Video –
http://tvnz.co.nz/20-20-news/live-tell-video-2671926
Truman Duncan was working as a railroad switchman in June 2006. He fell in the devastating path of two moving freight cars. Although he survived, he was not left intact. Duncan’s body was severed in half. His pelvis was sliced in two by the wheels.
He says he, “ended up falling off and when I did I stood up and the end of the car just hit me in the chest…I grabbed a hold of it and I was hanging on by the knuckle. And I had decided to actually run backwards and kind of just jump out of the way.” He still had the remarkable sense to grab his cell phone and call 911. “I knew all I needed to do was just, you know, wait until help got there and then maybe I’d have a chance.”
We call him Truman the Trouper because he waited a whopping 45 minutes for help to arrive. We can get a pizza delivered faster than that, or it’s free.
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Living proof that human beings can beat impossible odds.
- How great is your will to live?
- How much greater is your will to live a quality life, whatever that is for you?
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