“A car hit me from behind; I flew up in the air and rolled over onto the grass.”

— Anna Waskowski, unemployed, Chicago

“I fell off a cliff once … about 35 feet.”

— Benjamin Scheve, student, Dallas

“I was thrown out of a GMC Jimmy that rolled … and woke up on the road.”

— Glen Mies, screen printer, Kingman

“There was a ‘pop’ and the plane dropped. … We made an emergency landing … and part of the landing gear didn’t come out, so we landed sideways.”

— Kat Murphy-Andrus, unemployed, Kansas City, Kan.