Live to Tell: The Long Road Home
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48 hours presents. Just then, something rippled the surface of the black water. "See that? My brother whispered. Something really big is out there," I squealed. My dad's face became very serious. Maybe he was even a little scared himself. What if it comes after us? My cousin Bill cried. You want to grow up experiencing those things that dads do. You just can't picture not being part of their life. You can't picture not being there for them. Cecilia monsters are very real. They are not. Then it's our monsters real. No. They aren't. Are you sure? That many people get to pinpoint that specific point in their life when, you know, your life changed. I'm thinking I've got to make it. I've got to make it. I've got to make it. I've got to make it. I've got to make it. I've got to make it. I've got to see my daughters again. I've got to see my girls." The whole time, you're fixated on that one thing and you don't want to let any negative thoughts into your mind at all, and you're about to die. I can remember just fixating on a point in the ceiling and just being like, "Okay, no, they're not going to give me, they're not going to give me." The power of an explosion, it just shatters everything. It not only broke my bones, but it exploded my muscle tissues around my bones. You have life kind of like, pulled a rug right from under you. I knew that I had an advantage during the attack. I played 15 years professional. Any athlete has to push their limits. There were lots of things that took place that happened for him to make it. If you take one of those away, I don't know if he would have survived. At that time, I didn't really care whether I had legs or not. I just was going to be alive. I was going to be able to see Sarah Sicilian Vanessa again, and so that became my motivation really throughout them. It was my two little girls. I mean to think I was 30 yards away from a blast, and life said, "It's not your time yet." For what reason, I don't know, but I was truly, truly lucky. I had no fear, I was never been scared of flying, I've never thought twice about being in certain areas, traveling is such a second nature for me.
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