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An emergency landing in a snow storm in Philadelphia.
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How close have you come to dying?Originally asked
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View all 209 →Maybe in the 1990s, but I was so selfish at the time, I wouldn’t really have noticed what was going on.
On the interstate. Anyone who has driven in the United States will know that you are always very close to death – it is like the wild west on the freeways.
Julian Sands
British actor
In the early 90s, in the Andes, caught in an atrocious storm above 20,000ft with three others. We were all in a very bad way. Some guys close to us perished; we were lucky.
Louis Theroux
British and American journalist and author
I don’t think I’ve ever been close to death but I am a nervous flyer, especially during turbulence, so there have been many times where I’ve felt that I was.
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View profile →Not reading my bank statements thoroughly enough!
Like I've been kidnapped of my senses.
To be humble is to be sane.
I'm too diplomatic. I tend to edit my mind before I speak - it can be incredibly draining.
Appearing on a Paris catwalk in a beard.
French kissing on Tower Bridge under a full moon in the wee small hours.
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