Have you been close to death and how did it feel?

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Wow Jason, that is definitely up there on my list of ways not to die. Choking, strangulation, drowning all sound like the worst.

Let's see. I fell asleep at the wheel of my ex-girlfriend's car when I was 16. For those of you from the East Coast I was on the Taconic Parkway. I woke up as I was running off the road and managed to cut the wheel so I slid out and hit the only guardrail for 20 miles broadside. Wake up a split second later and I have a steering column in my stomach. That was maybe the worst shock I've been in. Escaped serious injury but I felt so sure I was gonna die. Worst part was I had just dropped her off @ Laguardia to fly to France for her grandfather's funeral. She was not a happy camper.

As wacki probably remembers, my girlfriend's ex-boyfriend broke into my house and tried to slash my throat with a chef's knife. I caught the blade on my hand and took it away from him, while pleading for my life. Lost a chunk out of my finger/palm and had a minor puncture wound near my collarbone. Didn't sleep too well for a while after that one either.

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