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re: What is the closest you have come to dying?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:25 am to When in Rome
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:25 am to When in Rome
Oh, just thought of another.
I was stopped at an intersection kind of in the country, and I was the first car in line. The light turned green, but I slowly rolled to start. A couple of seconds after the light turned green, this idiot came barreling through the intersection (most likely doing 70+ MPH) from my left side. My side would have gotten t-boned, and I most likely would have died.
That's why it's so important to be cautious when the light turns green!
I was stopped at an intersection kind of in the country, and I was the first car in line. The light turned green, but I slowly rolled to start. A couple of seconds after the light turned green, this idiot came barreling through the intersection (most likely doing 70+ MPH) from my left side. My side would have gotten t-boned, and I most likely would have died.
That's why it's so important to be cautious when the light turns green!
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Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:39 am to upgrayedd
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I ate at Golden Corral once.
Holy shite! How did that happen, if you don't mind me asking?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:39 am to When in Rome
I was born dead...seriously
Then in about the 6th grade I was choking on some popcorn at a high school football game, the not being able to cough kind of choking, tried to run to my parents but started to black out. Some 80 year old lady just stood up and put the heimlich maneuver on me to save my life.
A few years ago I was driving down a two lane road after work, just eating a taco, when I noticed the car coming at me was in my lane. I got in her lane as she passed me on the passenger side of my car going about 60 (with me consequently squeezing my taco bell and it going everywhere). She went in the ditch, hit a culvert, then a street sign then pulled into a parking lot. I turned around to chase her but her car was fricked. I preceded to tell her that she almost killed me and how would she have felt having to face my parents and family to tell them how sorry she was for killing there son/brother. She was hammered and balling crying at this point so instead of calling the cops and getting her a dui, I drove her to the apartment complex she had just left. I also threatened everyone she was with at the apartment for being dumb enough to let her drive.
Then in about the 6th grade I was choking on some popcorn at a high school football game, the not being able to cough kind of choking, tried to run to my parents but started to black out. Some 80 year old lady just stood up and put the heimlich maneuver on me to save my life.
A few years ago I was driving down a two lane road after work, just eating a taco, when I noticed the car coming at me was in my lane. I got in her lane as she passed me on the passenger side of my car going about 60 (with me consequently squeezing my taco bell and it going everywhere). She went in the ditch, hit a culvert, then a street sign then pulled into a parking lot. I turned around to chase her but her car was fricked. I preceded to tell her that she almost killed me and how would she have felt having to face my parents and family to tell them how sorry she was for killing there son/brother. She was hammered and balling crying at this point so instead of calling the cops and getting her a dui, I drove her to the apartment complex she had just left. I also threatened everyone she was with at the apartment for being dumb enough to let her drive.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 8:52 am to When in Rome
I cant think of any instances where I knowingly knew I was close to death but I use to do a lot of stupid shite growing up so there were times I probably was close
The 1 thing that sticks with me though is watching my daughter almost not make it at birth.
I have 2 stepchildren and this was my first child to be seen born. My wife was induced and a few hours later it was time to start pushing. After a few minutes her head and neck popped out but she wouldnt budge after that. She had the cord wrapped around her neck twice, was turning purple, and her shoulder was caught up on my wife's pelvis. There were 3-4 nurses standing on the bed pushing on her belly. I could tell it was getting serious just by the tone in the Dr's voice. Finally he was able to deliver her although she didnt cry for the first few minutes. That was when it set in that she might not have made it. The nurses finally got her to start screaming and relief finally came over us. She is now my little princess and is growing up so fast....
The 1 thing that sticks with me though is watching my daughter almost not make it at birth.
I have 2 stepchildren and this was my first child to be seen born. My wife was induced and a few hours later it was time to start pushing. After a few minutes her head and neck popped out but she wouldnt budge after that. She had the cord wrapped around her neck twice, was turning purple, and her shoulder was caught up on my wife's pelvis. There were 3-4 nurses standing on the bed pushing on her belly. I could tell it was getting serious just by the tone in the Dr's voice. Finally he was able to deliver her although she didnt cry for the first few minutes. That was when it set in that she might not have made it. The nurses finally got her to start screaming and relief finally came over us. She is now my little princess and is growing up so fast....
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:12 am to dafuqusay
I can't even imagine that feeling. She's adorable. 
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:24 am to When in Rome
1. As a kid (1 or 2nd grade I think) me and my older brother had just got off the school bus and were crossing the highway (we lived on a 2 lane state road out in the country). Just as I was emerging from the cover of the front of the bus my brother grabs me right as a car zooms by and misses me my inches. Had he not grabbed my I'd have been hit by the car.
2. On a tank range in the driver's hatch of an Abrams during a live fire exercise. The gun was hot and the ammo was hot as well which can make both swell. The loader went to ram in a main gun round but it got stuck before it could fully seat and thus trip the breach block to close. They called a cease fire on the range and evacuated the crew from the tank except me. They could not get me out due to the position of the turret blocking me from either exiting up through the turret or opening my hatch to get out that way. They could not move the turret for fear of the round going off. They first tried to ram the round back out using ramming rods. That did not work. What they ended up doing was taking a wooden block and placing it on the base of the round and having a guy from the maintenance section beat the round with a sledgehammer until it hit the "ears" on the breech block and thus triggered the breech to close. I was scared shitless.
2. On a tank range in the driver's hatch of an Abrams during a live fire exercise. The gun was hot and the ammo was hot as well which can make both swell. The loader went to ram in a main gun round but it got stuck before it could fully seat and thus trip the breach block to close. They called a cease fire on the range and evacuated the crew from the tank except me. They could not get me out due to the position of the turret blocking me from either exiting up through the turret or opening my hatch to get out that way. They could not move the turret for fear of the round going off. They first tried to ram the round back out using ramming rods. That did not work. What they ended up doing was taking a wooden block and placing it on the base of the round and having a guy from the maintenance section beat the round with a sledgehammer until it hit the "ears" on the breech block and thus triggered the breech to close. I was scared shitless.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:26 am to LEASTBAY
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Baghdad 03-04. Worst thing I can remember was during some training when I was stationed at ft polk.
I was at Polk from 02-07 and deployed with the 2nd ACR 03-04...
Our FOB was mortared several times while we were in country, got in a fire fight while pulling guard duty (pulled an AK round out of the tower wall about 2 feet from my head afterward...still got it, somewhere), RPG attack pulling guard on a bridge in Al Kut, Iraq...
And then there was this: Black Sunday in Sadr City, Iraq
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 9:33 am
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:28 am to rebeloke
Driving back to Nola on I-10. I'm in the left lane right before the LaPlace exit (Hwy 51) and my front driver-side tire blows, slam on the brakes, wheel locks up, and my car does a complete 180, cross over the right lane, and end up in the field looking on to oncoming traffic. As I was doing the 180, all I saw was an 18-wheeler's grill what seemed to be about 5 feet away.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:42 am to bencoleman
Three times I've been near death.
The first, I was about 5 or 6. I nearly drowned on a church trip to a water park in Mississippi. Playing around in the pool and I couldn't swim in the deep end. They yanked me out, did CPR, and I rode in an ambulance to Meridian. Stayed overnight in the hospital just for observation. Thank God the youth pastor was CPR certified. I put my daughter in swimming lessons at 2.5 years old. She's just turned 6 and is like a fish in the water.
Second time I was 15 or 16. My grandmother had suffered a stroke, and we had driven over to my parents hometown and were driving back and forth to the hospital almost every day. Mom didn't feel like driving. I either had my learners permit, or just turned 16 and had my license. I can't remember, this was 16-17 years ago. So I was driving her little 240sx on a two lane country road, going down one hill with a slight curve on it, and up another hill. This Mack dumptruck apparently didn't see the little car and starts to pull out on the road. We're going about 60-65. I didn't have time to brake, so I swerve over into the grass so I don't end up under this thing, and look left as I pass in front of him. I saw the big M A C K letters as I passed him. It was another 20 miles to the hospital and my heart was still racing then. Mom was filing her nails in the passenger seat and about shite herself when I end up going off the road with it. I'm just guessing if I hadn't been paying attention that we'd have ended up crushed under that truck.
The third time I clicked on the soccer board....
The first, I was about 5 or 6. I nearly drowned on a church trip to a water park in Mississippi. Playing around in the pool and I couldn't swim in the deep end. They yanked me out, did CPR, and I rode in an ambulance to Meridian. Stayed overnight in the hospital just for observation. Thank God the youth pastor was CPR certified. I put my daughter in swimming lessons at 2.5 years old. She's just turned 6 and is like a fish in the water.
Second time I was 15 or 16. My grandmother had suffered a stroke, and we had driven over to my parents hometown and were driving back and forth to the hospital almost every day. Mom didn't feel like driving. I either had my learners permit, or just turned 16 and had my license. I can't remember, this was 16-17 years ago. So I was driving her little 240sx on a two lane country road, going down one hill with a slight curve on it, and up another hill. This Mack dumptruck apparently didn't see the little car and starts to pull out on the road. We're going about 60-65. I didn't have time to brake, so I swerve over into the grass so I don't end up under this thing, and look left as I pass in front of him. I saw the big M A C K letters as I passed him. It was another 20 miles to the hospital and my heart was still racing then. Mom was filing her nails in the passenger seat and about shite herself when I end up going off the road with it. I'm just guessing if I hadn't been paying attention that we'd have ended up crushed under that truck.
The third time I clicked on the soccer board....
Posted on 4/2/14 at 9:54 am to rebeloke
Three instances
1. I don't remember, but was actually the closest. Allergic reaction to the medication Ceclor as an infant. Spent a week in ICU apparently.
2. When I felt closest to death. Cruising at 20,000 ft in a King Air 350 above the Florida panhandle. We came out of a weather system and dropped about 1000 ft in altitude instantly. My stomach hit my throat, no seatbelt on. I thought we were gonna drop out the sky like a brick.
3. The most unique. Landing at Denver international. We looped 3 times the. The pilot came on. Said we had to gain altitude and burn all the jet fuel before we attempt a landing, because the landing gear won't come down and we would be landing on the belly. We spent the next 45 minutes circling Denver just burning fuel. They actually told us the reason was that if we land on the belly and there's fuel in the tanks the plane will blow up. I was surprised they gave us so much info. Flight attentdent had my brother me and two friends take the emergency exit rows, and told us no matter what we needed to keep order. I was ready to throw bows
. People were crying, praying, popping Xanax. It was surreal. I was surprisingly calm. I said frick it, I'm confident this dude can land us without wheels, and if not then I'm ready to go. Life's been good. Hour later they get the gear working and we land fine. Some lady kissed the pilot in the way off the plane he got handshakes and cheers from the rest of us
1. I don't remember, but was actually the closest. Allergic reaction to the medication Ceclor as an infant. Spent a week in ICU apparently.
2. When I felt closest to death. Cruising at 20,000 ft in a King Air 350 above the Florida panhandle. We came out of a weather system and dropped about 1000 ft in altitude instantly. My stomach hit my throat, no seatbelt on. I thought we were gonna drop out the sky like a brick.
3. The most unique. Landing at Denver international. We looped 3 times the. The pilot came on. Said we had to gain altitude and burn all the jet fuel before we attempt a landing, because the landing gear won't come down and we would be landing on the belly. We spent the next 45 minutes circling Denver just burning fuel. They actually told us the reason was that if we land on the belly and there's fuel in the tanks the plane will blow up. I was surprised they gave us so much info. Flight attentdent had my brother me and two friends take the emergency exit rows, and told us no matter what we needed to keep order. I was ready to throw bows
. People were crying, praying, popping Xanax. It was surreal. I was surprisingly calm. I said frick it, I'm confident this dude can land us without wheels, and if not then I'm ready to go. Life's been good. Hour later they get the gear working and we land fine. Some lady kissed the pilot in the way off the plane he got handshakes and cheers from the rest of usThis post was edited on 4/2/14 at 9:55 am
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:00 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
quote:I would have been freaking out.
Landing at Denver international. We looped 3 times the. The pilot came on. Said we had to gain altitude and burn all the jet fuel before we attempt a landing, because the landing gear won't come down and we would be landing on the belly.
I read this the other day, and it was simultaneously a comforting and scary realization...
quote:
Hard landing in bad weather isn't because of a lack of pilot skills but is in fact intentional. If the runway is covered in water the airplane has to touch down hard in order to puncture the water layer and prevent aquaplaning.
"Landings are nothing more than controlled crashes", according to a pilot.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:03 am to rebeloke
I had to get part of my lung removed because it was close to going gang green on me. If I had waited a week longer... I'd be dead
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:05 am to When in Rome
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I would have been freaking out.
My mom and friends mom popped 3 xanax. They were pretty much comatose when we got off the plane. When they finally sobered up in Vail they tried to talk us into driving back to Louisiana b/c they were never getting on a plane again
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 10:06 am
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:09 am to When in Rome
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Hard landing in bad weather isn't because of a lack of pilot skills but is in fact intentional. If the runway is covered in water the airplane has to touch down hard in order to puncture the water layer and prevent aquaplaning.
"Landings are nothing more than controlled crashes", according to a pilot.
This is true. It's amazing what planes can do though.
I was in a Falcon 10 (small private jet, 6 seats total) with an ex-navy fighter pilot flying. He said "you want to see what this plane is made of?" "Sure"
He took off almost vertical, greatest roller coaster ride I've been on
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 10:10 am
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:16 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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Landing at Denver international.
Even under the best of circumstances, landing here is a bit of an experience here from what I've seen the times I've flown in.
I do recall one time having at least a scary incident (not really sure we came close to dying though). I was flying into Birmingham during a nasty thunderstorm. As soon as we began our decent we were being thrown all over the place. I'm sitting there looking out my window (I had a wing seat). I'm looking down trying to ascertain exactly where over B'ham we are. Right as we come over I-59 and Tallapoosa Blvd (about 5 seconds before touchdown) the wing suddenly dips way down and looked to miss clipping he airport perimeter fence by inches (course it probably was not as close as it looked at the time). We land a tad rough but nothing too bad. As we're exiting the pain the flight crew is standing outside the cockpit. Right as I walk by I hear our rather young looking flight attendant say to the pilot "Wind-sheer? What's wind-sheer?" I felt a bit queezy after that.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:24 am to DirtyMikeandtheBoys
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I was in a Falcon 10 (small private jet, 6 seats total) with an ex-navy fighter pilot flying. He said "you want to see what this plane is made of?" "Sure"
He took off almost vertical, greatest roller coaster ride I've been on
I had a similar experience in a private jet flying from Peoria to Birmingham. The pilot gunned it, took off almost vertical and quickly climbed to like 20,000 feet or whatever. It was at this point though that instead of just slowly leveling out real smooth, he pulled back the throttle from full (jets screaming) to next to nothing (virtual silence). Here we are almost vertical, thousands of feet in the air, and suddenly those very powerful and loud jets that had got us up there so quick were now silent. This was followed about a second later with a feeling of rapid decent. For what seemed like forever but really was probably only 5 seconds, we were almost in suspended animation it felt like. One guy lets out a phrase we're all thinking "OH shite!" About that time the nose levels out and we can hear and feel the jets pushing us along. From the cockpit we can hear laughter. Apparently this is a running joke our corporate pilots have anytime they get a group that's never flown with them.
I will say this though. That jet got us home in about half the time it takes when I fly commercial.
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 10:27 am
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:31 am to rebeloke
when i was a fighter pilot, we had some new fly by wire upgrades installed and during testing I noticed some indicators appeared off, about 45 seconds I had to eject and as I was falling, another pilot narrowly missed me
scariest day of my life
scariest day of my life
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:41 am to rebeloke
pneumonia when i was 6 months old. parents were told to make funeral arrangements.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:51 am to LSUTygerFan
Got tapped in the right rear quarterpanel by an 18 wheeler in 9 AM traffic on I-45 in Houston. Spun (twice) in front of the 18 wheeler and across three lanes of traffic and slid to a stop on the shoulder, about six feet from one of those steel girder interstate signs.
Struck nothing. Total damage - a 4" scratch on my car.
Pucker factor - 9.65/10.
Struck nothing. Total damage - a 4" scratch on my car.
Pucker factor - 9.65/10.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:58 am to rebeloke
I probably wasn't even aware. Which is a little more scary.
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