How close have you come to death?

Ah- I can see the problems now.

1) Was sideswiped by an angry truckdriver on the highway in South Carolina. Car flipped on two wheels and blew both passenger side tires on the way down. Driver almost lost control but managed to stick with it. We chased the semi and got the plate number but speeding semi + speeding 929 w/ 2 flats, shattered passenger side window, scared shitless occupants = not good. We pulled off the next exit and told a SC State Trooper. He told us that the license plate didn\'t exist and then he threw the number away before we could protest. We were a little pissed(to say the least) and were about to go off on the trooper but the way he(and everyone else) looked at us plus the fact that we were two black dudes in nowhereville, South Carolina kept us in check while we waited for AAA.

BTW, Someone tells you that they were hit by a semi that sped off; but they got the license number. You "check" the number and see that it "doesn\'t exist". Do you say oh well that number doesn\'t exist to bad or do you radio in that a f*cking semi truck with non existant plates commited a hit and run?

2) When I was 7-8 I was trying to open a glass jar with a big ass cork in it(inquisitiveness + boredom + little supervision + 7 year old = danger). I think I wedged a pair of scissors in it and it shattered. I cut right through the bottom of my palm and(according to the doctor) just missed slicing an artery. It was weird because it didn\'t hurt at all and I could actually see inside my hand. Freaky occurance for a little ass kid.

3) I got shot at in Atlanta over(I\'m assuming because I don\'t know why else I would be shot at) mistaken identity. I was walking to my car in Buckhead when a guy in a civic(?) drove passed me pulled a u-turn further up the street and sped by me while shooting. I have no idea why I was not hit. I just hauled ass to my car afterwards and sped home.

Originally posted by Gohan

3) I got shot at in Atlanta over(I\'m assuming because I don\'t know why else I would be shot at) mistaken identity. I was walking to my car in Buckhead when a guy in a civic(?) drove passed me pulled a u-turn further up the street and sped by me while shooting. I have no idea why I was not hit. I just hauled ass to my car afterwards and sped home.

OMG! That is just freaky. :eek:

Mostly motorcycle accidents.

1) Hit a patch of diesel tipping into a roundabout and got thrown off, landed on my neck on the kerb. Smashed my collarbone but for some reason my neck didn\'t break.

2) The accident I\'m most proud of! I was at a roundabout on the bike waiting to pull out when the coach behind me decides he\'s gonna pull out first. He drove up my right side and then bloody turned left. The coach hit the back of the bike and dragged me off and down the road, when he straightened up the rear wheel got closer and closer. I was pinned between the bike and the coach so I pulled my body out of the way, he got my legs though, it hurt. All I remember seeing before the crush moment was UW 10595kg and then the back wheel go over. To anyone who rides bikes, wear expensive armour, it saved my legs.

I got hit in the head by a hockey puck while my back was turned and helmet was off.  People said i was answering questions with moans but i dont remember any of that until i woke up in the hospital face down with some guys yelling for more wire.  They put 6 stiches in the back of my head and i lost vision in my left eye for about 8 hours afterwards.  The doctor said that if it hit me a inch up it would have blinded me or something.  I duno, the doc was crazy.

Speaking of hockey, I was at the bluejackets game where the girl died, freaky shit.  I was sitting directly above her.

I was at a baseball game where someone was hit in the face with a foul ball. It was really, well "foul".

that near death expereince is crappier than my drowning one. that isn\'t even close to death. that sucks \'tater.

Both of mine involved a semi-truck.  

1)Driving down I-35 on the inside lane @ 1am, a dumb ass trucker driving in the middle lane must have fallen asleep or been distracted.   The truck starts moving into my lane so instead of slamming on my brakes which I should have done I just kept my speed and moved over into the shoulder a little while honking my horn.  

It just so happens I was at a part of the interstate where the shoulder disappears in to the median wall...I came within inches of the wall before the trucker moved.  

2) I was driving across an over pass and my Jeep skids out on an icy part of the bridge.  My Jeep does a 180 and I end up in the same lane but facing an oncoming semi-truck.  I had just enough time to pull out of the way...I was a nervous wreck for a few days.