How close have you come to death?

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Last Christmas I was clipped by a train. Mum was dying so my head was elsewhere. I was walking home and had to cross one of those crossings that say, “Stop, look and listen.” I didn’t do any of those things, and I had my headphones in so I couldn’t even hear the train. It clipped my left elbow.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 December 2019 source ↗

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Robert Peston British journalist
Being driven across the Atlas Mountains in a snowstorm 25 years ago, by a local taxi driver who plainly put a lower premium on the advantages of living than me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 June 2018 source ↗
Vanessa Redgrave British actress and activist
In April 2015 I nearly died, as my heart was finding it too difficult to keep my smoke-destroyed lungs going.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 September 2018 source ↗
Emma Bunton British singer
When I was seven or eight, I got run over and was actually under the car, which was scary. I just ran out; it was totally my fault. I was fine – all I got was a tiny scar on my knee.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗

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