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1) I was born dead. Breached and ended choking on the umbilical cord on the way out. Revived after a couple of mins.
2) Fell out of a tree when I was 5 and got impaled on a fence post. If it had been 2 inches to the right it would have went through my stomach and killed me.
3) Surfing during a storm in high school I wiped out and my leash snapped. I was stuck in 10 foot surf in a wicked rip current. I tread water for about 5 mins and was nearing exhaustion from being battered by the waves and trying to tread water. Felt a hand reach out to me right as I was about to give up. There was a guy sitting on the beach who grabbed my board and paddled out on his board dragging my board by what was left of my leash out to me.
4) Early 20's, Worked a double shift and was exhausted on my way back to the plant with the work van @ 3am on an 8 lane freeway. Passed out at the wheel. Hit a puddle and spun out. Woke up mid spin and finally got the van under control and ended up facing the wrong way on the freeway. If there were any other cars on the freeway at that time I have no doubt I'd be dead.
Im old now so no risky stuff anymore as I am fully aware of my mortality.
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