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I had spinal meningitis when I was 13.
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I fell off a ladder, landed on my back, got up and was fine.
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I’m closer today than I was yesterday.
Bobby Gillespie
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In 2016, I fell off stage in Switzerland and broke my back in four places.
Sara Pascoe
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Ten years ago, I went to visit my dad in Australia. I walked to the edge of a cliff and looked over and tripped. I righted myself but my head was over the edge. No one saw it.
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Jumping on the seats of a deserted carriage on a London-bound train from Canterbury in 1989.
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