WEBVTT - 🛵 This woman almost lost her life on a scooter in Bali...

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, I question you in Brooklyn and Amy. Yep, Barley,

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<v Speaker 1>we've been that many times anytimes. Yes, Now when you

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<v Speaker 1>both go there, do you do the scooter higher thing? Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, And you know, the night goes on and you think,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm definitely not getting on any of these scooters without

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<v Speaker 2>a helmet or anything like that, and then night you're

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<v Speaker 2>on the back of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Now joining us online right now is Charlene Morrissey.

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<v Speaker 1>In twenty twenty four, Charlene was riding a scooter with

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<v Speaker 1>her then partner and had quite the accident and has

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<v Speaker 1>fallen off your arm. A good morning by the way, Charlene, Hello, Hi, charl.

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning. Hi.

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<v Speaker 1>You're you're poor thing your right arm really talk a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>and can you tell us what happened and what the

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<v Speaker 1>result is with.

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<v Speaker 3>Your Yeah, so me and my partner at the time,

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<v Speaker 3>we were actually going to claim the you know, the

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<v Speaker 3>volcano mon Ago. And so just going back to your comment,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, I see a lot of people here. They

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<v Speaker 3>do drink alcohol. I don't party or do anything like that.

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<v Speaker 3>I see them getting on the scooters and driving irresponsibly.

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<v Speaker 3>But for me, because I don't do any of that,

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<v Speaker 3>that day I was going camping, and there was a

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<v Speaker 3>truck next to us in a very small town and

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<v Speaker 3>it just got a little too close to me, so

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<v Speaker 3>I slowed down to let it pass, but it was

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<v Speaker 3>it hit me and my bike went to the left,

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<v Speaker 3>which you would think my body would go with it,

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<v Speaker 3>but my right arm but sucked in above the wheel.

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<v Speaker 3>And if I don't know if you can see, but

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<v Speaker 3>it was dragging me down the hill because it was

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<v Speaker 3>going so fast it didn't stop.

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<v Speaker 2>So you went with the drag?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I went with the truck. But long?

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<v Speaker 4>How many maidens did you get dragged?

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<v Speaker 3>This is what doesn't make sense, how supernatural it was.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know how long I got dragged, but I

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<v Speaker 3>remember almost like a supernatural way of being pulled out.

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<v Speaker 3>But all of my skin and flesh and fingers and

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<v Speaker 3>everything came with it.

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<v Speaker 1>So all of the skin, fat, muscle and tendons from

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<v Speaker 1>your forearm were peeled back and have gone. Yeah, we

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<v Speaker 1>can see it on the screen.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, so a bit higher. Yeah, they call it a

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<v Speaker 3>d gloven accident, where literally skin flesh is peeled back.

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<v Speaker 3>Like you say, so, I remember, as I was by

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<v Speaker 3>the side of the road, I lifted up my arm

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<v Speaker 3>and all I could see, of course, is bones, and

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<v Speaker 3>for some reason, there were already people there filming me,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe an sixty people. Don't oh thanks guys, I know, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I know, I know, right? Do you wor the moment

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<v Speaker 3>my life?

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<v Speaker 4>Do you go into shock in that kind of moment,

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<v Speaker 4>like do you remember being in an incredible amount of

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<v Speaker 4>pain or is it just you're adrenaline kicks in and

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<v Speaker 4>you're just in shock and you can't feel anything.

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<v Speaker 3>No. I remember the whole sex hovers because it was

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<v Speaker 3>sex overs that I was there, just leading to death?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my well was it so long?

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<v Speaker 3>Sex overs and tall tod? But for one hour, thirty

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<v Speaker 3>minutes I was on the road. Because it's a small town,

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<v Speaker 3>they don't have a hospital. So that medical center denied me.

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<v Speaker 3>They said that you then they did. The locals called,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to say ambulance, but it was just a

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<v Speaker 3>very small car to take me to a medical center.

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<v Speaker 3>But they were not equipped. Even the doctor took one

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<v Speaker 3>look and you could see his face and said, she's

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<v Speaker 3>going to die. We can't help her here.

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<v Speaker 1>And did you think you genuinely thought you were going

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<v Speaker 1>to die of Charlene in those hours?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? I remember the whole thing. I remember lifting up

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<v Speaker 3>my arm. I was very calm at first, and then

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<v Speaker 3>I started to scream, screams that I think woke up

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<v Speaker 3>my ancestors in the town. And so my artery was

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<v Speaker 3>completely severed. So I should have died in like three minutes,

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<v Speaker 3>I think, with hype of Willie mcshock, maybe six minutes

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<v Speaker 3>I lost that artery. So you can imagine how bad

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<v Speaker 3>it was. Joining in my own blood in the pain.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm writing my book, but I still don't have the

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<v Speaker 3>words to describe the pain. It's like you're being impaled

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<v Speaker 3>over and over and over.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't what do you remember the feeling of helplessness

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<v Speaker 2>when you're still conscious, but and then you've got a

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<v Speaker 2>doctor saying, oh, you're going to die, I can't help you.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't imagine what that would feel like.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the feeling that something I talk about a lot.

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<v Speaker 3>The hopelessness, being looked at dead in the eye and

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<v Speaker 3>being rejected is probably more painful on an emotional level

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<v Speaker 3>than the physical. And it wasn't just the one doctor, right,

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<v Speaker 3>There was many doctors, nurses, even my ex partner he

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<v Speaker 3>walked away after the accident, so there was a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of rejection a lot of abandonment in there. But during

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<v Speaker 3>those six hours, it was like I describe it, like

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<v Speaker 3>dancing between heaven and hell, being conscious and fighting for

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<v Speaker 3>every breath. I remember saying things like, just let me

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<v Speaker 3>die now, no one's going to want me. I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to list my arm. You know, I don't feel worthy anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>And then in the other breath, I remember myself saying no, Charley,

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<v Speaker 3>and you have to fight this. And so when my

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<v Speaker 3>ex partner asked them to sedate me in the first hospital,

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<v Speaker 3>I told them no because if they do, I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to die. So I have to be honest and say

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<v Speaker 3>I've never felt more alive in those six hours, which

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<v Speaker 3>is insane than I have a live because every cell

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<v Speaker 3>is like fighting for life.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah wow, okay, So how are things now? Obviously along

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<v Speaker 1>road of recovery? How is the arm? How's die to die?

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<v Speaker 2>Lof the arm looks great?

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<v Speaker 1>By the way.

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<v Speaker 3>The doctor I spoke to, they don't understand how I

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<v Speaker 3>got such a good result without further surgeries. But I recovered.

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<v Speaker 3>I was back on a bit within like three months.

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<v Speaker 3>I was back in the gym. I faced on my fears.

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<v Speaker 3>I flew back to Bali, I didn't let us stop me.

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<v Speaker 3>And everything the doctor said I couldn't do, I went

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<v Speaker 3>on to do so. Thankfully I didn't suffer with I

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<v Speaker 3>think because of the I was overdosed with fence and

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<v Speaker 3>no by the way, so I had a drug addiction

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<v Speaker 3>and then my body was failing. Yeah, and muscle lost

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<v Speaker 3>and a lot of other things happened in those three months.

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<v Speaker 3>But after that I took some months to just isolate

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<v Speaker 3>and face it. No medication, no therapy.

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<v Speaker 2>So you're living in Bali again.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I've come back again for the third time.

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<v Speaker 1>You would think you come on and go and this

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<v Speaker 1>is a message to not get on the scooters in Bali.

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<v Speaker 1>But you're not saying that.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, don't get me wrong. If someone drinking alcohol

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<v Speaker 3>and being stupid on a spare, of course, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I see it a lot and it breaks my heart.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I say, I'm here, I don't live the life

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<v Speaker 3>that I did in Bali anymore. It's very peaceful. I

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<v Speaker 3>drived a bike to short distances. But the one thing

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<v Speaker 3>that this has taught me is that I lived my

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<v Speaker 3>life and a lot of fear, and now Dyane has

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<v Speaker 3>actually showed me how to live. So I don't fear

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<v Speaker 3>anything like literally with.

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<v Speaker 1>Charlayne and edible story. Yeah, and we're glad you're doing well, and.

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<v Speaker 4>You look amazing and your and your arm looks amazing

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<v Speaker 4>and I love that you're really living life to the fullest.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, I love my arm. I love my stars.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we don't have to hate them.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, Charlotte, Charlotte coming on.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, thank you,