Times I Almost Died
Submitted by dylpickled on Mon, 07/26/2010 - 13:15
- At birth, almost hung by my own tangled umbilical cord.
- Age three, ran after my ball into the street before stopping just short of an oncoming car.
- Age five, a hurricane knocked a tree down in our backyard, almost crushing my entire family.
- Age eight, while walking down the diving board with my eyes closed, slipped, hit my head, caught my leg between the board and railing, and hung dripping blood.
- Age nine, my family's car hit ice, spun across several lanes of oncoming highway holiday traffic, and ran into the railing. I wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
- Age ten, fell from the top of a 40-foot tree, breaking branches all the way down.
- Age fifteen, running across four lanes of traffic, crippled by losing a shoe halfway across.
- Age nineteen, fell down a flight of concrete stairs made slippery by rain.
- Age twenty-one, working 40 feet above ground laying on my stomach on a board, slipped most of the way headfirst off the board before stopping myself with a leg.
