What are some close encounters you've had with death?

Question

Tell us you're story's of how close you've came to facing death.

Answer 1

I got dragged off the back of my lobster boat when I was a kid; went down into 60 feet of water with a line wrapped around my ankle. I was under for 4 minutes or so. I passed out before the captain could get me to the surface, but he got me breathing again before my heart stopped.

Answer 2

Parachute didn't deploy correctly.

30 feet directly below a lightning strike.

Fell through the ice and sank to the bottom of a pond.

Almost went through ice on river (stupid thing ten year olds do)

My ex-girlfriend

A couple other incidents, for which the statute of limitations has not yet expired.

Answer 3

Serious brain lining infection, coma and blood clots in the brain, but remember very little of main events. Pre events: was recovering from flue, had hiccups day and a half and room starting to spin.

Answer 4

I worked as a nurse for 9 years and saw many people die. Some of the deaths were absolutely wretched - alcoholics dying of liver disease, people with emphysema gasping for breath for weeks, people with colon cancer vomiting ****, and like stuff.

As for my own death, I attempted suicide 10 times, and the last two attempts were very painful. What else do you want to know?

Answer 5

car accident

Answer 6

I had a drunk driver drive through my parents house in Washington state, into my bed room, destroyed my box springs  in my bed and i was knocked out for a while.  I came to when the cops broke my bedroom window.  The drunk driver died.  I made the Seattle news that day, it was my 15 minutes of fame.