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In reply to the discussion: Very close to death experiences - what would your last words have been? [View all]left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I was young and stupid, speeding down an interstate highway when my right rear tire blew out.
I didnt know what happened. It felt like Id been rear-ended, but I looked in my rear-view mirror and there was nothing behind me.
I did the wrong thing, of course, and stomped on the brake.
My car spun around, faced an oncoming semi trailer, and my engine died.
I sat there extremely calm, and thought So, this is how I die.
The truck managed to swerve and go around me, and there were no other vehicles headed my way.
I managed to get my car started again and pulled off the highway and onto a grassy area near by,
and immediately freaked out now that I was out of harms way.
Whether by chance or the trucker radioed it in, a state police car soon arrived and called for a tow truck whose driver put on my spare and didnt charge me anything.
They both seemed to feel sorry for this stupid kid who almost got himself killed