wearing a bulletproof vest and stab plate to work every day for $7.25/hour.

Indeed. It's actually one of the reasons I got out of EMS as a profession. That event didn't bother me at the time as much as it should have, considering I was wearing a bulletproof vest and stab plate to work every day for $7.25/hour.

I'm well aware of what a BP vest can and can not protect against.

i was at a neighbours house after school. heard a storm coming, so his mom walked me home. we were in my driveway (my driveway was an old tennis court, so its rather big) and on one end is a huge maple tree. we were under the tree when lightning struck it, which spread and hit me, but i guess not my friends mom. where the lightning hit also split off a tree limb, which landed on me, but didnt cause any severe damage, just a few fractured ribs. i was at a pontiac hospital for a while for observation. i remember being interviewed by various news outlets, CNN being one. how word got out, i havnt the slightest.

everything is fuzzy, because i dont remember much. i remember feeling this odd sensation, then coming to with a tree limb on top of me. it was such a surreal day.

it hasnt affected me really. i was extremely nervous of storms for a long time, i eventually grew out of it to where im wreckless in bad weather. haha.

what you are thinking of affecting me is my several concussions, as well as something else. but im not really sure im comfortable airing that out here.

I was hit by a car at age 8, which wasn't a near death experience but it was the closest I've ever been. I broke no bones but I was hit very hard. My bookbag and puffy coat took most of the damage, I guess. I fainted after getting up, screaming, and falling down in a snow bank.

I was hit by a car at age 8, which wasn't a near death experience but it was the closest I've ever been. I broke no bones but I was hit very hard. My bookbag and puffy coat took most of the damage, I guess. I fainted after getting up, screaming, and falling down in a snow bank.