What's the closest you have been to death?

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

As per thread title.

In my youth, when I was about nineteen, myself and a few mates were messing about in an old quarry near Hyde.

There was a stone wall about fifteen metres high and for a dare I decided to try and climb it.

The first few metres were easy enough, but when I got three quarters of the way up, hand holes were few and far between, so I decided to do the sensible thing and go back down.

I looked down to the bottom, and froze in terror, one slip and I would have broken every bone in my body on the rocks below

I was petrified.

Eventually after about an hour I made it down to the bottom in a cold sweat.

I still think about how stupid I was even today.

Rock climbers must be crazy.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Well, I was in this car park in Istanbul and ...

 

[citytill1die84]

I got stabbed, the knife was centimeters from hitting my heart :(

 

[stonerblue]

Was 'dead' before i was born. Blue baby.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

I got stabbed, the knife was centimeters from hitting my heart :(

Shouldn't that be a smiley face at the end there :)

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Bowel cancer diagnosis at 42. An emergency operation got it all out and stopped it spreading.

 

[citytill1die84]

Shouldn't that be a smiley face at the end there :)

Haha very true

 

[BlueHammer85]

Got lost on top of the Brecon Beacons - team of us got lost. the weather changed in a instant, couldn't see a thing, rain, freezing cold, clouds made it so dark to see - i slipped and nearly went down a sheer drop which would have killed me - we somehow made it back down and back to the cars - everyone was totally numb and in shock, no one spoke for hours.

 

[Scottyboi]

Nearly got crushed by a metal girder whilst fitting it, some moron moved it and it flipped over with me just below it getting in position to guide it in. Legs went to jelly I was lucky as fuck, wanted to claw hammer the ****.

 

[staffsblue]

About the time of the Manchester IRA bombing, a similar attack was attempted in Leeds.
I was on my train to work passing a signalling cabinet just outside Leeds station at exactly the time the bomb was meant to detonate. Thankfully it failed to detonate, just creating a small bang and loads of smoke. Obviously, on arrival, everyone at the station was evacuated, and the exclusion zone in the city centre got further out in the following minutes.
I ended up being evacuated to the spectator area of Leeds International Pool before catching a bus home when it became clear the city centre wouldn't open anytime soon.

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Spending the night with Idahoblues

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Chicken suicide, the Plaza cafe, Rusholme.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

When Phillips scored against Charlton.

I nearly got crushed under the insane celebrations.

 

[hallsteve62]

Millwall away

 

[RadcliffeRick]

After watching Morrissey, it was almost self inflicted.

 

[ballbag]

Got my neck broke (amongst other things) in a car crash two years ago. Refused to believe my neck was broke for a day or two. Really lucky not to be dead or a paraplegic.
Had a brain tumor removed about 10 years ago. Didn't even know I had one growing for 30+ years.
Punctured my lung when I was born - lived in one of those sandwich bag looking thingys in the hospital for a few days.

I'm shit scared of dying too.

 

[mrbelfry]

When I was younger I told my mum to shut up cos she was getting on my nerves

 

[jimharri]

Well I had a heart attack back in 2005. But you know what they (yep, them again) say; only the good die young.

 

[grunge]

Hit by a car, thankfully it wasnt going that fast ( 25 maybe 30mph at most ) on the day of the last election walking from the polling station to the train station to go to work.

I think the Tory's were out to get me.

 

[kippaxking79]

Whilst serving in the Royal Navy I was in a sea king helicopter. As it banked sharply my seat belt broke/came undone.

I flew forward towards the open side door. It was only the guy on the door that stopped me plunging out!!