannot be called an inspiring and romantic occupation, and secondly, such work can be compared to real hard labor, as it requires incredible physical effort throughout the shift. Moreover, being in a mine means putting your life in danger every second. Speaking metaphorically, the god of the dungeon Hades loves to bury alive all who will disturb his possessions.
2. Race drivers (racing car pilots)
Notable fans of car racing are ready to give the last money for a couple of tickets to Formula 1. But the drivers of racing cars give for the opportunity to participate in the championship not money at all, but the most valuable thing they have is health. Sometimes the price gets too high: drivers meet a rotten old woman with a scythe right on the racetrack.
1. Military soldiers (combatants)
War ... She is alien to concepts such as pity, mercy and compassion. She does not tolerate cowards, wimps and traitors. War is the most terrible reason to sacrifice the lives of hundreds of thousands of healthy men who are waiting for their beloved wives and children.
Unfortunately, even today, states conduct military operations. To defend the honor of their country, citizens undergo special training, take up arms and go into the abyss of bloodshed. If a soldier survived the fighting, it means that he was born in a shirt.