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Maybe the night we drove a Hummer in Kabul and went to a cafe that Osama bin Laden supposedly used to frequent.
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How close have you come to dying?Originally asked
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Noah Harari
Israeli historian and philosopher
I was almost run over by a bus when I was 13. And in 1991, in the Gulf war, an Iraqi missile hit close to my house.
Sandi Toksvig
Danish and British broadcaster, comedian and writer
I’ve had a surprising number of near-death experiences: I was nearly blown up by a landmine in Sudan; I was stranded on the Zambezi river at night; I was bucked off a rodeo horse in Arizona and had to be airlifted to hospital; and, worst of all, I once ate a Pot Noodle.
In a different sense, I’ve helped to try to resuscitate a dead man.
Suzanne Vega
American singer-songwriter
A death threat at Glastonbury festival in 1989. The police told me not to go on, but I said I had to because I was headlining. So I wore a bullet-proof vest. It seemed unlikely that I would be assassinated, but it was shocking and very stressful.
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In the hospital after my C-section, hanging out with my new baby, feeling very, very happy and grateful.
It’s all a learning experience, even if it’s a shit time.
A veterinarian, but I decided against it because it required too many years of schooling; I wasn’t great at school.
As somebody who brought joy to people.
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