Death & what remains

How close have you come to death?

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Mo Farah British track and field athlete
When I was a kid, travelling from Ethiopia to the UK, the plane door opened, the oxygen masks came down and the plane did an emergency landing in Egypt.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 April 2019 source ↗
Kevin Pietersen English cricketer
Being charged by a white rhino on a walking safari. It came running towards us and I froze, which is the right thing to do. If it had hit us, it would have been goodnight.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2019 source ↗
Bradley Wiggins British former professional road and track racing cyclist
I had quite a chequered childhood. I had a knife put to my throat once when I was a kid, which was very scary.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2019 source ↗

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