Reggie Yates: How close have you come to death?

How close have you come to death?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A recurring Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Reggie Yates said elsewhere, not written here

Have you seen my documentaries?

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗

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David Hasselhoff American actor, singer, and television personality

Scuba diving in Costa Rica. My stunt double and I were trying out some equipment that let us talk to each other and I ran out of air at 80ft - probably because I talked too much. I had to use his air. Then we were surrounded by sharks. It was scary.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2009 source ↗

Erin O'Connor English model

An emergency landing in a snow storm in Philadelphia.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 March 2008 source ↗

Cat Deeley English television presenter

Horse riding in a steep canyon in Los Angeles. A couple of paparazzi had hidden under camouflage blankets and when a horse sees a lens, he thinks it’s the eye of a predator. My horse flipped out. When he landed, I ended up on his neck; that was pretty close.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 May 2021 source ↗

Bernadine Evaristo English author and academic

Travelling Europe with a friend, when I was 29. She was driving and the brakes went, on one of those vertiginous Italian mountains. It was terrifying for the 20 minutes it took to coast down the mountain.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 July 2020 source ↗