# I'm here to help, Velocity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-to-help-velocity/760986>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 26, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-to-help-velocity/760986 "2016-07-26T22:59:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 78

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-to-help-velocity/760986/78 "2025-08-09T02:15:20Z")

</div>

Not a good enough poster to warrant a mention in WWYT, but not necessarily (I’m 50/50 on this) a troll, either. I also don’t want to hijack a thread about the death of an American hero to call **Brakepedal** out over yet another random bit of not-necessarily-true trivia:

> [@RIP Jim Lovell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-jim-lovell/1021876/5):
>
> I’ve always found it intriguing that people who survive harrowing near-death situations, like Apollo 13 or Holocaust survivors, usually live a much longer life than normal folks.

Uhhhh… cite please?

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-here-to-help-velocity/760986)._