Gary Doan is an entrepreneur who cheated death and now finds himself riding all the right trends.

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Many people had horror stories of how they cheated death by clinging on to trees or hiding within temples.

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The Guardian describes the accident as a "fireball in the rush hour", while the headline in the Daily Star calls it a "flaming miracle" more people were not killed as "hundreds cheated death".

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In Star Trek, he cheated death.

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With his death from a massive heart attack today, Ken Lay cheated justice.

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