How close have you come to death?

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Recorded David Arquette said elsewhere, not written here
I got stabbed in the neck with a light tube during a wrestling “death match” two years ago. It was scary. I thought I was dying: your life does flash before your eyes.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 January 2021 source ↗

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Anita Rani British broadcaster and journalist
Climbing Scafell Pike in the Lake District when I was about 15. The winds were about 85mph, my legs lifted and I nearly flew off. Thankfully somebody grabbed me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 July 2021 source ↗
Clara Amfo Broadcaster
I choked on a hard-boiled lemon sweet when I was 13. My brother Sam saved me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2020 source ↗
Cynthia Nixon American actress and politician
When I was 13, I was on a bicycle and got hit by a taxi in New York.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 April 2017 source ↗

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