1 00:00:00,560 --> 00:00:04,440 Speaker 1: Ronnie van Zant wrote that song after two of the 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: band members in a matter of days crashed their brand 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: new automobiles under the influence of drugs or alcohol, making 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: the point we're not going to have much of a 5 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: band when you guys all kill yourself yourselves living like this, 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:24,640 Speaker 1: you don't think it'll happen to you. It will. Oddly enough, 7 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: they did die shortly thereafter, but when their plane crashed 8 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: over Gilsburg, Mississippi, on its way to a show in 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 1: Baton Rouge. Every time I mentioned its forty eight years 10 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: ago today, the greatest rock band in the history crashed, 11 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: leaving the real genius behind it, Ronnie van Zant and 12 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: Steve Gaines dead. What continued on can only be described 13 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:56,880 Speaker 1: as their manager at the time, who survived but has 14 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: since passed since he did the interview with us back 15 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: in twenty thirteen as the best tribute band of all time. 16 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,600 Speaker 1: But it is a tribute band. It's not Leonard skinnerd 17 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,960 Speaker 1: any longer. But it was forty eight years ago. Today 18 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: when they're convet two forty, I think it was crashed 19 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:19,760 Speaker 1: when it ran out of gas and killed half the 20 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,039 Speaker 1: band in the process. But I always try to add 21 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: something every year to the story, because there are so 22 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:28,759 Speaker 1: many stories behind this one. And it's been probably ten 23 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 1: years since I told this story, so I'll tell it again. 24 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: The most remarkable thing to happen on that day that 25 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 1: didn't get much attention is as follows. So Artemis Pyle, 26 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: who we've had on the show as a drummer, escapes 27 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 1: from the wreckage and he crawls out and he sees 28 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: his band members around him dead, some of whom would 29 00:01:54,200 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: survive were knocked out. There's blood and gore everywhere, and 30 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: he goes to get help. He is severely injured and 31 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:12,399 Speaker 1: he is bloodied. So As he crawls from the wreckage 32 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: and he starts staggering to find somebody that might be 33 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 1: able to bring them assistance. He staggers through the woods, 34 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: severely injured, and he comes into an opening where he 35 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 1: spots a farmhouse. He starts heading toward that farmhouse, clearly 36 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: visibly bleeding heavily. The owner of the farmhouse, Johnny Motes, 37 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 1: sees what he is certain must be an escaped convict, 38 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: so he fires what he calls a warning shot. Now 39 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: I'll leave this to your judgment. I don't think anybody 40 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: faults him for what he did, but he fires what 41 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: he considers there's a warning shot above what he thinks 42 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,519 Speaker 1: is the escaped convict's head, and he hits him in 43 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 1: the shoulder, dropping him. Whereupon, as he approaches Artemis Pile, 44 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: he doesn't know who that is. He listened to that 45 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: devil music. Says, I'm the drummer for Lenyard Skinnert. Our 46 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: band has crashed. We need help. The farmer believed him, 47 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: assisted him, called for help, and the rest is history. 48 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: But imagine your Artemis Pile. You've just survived an awful 49 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: car crash. You are in a bad way mentally and physically. 50 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: You are staggering to get help and maybe save some 51 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: of your band. There's a farmhouse. There's your help. As 52 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 1: you stagger toward the farmhouse, he comes out, raises his 53 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: gun and shoots you. Now you've been hit. This is 54 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: how I'm gonna die. I survived the crash, and this 55 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:17,159 Speaker 1: is how I'm gonna die. Those stories always get me. 56 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 1: You know, the guy who makes it through the horrible 57 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: thing and then dies in the rescue. Yeah, I'm guessing 58 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: most people probably don't know that part of the story 59 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: because it gets lost in all the rest of the Lord, 60 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: but I've always found that a little bit fascinating to consider. 61 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: Forty eight years ago today, four thieves dressed up as 62 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: construction workers broke into Louver Museum in Paris, stealing French 63 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 1: Crown jewels that once belonged to Emperor Napoleon and his wife. 64 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: The story from NBC News. 65 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 2: It all happened in just seven minutes, raised in daylight 66 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 2: heights at the most visited museum in the world, around 67 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 2: nine point thirty this morning, and tonight those thieves still 68 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 2: on the run. The robbery is so dramatic, like a 69 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: scene out of the Netflix show Looping. 70 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: Necklace, Belonta, Marie and Fournette. We're going to steal it. 71 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: The Interior minister says. The experienced burglars used this ladder 72 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,159 Speaker 2: mounted on the back of a truck, then broke a 73 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 2: window with a disc cutter, forcing their way in during 74 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 2: museum hours. The apparent target La Gallery da Poullon, on 75 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 2: the second floor, home to the French Crown jewels, smashing 76 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 2: two display cabinets, according to the Culture Ministry, stealing nine 77 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 2: priceless royal items in all, including a tiara, a sapphire necklace, 78 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 2: a single sapphire earring, an emerald necklace and a pair 79 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 2: of emerald earrings approach another tiara and corsage beau, both 80 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 2: belonging to fashion icon Empress Eugenie Napoleon the Third's wife. 81 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 2: In the gallery, the thieves left behind the one hundred 82 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 2: and forty cart Regent diamond, one of the Louver's most 83 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 2: prized possessions, and in the getaway it appears they drop 84 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 2: something on their way out. A crown belonging to Empress 85 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 2: Eugeny was found outside the museum. 86 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: When you rob the Louver, that's a big deal to all. 87 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,880 Speaker 2: A from official say the operation was nonviolent, but tourists 88 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 2: already inside were evacuated and the museum shuddered for the 89 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: rest of the day and tonight the race is on 90 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,120 Speaker 2: to find those responsible. 91 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:37,040 Speaker 1: They have cleared the Crosswall. Yeah, a girl was arrested. 92 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: She was reading in the Crosswald. I guess I thought 93 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:43,799 Speaker 1: that would make a good visual that story about skinner 94 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 1: drummer Artemis Pile, emerging from the crash, staggering through the woods, 95 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: finds a farmhouse. The farmer comes out, thinks he's an 96 00:06:54,720 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: escaped convict because he's bloody, and shoots him in the shoulder, 97 00:07:00,520 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: comes and discovers, okay, he really is. He believes his 98 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: story helps him get assistance if he kills Artemus Pile, which, 99 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:17,200 Speaker 1: by the way, nobody would have convicted him for that. 100 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: He had every reason to believe. You're out on a farm, 101 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: way out in the country, you got no backup. Nobody would, 102 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 1: his neighbors, a jury of his peers would have never 103 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: convicted him for that. And if he'd killed him, who 104 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: knows whether there is a call for help for the 105 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 1: band in time to save those who were saved. It's 106 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: a crazy story Jim and I were talking about during 107 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: the break. Different stories we've heard of friends who sustain 108 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: what they believe is a life ending injury. If I 109 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: give you one example, my friend Sundance Head. He's out 110 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:10,040 Speaker 1: hunting by himself. It's been two years ago. Maybe gun 111 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: goes off in his belly. Now it was only a 112 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: twenty two, but I don't want to get shot in 113 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: the belly to you. And that thing is rooting around 114 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: in there and knocking around and ripping stuff up, and 115 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: he ends up walking. I need to confirm how far 116 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: he walked, bleeding out the whole while, but I know 117 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: he walked over a mile to get help and he did. 118 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: Shocking that he survived. And I bet there are a 119 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: lot of folks out there that have a story of 120 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,520 Speaker 1: some accident where you were left for dead and you 121 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: were certain you were done, whether it was on the 122 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: battlefield or you got cut up by a propeller or 123 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: a gun went off. I knew some folks that were 124 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: out hunting. Guy's father in law shot at a deer, 125 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: missed him and quite the distance pass. That son in 126 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: law is in the truck and gets hit and he 127 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: never knew he was over there, or at least that 128 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: was the story. Maybe even like his son in law. 129 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 1: And you know, telling the story, it makes me think 130 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: about it separately. But if you've got such a story 131 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: seven one three nine nine nine one thousand seven one 132 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,800 Speaker 1: three nine nine nine one thousand seven one three nine 133 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 1: nine nine one thousand. So if you watch any financial news, 134 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: and actually at this point it's bled into general news, 135 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:34,160 Speaker 1: you know that that oil, that gold is at record prices. 136 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: It's going crazy. It's over forty three hundred dollars per 137 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: ounce right now. So I call Kenny Duncan Junior. They 138 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: do more gold than anybody and I said, is us 139 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:50,120 Speaker 1: coins eighty four thirty five KD freeway. He's a show, 140 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,720 Speaker 1: a sponsor of the show, and a good friend, has 141 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 1: been for years. And I said, so what are you seeing? 142 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: He said, it is madness. I've never seen it like this. 143 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: Give me an example, he said, Saturday morning, one hundred 144 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: and seventeen people were lined up before we opened the door. 145 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 1: One hundred seventeen people. And I said, who are these people? 146 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:15,200 Speaker 1: I mean, these are these professionals? He says, No, it's 147 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: women forty to sixty years old and they've got they 148 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 1: don't know what it's worth, but they've got things that 149 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 1: they know are not worth much, if anything, to them, 150 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: and they're bringing them in like they've got a necklace, 151 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: a gold necklace, but it's broken. They haven't worn it 152 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: for years, or they inherited something that went in their 153 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:39,320 Speaker 1: jewelry box because they didn't want to throw it away 154 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,199 Speaker 1: because it belonged to mama. But they're never going to 155 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: wear it. It's broken, it's out of style, out doesn't 156 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: fit whatever. And they bring them in at forty three 157 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: hundred dollars an ounce. He said. One lady came in. 158 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:58,559 Speaker 1: She had just a little bitty little bitty like a 159 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 1: charm what are those called? A little bity thin bracelet, 160 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,040 Speaker 1: And it was worth over three hundred dollars, and she'd 161 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 1: brought some other stuff, but she could not believe that that. 162 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:09,680 Speaker 1: She said, that's more than it was worth when it 163 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: was purchased, and it wasn't of great value because it 164 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:14,679 Speaker 1: wasn't of great value when it was originally purchased, and 165 00:11:14,720 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 1: she was never going to wear it. So anyway, rather 166 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: than give you the phone number and overwhelm them, if 167 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: you have gold that you're never going to use and 168 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: you're holding on to it for sentimental values value, now 169 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,880 Speaker 1: is the time. It's I ten between Chimney Rock and Voss. 170 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 1: Go see Kenny Duncan Junor and his family. It's called 171 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: us Coins, it said. Eighty four to thirty five Katie Freeway. 172 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: It's on the south side of the freeway. You can't 173 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 1: miss it. Standalone building. They'll probably have at least one 174 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:46,240 Speaker 1: officer maybe today, probably maybe more out front. It's very safe, 175 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: very secure. They're good folks, big supporters of our show. 176 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 1: Eighty four to thirty five Katie Freeway. And here's the deal. 177 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: You can take your gold in there and you don't 178 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,240 Speaker 1: have to sell it. You can say what's this worth 179 00:11:58,280 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: and they tell you, you know, it's worth twenty five 180 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: hundred dollars and you go, ah, that's okay. But if 181 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: it's going to be worth anything at some point, it's 182 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: gonna be worth money right now because gold is at 183 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: phenomenal rates. One other thing regarding a show sponsor and 184 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: Camp Hope, every month SPECS picks a charity of choice. 185 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: And even though the PTSD Foundation of America our wounded 186 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: combat veterans are not a charitable or are not a charity, 187 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:30,360 Speaker 1: you do get a charitable deduction for anything that you donate, 188 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: so they deserve our support, I feel. But if you 189 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: give it is a charitable donation. If you are going 190 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: to restock your bar, please do it in the month 191 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: of October, because if you do it right now, while 192 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:48,839 Speaker 1: you're there, at every checkout and other places, you can 193 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: make a donation. Our goal is to do one hundred 194 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. That's what we did last year. We're at 195 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: sixty five thousand dollars today and we're two thirds through 196 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: the month, so I'm hoping that we'll raise one hundred thousand. 197 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: Last year did above that for Camp Hope. I can 198 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: tell you that Camp Hope donations go to helping veterans. 199 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:08,960 Speaker 1: There's I think you're three percent overhead. It's the least 200 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,400 Speaker 1: of any charity you're ever going to see. It is 201 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: dollars directly helping veterans, help veterans avoid suicide and cope 202 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 1: and get back on their feet. And so if you're 203 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 1: going to buy alcohol for any reason, especially if now's 204 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: the time to get ready for your Christmas parties, please 205 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: do it in the month of October. And please, while 206 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: you're there at a SPECS and there's one near you, 207 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: make a donation to Camp Hope. It makes a big difference, 208 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: and I appreciate you. So that is that. Now we 209 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: go to the calls Scott, what's yours? Go ahead? 210 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:45,480 Speaker 3: But grew up in central Wisconsin on a seven hundred 211 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 3: acre farm, and at the end of every season, when 212 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 3: you finish collecting all the crops in the field, you 213 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 3: rake your fields and you have a huge bonfire with 214 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 3: all the workers and neighbors, and it's always a big party. 215 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 3: We're sitting there his neighbors two miles down the road, 216 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 3: ambulance and fire truck go flying by. We just keep 217 00:14:04,679 --> 00:14:07,520 Speaker 3: drinking our beers and having a great time. Huge bonfire 218 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 3: going ambulance goes back. Next morning, we find out our 219 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 3: neighbor had a massive allergy to poison ivy. When we 220 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 3: raked the field, that smoke went into a window and 221 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 3: almost killed her. 222 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 1: Oh wow, wow, boys, and obviously nasty stuff. Bill, John, Gary, 223 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: the rest of you, hangtut. We'll get right to you. 224 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: It's the Michael Barry's shows, all right. Artemis Pile, the 225 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: drummer for skinnerd after the crash, crawled from the wreckage, 226 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: stumbled and staggered him through the woods, came upon a farmhouse. 227 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: The farmer shot him in his shoulder, believing he was 228 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: an escaped convict, didn't kill him, thank goodness, discovered that 229 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: he was the drummer for Skinnard and helped him get 230 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: help and get help to the crash site. So I 231 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: asked a question, tell me the story of when you 232 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: almost died. Bill, you're up, go ahead. 233 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 4: Good morning, Michael. Longtime listener, first time caller. I was 234 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 4: probably about eleven years old. We were down in the 235 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 4: haller A bunch of us were just out, you know, 236 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 4: I had to say my age. Anyway, We was hunting 237 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 4: and we had stopped to take a rest, and I 238 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 4: had looked over to a friend of mine and about 239 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 4: that time he had his gun sitting on his leg 240 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 4: and it went off and I felt my head snap 241 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 4: back and didn't dawn on me at first what had happened, 242 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 4: But then I lost sight in my left eye and 243 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 4: then realized I've been shot in the head, and so 244 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 4: we all panicked, freaked out, and then we started. We 245 00:15:52,840 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 4: were in the holler about four almost five miles out, 246 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 4: basically holding everything inside my head, trying to get out 247 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 4: of the haller and we come to the first trailer 248 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 4: we came to, and uh, like I said, and we 249 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 4: knocked on the door, and you imagine a eleven year 250 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 4: old child standing there with blood and everything going everywhere. 251 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 4: And she pit me up, threw me in a car. 252 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 4: She took me to my house, believe it or not, 253 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 4: and then my parents called the ambulance and they came 254 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 4: to pick me up. They life flighted me to Children's 255 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 4: Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, and they did save my life. 256 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 4: Almost died, yeah, believe it or not. Michael, I have 257 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 4: had four close brushes with death. Uh So I truly 258 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:45,160 Speaker 4: feel blessed that he has seen the effort of keeping 259 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 4: me on the surface, but was a major one. Yeah, 260 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 4: my left eye, Uh no, I lost it, lost sight. Uh, 261 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 4: it's there's remnants of it there. I didn't want to 262 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 4: completely removed. I thought that was just too at that time, 263 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 4: you know, being at a just too horrific to think 264 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 4: of that. 265 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 5: Uh. 266 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 4: But you know, he's hitt me here. So every day 267 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,120 Speaker 4: my feet hits the floor is a blessing. Every time 268 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 4: I wake up and started day, it's it's a direct 269 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 4: blessing from them. 270 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 1: So, so, who was the person who was cleaning the 271 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: gun when it went on. 272 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 4: No, we were just sitting down and he had inadvertently 273 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,400 Speaker 4: pulled the trigger. He was a very good friend of mine. 274 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,160 Speaker 4: We no longer speak. I haven't seen him since since 275 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 4: that incident. I've tried to contact him, let him know that, hey, 276 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 4: you know, it happens, but I have had no contact 277 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 4: with him. But now, we were just sitting down, resting 278 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 4: and he had inadvertently, uh pulled the trigger. 279 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:44,119 Speaker 3: And uh, and that's when they hit me. 280 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 1: That's wow, John, you're up, go ahead. 281 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 6: Yeah. 282 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 7: Yeah, So this story is about my cousin's not about myself. 283 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 6: But that's it. 284 00:17:55,720 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 7: That's a true story as a teenager back of the 285 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 7: day before cell phones and before Highway six was as 286 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 7: developed as it is today. He was speaking on the 287 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 7: tunnel phone, on the payphone with his dad when he 288 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:25,880 Speaker 7: was abducted by three former residents of the TDC and 289 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 7: he was with his then girlfriend. And so then they that, 290 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 7: the five of them, you know, took a ride and uh. 291 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:38,680 Speaker 7: And while this ride they were they were assaulted by 292 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 7: these three guys. And he my cousin, having grown up 293 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 7: uh being with weapons, he and his dad were hunters. 294 00:18:54,320 --> 00:19:03,040 Speaker 7: He waited until opportune time he was able to get 295 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 7: the knife that these guys had, and and then he went. 296 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,639 Speaker 7: He went to town on him and it was so 297 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:20,879 Speaker 7: bad for one of them that his two buddies left 298 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 7: him out in the middle of Highway six. 299 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 4: Did he die? 300 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 7: I don't know if he died or not, but happy 301 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 7: ending that, like I said, it was his He was 302 00:19:34,520 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 7: with his then girlfriend and they've been buried over thirty 303 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 7: years and they have a beautiful peobley. 304 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 1: How about that. That's a hell of story though there 305 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: you're up what you got? 306 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:55,959 Speaker 4: Yes, Uh. Back when I was a junior in high school, 307 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 4: I was going to a football game and I ride 308 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 4: the motorcycle course, says dark. Late in the evening, we 309 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 4: had a wreck. Of course, I don't remember nothing after 310 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 4: the wreck. Everything disappeared from my brain from then. But 311 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 4: what happened was the county come out there. Of course, 312 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 4: I'm probably ten miles away from town. Either town, the 313 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 4: county comes out, they declared me dead, that already signed 314 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 4: the certificate of death, put my name on it and everything. 315 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 4: But somehow the ambulance service, I guess, finally got me 316 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 4: back to life and took me to sant Anton. I 317 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,719 Speaker 4: spent about probably three or four days in the hospital 318 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:42,119 Speaker 4: in San Tone. Of course, my eyes were messed up 319 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 4: then from that wreck, but I survived it. 320 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:52,640 Speaker 1: Well, that's the hell of a story. Thank you for sharing. Mike. 321 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 1: You're up, go ahead, Yeah, can you hear me? I 322 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,879 Speaker 1: can hear you, go ahead, Okay. 323 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 8: It's about my brother back in nineteen seventy six, he'd 324 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 8: just got his first week on the job as a 325 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 8: manager at a pizza restaurant up on Antwine. He was 326 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 8: late one Sunday night. He was in there getting ready 327 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 8: to close. They'd locked the doors. There was still a 328 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 8: couple of customers in there talking to the assistant manager 329 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 8: and his roommate, and my brother walked up to tell 330 00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 8: the two visitors it's time to leave. The one visitor 331 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,200 Speaker 8: gets his gun out, shoots the assistant manager and the 332 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,119 Speaker 8: assistant manager's roommate in the head and shoots my brother, 333 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 8: and he goes down. They go back in the back, 334 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 8: ransack empties the register and they come back out. They're 335 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,199 Speaker 8: standing there over the assistant manager. He puts another bullet 336 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 8: in his head, finishes them all. Does the same with 337 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:55,400 Speaker 8: the assistant manager's roommate, puts another bullet in his head. 338 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 8: My brother is laying there, conscious but playing like he's dead, 339 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 8: and the guy is standing over and he can hear 340 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 8: him there, and here's a gun click. The guy ran 341 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 8: out of bullets when it was time to finish off 342 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,160 Speaker 8: my brother. They go to try to get out the door, 343 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,760 Speaker 8: but the door's locked because the restaurant was closed. My 344 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 8: brother had the keys in his pocket. They had to 345 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 8: come and pick him out and pick the keys out 346 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 8: of his pocket so they could get out. So he 347 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 8: lived through all that. The assistant manager's roommate died. They 348 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:36,159 Speaker 8: eventually caught the guy. He actually turned himself in. His 349 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 8: name was James Demashett and he was the venus man 350 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 8: on good brooded. 351 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 5: For a while, suns Bill escaped from the ordinary. 352 00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 1: Twenty eight years ago today, the greatest rockman of all 353 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:58,919 Speaker 1: time as it stood, perished. Some members survived, but not 354 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 1: Running Evans nor Steve Gaines. The drummer, Artemis Pile crawled 355 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: from the wreckage, stumbled and staggered through the woods to 356 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: find a farmhouse where he could get help fro himself 357 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:18,479 Speaker 1: and help for those who hopefully had survived the crash. 358 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 1: He came upon the farmhouse and the farmer saw what 359 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 1: he believed was an escaped convict, blood all over him 360 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:30,160 Speaker 1: and rags, and he shot him in the shoulder, says 361 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 1: he was firing a warning shot. I don't believe it. 362 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,679 Speaker 1: I think he shot the dude because he thought he 363 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,760 Speaker 1: was a convict. Artemis Pile explained, no, no, no, I'm 364 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: with the band. The plane crashed. We need to get 365 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: help to them, and now I need even more help 366 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: because you just shot me in the shoulder. This is 367 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 1: like a movie. So I asked you for your close 368 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: calls with death, and we start with Mike. Mike, You're 369 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: on the Michael Berry Show. 370 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 9: Make it quick, Good morning, I run a street dog 371 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 9: rescue out in the Sunnyside and one morning I was 372 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 9: loading up to go to work. I have my home 373 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 9: help nurse and I take dogs with me in the car. 374 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,119 Speaker 9: One of my dogs got out went to one of 375 00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 9: the yards where I had three dogs in it, and 376 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 9: he got in there, and you know, I said, well, 377 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 9: I just got to go break this up real quick. 378 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 9: But the other three dogs that were in the car 379 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 9: with me came into the yard. It was a pit bull, 380 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 9: of two pit bulls and a rock. I was in 381 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:29,600 Speaker 9: the middle of a seven dog dog fight, and I 382 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 9: was like, oh my god. I was punching them, hitting them, 383 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,680 Speaker 9: kicking them nothing. And I remember I just told myself 384 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,280 Speaker 9: laying there running rolling around in bud and dog poo 385 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,560 Speaker 9: poo and dog teeth in my face and all that stuff. 386 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 9: I said, so this is how you hear about people 387 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 9: getting killed by dogs. This is how it happens. And 388 00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 9: I had a dude from Camp Hope who was going 389 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 9: to do some work for me. An Iraqi wore better 390 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 9: and I started screaming, like it's about eight fifteen in 391 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:02,160 Speaker 9: the morning on Saturday. I just started screaming, screaming, screaming, 392 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 9: hell hell. He come into the yard and I square 393 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:07,440 Speaker 9: hand to God Man. All of a sudden, I just 394 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 9: start seeing dogs fly through the air, and he got 395 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 9: them dogs off me. That was my first trip to 396 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 9: the VA for dog wounds. But yeah, if Adam hadn't 397 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 9: been there, the dude from Camp Hope, I think it 398 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 9: would I don't think it would have ended well for me. 399 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: Do you remember Adam's last name? 400 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 9: Monkeys m O n k Ees. 401 00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,239 Speaker 1: I'm going to send that over. I'm sure they would they. 402 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 9: I ain't heard from him in a while. We lost contact, 403 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,440 Speaker 9: and I think he had some trouble, but I hope 404 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 9: he's doing okay. 405 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: David Mauls, being the guys there, will be able to 406 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,760 Speaker 1: track him down, and I'm sure he will be delighted 407 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,280 Speaker 1: to hear this story of how he helped. 408 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 9: Out Mike ol Pastor Mallsby Mike and Sunnyside said, Hey, so. 409 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 1: You're a home health nurse and you rescue dogs. 410 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 9: I'm a home health nurse who I got a house 411 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 9: out in Sunnyside about eight years ago. It was the 412 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 9: first time I'd ever got a house. I was fifty 413 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 9: eight years old, and I just started see all these 414 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 9: damn dogs all over the place. That just like all 415 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 9: over So I said. At the time I was single. 416 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 9: I said, I ain't got no wife and I've got 417 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 9: no girlfriend. I can bring home as many dogs as 418 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 9: I want. That's what I did. And then over time 419 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 9: I became a five o' one seat three where Sunnyside 420 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 9: Street dogs and yeah, I'm a nurse. 421 00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: Yeah no, I say that because there are just certain 422 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: people who have a personality that they help other you know, others. 423 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 1: You know, there's a if you want something done, ask 424 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: a busy person, they'll get it done. There's certain people 425 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: who just nurture, whether it's humans, dogs, everything and everyone 426 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: around you. God bless you. You're a good person. I 427 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:41,760 Speaker 1: can I can tell that. Ron you're up. Go ahead. 428 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 10: My dad seventy five years ago had a car wrecked 429 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 10: car before they had seatbelts, car rolled over his head, 430 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 10: skinned him almost live, spent four months setting up in 431 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 10: the hospital. Three years later, he working for as alignment 432 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 10: for the phone Come. He's on a high up on 433 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 10: the high line, on the high wire. He gets electrocuted. 434 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 10: Oh doctor, he gets electrocuted. A doctor living across the 435 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 10: street who happened to be home for lunch saw it happen. 436 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 10: He grabbed his hit, his doctor's kit, hauled an ambulance, 437 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 10: ran across the street, administered CPR, and first aid to 438 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 10: my dad. It had blown out his both of his 439 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 10: Palmley's hand, one buttocks and one cat and he got 440 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 10: him to the hospital. He spent another six months in 441 00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,879 Speaker 10: the hospital setting up because he was so messed up, 442 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 10: skin grasps and so two times he dodged death that 443 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 10: should have taken his life. 444 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: My goodness, Ron, you should be a professional radio show caller, 445 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 1: because when I went to you, you went straight to 446 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,080 Speaker 1: the story. It's about one percent of people do that 447 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: great story. And he threw buttocks in. Anytime you throw 448 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: buttocks in, you got everybody's attaching Steven like Forrest Gump. Steven, 449 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:02,439 Speaker 1: You're up, Go. 450 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,719 Speaker 5: Hey, Michael's back. In nineteen eighty four, the company I 451 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,119 Speaker 5: was working for was a steel and sheet metal fabrication 452 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,600 Speaker 5: company and we got a job to refit the sheet 453 00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 5: metal at a grain elevator. And one of the pieces 454 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 5: that goes as part of that grain elevator filtration system 455 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 5: is called the cyclone, and this sets up on top 456 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 5: of the grain elevator, well, the grain elevator we were 457 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:31,879 Speaker 5: working at was already about two hundred and ten feet up. 458 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:36,760 Speaker 5: The cyclone stood about twenty feet tall, and it set on. 459 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 6: Top of that. 460 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 5: And the only way to put the canopy on top 461 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,320 Speaker 5: of the cyclone is to chain it off with a 462 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 5: big crane, chain yourself off to it, tie your leads 463 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:51,160 Speaker 5: to it, and ride up with that cyclone, I mean, 464 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 5: with that canopy until the crane brought it over on 465 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 5: top of the cyclone. It would drop it down slowly, 466 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:01,480 Speaker 5: then he would drop down and weld it in play. Well, 467 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,760 Speaker 5: everything was going fine. They get the canopy above the 468 00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 5: cycle about halfway over the cyclone, and instead of hitting 469 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 5: the down lever, the crane operator hit the freefall lever. 470 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:19,320 Speaker 5: Immediately me and that piece of canopy went plunging down 471 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 5: to the earth. The only thing that saved me, my foreman, 472 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 5: who's kind of a Paul Bunyon type guy, six foot eight, 473 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 5: two hundred and fifty pound three hundred fifty pounds, happened 474 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,360 Speaker 5: to be standing next to that crane. He was tall 475 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 5: enough to reach up there and hit that freefall lever 476 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 5: and turn it off. I was about fifteen to twenty 477 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 5: feet from hitting the ground, and as the closest I 478 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,960 Speaker 5: came to losing my life. 479 00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: Damn, Steven, you had me, you had me captivated on 480 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:54,680 Speaker 1: that one, Larry, go ahead. 481 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 6: Uh nineteen fifty eight. I was just eleven years old. 482 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,280 Speaker 6: My father and I were breaking in a horse and 483 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 6: uh she was about a year and a half. They 484 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 6: had had the halter. I jumped on the saddle. She 485 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 6: reared up, I mean went straight up and fell on me. 486 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,120 Speaker 6: The saddle horn went off my chest, thank god. But 487 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 6: the uh fall split my jeans, my LEVI jeans on 488 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:22,880 Speaker 6: both legs. My father hauled me into Sugarland Medical and 489 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,440 Speaker 6: the doctor's name was doctor Slaughter. But thank god, the 490 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 6: uh I just bruised every muscle around, every vertebrae in 491 00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 6: my back. 492 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 1: Can you survive? 493 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 6: Survived? Even though the doctor's name was Slaughter. 494 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: What kind of horse was it? 495 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 6: It was just a quarter horse. She was about a 496 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:44,960 Speaker 6: year and a half and it was a you know, 497 00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 6: a young colt. And we were thought we were gonna 498 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 6: bring man. 499 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 1: I got tell you, uh, well, by the way, David 500 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:53,280 Speaker 1: and Tim, I see you hold tight. The second we 501 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: go to break, I'll come to you. We'll record your call. 502 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: So just stay with me for a moment. I'd like 503 00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 1: to hear. Horses are beautiful things. I've never spent as 504 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: much time as most people around them. We used to 505 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: trail rides when I was a kid, and I think 506 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 1: they're beautiful and I can appreciate them, and they're glorious. 507 00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,480 Speaker 1: But man, the number of people who get hurt around 508 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: horses is amazing. I mean, those are big, powerful beasts. 509 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 1: There is no way around that. They are glorious, but 510 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:24,240 Speaker 1: big powerful beasts, and a lot of people get hurt 511 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,880 Speaker 1: around them. I'm not against them, I'm just saying it's noteworthy. 512 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 1: It same as true of motorcycles.