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== History == | == History == | ||
Without any immediately obvious cause, awareness of the event took time to develop. One of the earliest survivals was [[Oswald Danes]], a convicted prisoner in the [[United States]] about to be [[Death sentence|executed]]; although his lethal injection was carried out flawlessly on [[19 March]], the only effect was intense but temporary pain from the drugs. As hours passed, doctors around the planet began to realise that deaths of patients under their care (such as [[Rex Matheson]], who was impaled by a metal pole) had abruptly dropped to zero. Age, disease, trauma, and all other normally fatal conditions continued to hurt and debilitate their victims, but without killing them. The level of damage to the body did not matter. Extreme examples include an attempted suicide bomber whose entire body was almost totally burned and pulverised but retained some degree of consciousness even after his head was detached from the rest of his body ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') and a [[Lyn Peterfield|CIA agent]] whose neck was broken, yet she managed to stand and stumble away, her head facing backward ([[TV]]: ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'') | Without any immediately obvious cause, awareness of the event took time to develop. One of the earliest survivals was [[Oswald Danes]], a convicted prisoner in the [[United States]] about to be [[Death sentence|executed]]; although his lethal injection was carried out flawlessly on [[19 March]], the only effect was intense but temporary pain from the drugs. As hours passed, doctors around the planet began to realise that deaths of patients under their care (such as [[Rex Matheson]], who was impaled by a metal pole) had abruptly dropped to zero. Age, disease, trauma, and all other normally fatal conditions continued to hurt and debilitate their victims, but without killing them. The level of damage to the body did not matter. Extreme examples include an attempted suicide bomber whose entire body was almost totally burned and pulverised but retained some degree of consciousness even after his head was detached from the rest of his body ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') and a [[Lyn Peterfield|CIA agent]] whose neck was broken, yet she managed to stand and stumble away, her head facing backward. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'') News media and the general public also began to realise the change. Eventually, the name of the event emerged on the back of the word "[[miracle]]," which began to trend across social networking sites. | ||
The only thing that seemed to permanently kill humans was complete incineration; so long as the bodies remained intact to a certain degree, [[consciousness]] and life was still possible to a point, but otherwise human beings would continue to exist despite the impossibility of death or recovery. Even detached body parts would still be animated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') However it was later discovered that jumping off a tall enough building caused people to be forever unconscious, yet not dead, allowing suicide to exist to a certain degree. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]'') Also, under [[Angelo Colasanto]]'s bed was a null point to the Miracle, where mortality was possible again, and death existed in that one place. A [[null field generator]] could exclude a person from the effects of the Miracle. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') | The only thing that seemed to permanently kill humans was complete incineration; so long as the bodies remained intact to a certain degree, [[consciousness]] and life was still possible to a point, but otherwise human beings would continue to exist despite the impossibility of death or recovery. Even detached body parts would still be animated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') However it was later discovered that jumping off a tall enough building caused people to be forever unconscious, yet not dead, allowing suicide to exist to a certain degree. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]'') Also, under [[Angelo Colasanto]]'s bed was a null point to the Miracle, where mortality was possible again, and death existed in that one place. A [[null field generator]] could exclude a person from the effects of the Miracle. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') | ||
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People were divided into [[Categories of life|categories]]; Category 3 was normal with no life threatening injuries, Category 2 was fatal injuries or illness (but still alive and conscious due to the Miracle), and Category 1 was effectively dead, usually deemed as unconscious and unlikely ever to wake up. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'') In order to deal with criminals, a Category 0 was planned, where they would be "executed" like Category 1s. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') | People were divided into [[Categories of life|categories]]; Category 3 was normal with no life threatening injuries, Category 2 was fatal injuries or illness (but still alive and conscious due to the Miracle), and Category 1 was effectively dead, usually deemed as unconscious and unlikely ever to wake up. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'') In order to deal with criminals, a Category 0 was planned, where they would be "executed" like Category 1s. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') | ||
Governments were forced to set up "[[overflow camp]]s" ([[TV]]: ''[[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]'') | Governments were forced to set up "[[overflow camp]]s", ([[TV]]: ''[[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]'') in which Category 1 and 2 patients were kept. However, these were, in effect, glorified concentration camps, with Category 1 patients being burned alive. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'') | ||
The world economy started to collapse, starting with the loss of the pensions as they were naturally invalid now that people could live significantly past the [[retirement]] age. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') This led to insurance companies going bankrupt which started a chain reaction where several markets, notably housing, collapsed entirely. The result was the world entering a sharp economic recession that was four times worse than the [[2008]] recession, leading many economic pundits to consider it akin to the [[Great Depression]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'') | The world economy started to collapse, starting with the loss of the pensions as they were naturally invalid now that people could live significantly past the [[retirement]] age. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') This led to insurance companies going bankrupt which started a chain reaction where several markets, notably housing, collapsed entirely. The result was the world entering a sharp economic recession that was four times worse than the [[2008]] recession, leading many economic pundits to consider it akin to the [[Great Depression]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'') | ||
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These are notable cases of people surviving due to Miracle Day along with the condition that would have caused their death. | These are notable cases of people surviving due to Miracle Day along with the condition that would have caused their death. | ||
[[Oswald Danes]] survived lethal injection ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') | [[Oswald Danes]] survived lethal injection, ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') from which he had recovered from enough to not die when the Miracle was reversed, though he committed suicide to kill the Families anyway moments later. | ||
[[Rex Matheson]] was impaled with a pole, stabbed with a [[pen]] in the same place twice by Colin Maloney, and later replaced most of his blood with that of Jack Harkness. He survived the Miracle and (presumably) due to the blood transfusion, became immortal in the same manner as Jack Harkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'', ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]'', ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]'') | [[Rex Matheson]] was impaled with a pole, stabbed with a [[pen]] in the same place twice by Colin Maloney, and later replaced most of his blood with that of Jack Harkness. He survived the Miracle and (presumably) due to the blood transfusion, became immortal in the same manner as Jack Harkness. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'', ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]'', ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]'') | ||
