• Question: Have you ever had any near death experiences and if so what were they like and did you gain any knowledge from it?

    Asked by benweath to Chris, Eva, Michael, Paddy, Philip on 14 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Chris Jordan

      Chris Jordan answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Luckily not.
      (though I got hit by a lorry when I was cycling a few years ago and wouldn’t like to do that again)

    • Photo: Paddy Brock

      Paddy Brock answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      I nearly managed to get myself crushed between two large boats once. I learnt that knowing your own limits is extremely important, and that calmly assessing a situation is usually better than jumping straight in.

    • Photo: Michael Wharmby

      Michael Wharmby answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      No, fortunately. I’ve had a few incidents of doing foolish things (like putting a copper pipe through a live electricity cable… I realised the value of circuit breakers and fuses on that day!), but I wasn’t really in any danger and I’ve never done anything worse than that.

    • Photo: Eva Bachmair

      Eva Bachmair answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      No, touch wood. There are things in my life I don’t need to experience.

    • Photo: Philip Denniff

      Philip Denniff answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      As I was driving past Heathrow there was this sudden loud continuous noise. I thought I had hit or been hit by something but he car was not rocking. The noise continued and there was concord 50 feet above me. That was disorientating.

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