Eddie Rickenbacker defied death a handful of times growing up in Columbus,\xa0Ohio. He figured God was intervening. It was hard to argue the point after he survived accidents as a race car driver, being America's top combat air pilot of World War I, a civilian plane crash that killed half the passengers, and a World War II mission that left him adrift at sea for 24 days.\nwww.ohiomysteries.com\nfeedback@ohiomysteries.com\nwww.patreon.com/ohiomysteries\nwww.twitter.com/mysteriesohio\nwww.facebook.com/ohiomysteries\nMusic: An American Outlaw, by Anthony Cobb.\nAudionautix- The Great Unknown\nThe Great Phospher- Daniel Birch\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices