A story about knots and surgeons - Ed Gavagan
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now we wake up in the morning you get
now we wake up in the morning you get
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dressed put on your shoes you head out
dressed put on your shoes you head out
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into the world do you plan on coming
into the world do you plan on coming
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back getting undressed going to bed
back getting undressed going to bed
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waking up doing it again and that
waking up doing it again and that
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anticipation that rhythm helps give us a
anticipation that rhythm helps give us a
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structure to how we organize ourselves
structure to how we organize ourselves
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and our lives and it gives a measure of
and our lives and it gives a measure of
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predictability living in New York City
predictability living in New York City
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as I do it's almost as if with so many
as I do it's almost as if with so many
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people doing so many things at the same
people doing so many things at the same
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time in such close quarters it's almost
time in such close quarters it's almost
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like life is dealing you extra hands out
like life is dealing you extra hands out
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of that deck you're never it's just
of that deck you're never it's just
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juxtapositions are possible that just
juxtapositions are possible that just
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that aren't you don't think they're
that aren't you don't think they're
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going to happen and you never think
going to happen and you never think
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you're going to be the guy who's walking
you're going to be the guy who's walking
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down the street and because you choose
down the street and because you choose
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to go down one side or the other the
to go down one side or the other the
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rest of your life has changed forever
rest of your life has changed forever
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and one one night I'm riding the Uptown
and one one night I'm riding the Uptown
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local train I get on I tend to be a
local train I get on I tend to be a
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little bit vigilant when I get on the
little bit vigilant when I get on the
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subway I don't not one of the people
subway I don't not one of the people
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zoning out with headphones or a book and
zoning out with headphones or a book and
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I get on the car and I look and I i
I get on the car and I look and I i
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noticed this couple college aged student
noticed this couple college aged student
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looking kids guy and a girl and they're
looking kids guy and a girl and they're
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sitting next to each other and she's got
sitting next to each other and she's got
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her leg draped over his knee in there
her leg draped over his knee in there
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doing have this little contraption and
doing have this little contraption and
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they're tying these knots and they're
they're tying these knots and they're
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doing it with one hand they're doing it
doing it with one hand they're doing it
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left-handed and right-handed very
left-handed and right-handed very
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quickly and then she'll hand the thing
quickly and then she'll hand the thing
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to him and he'll do it I've never seen
to him and he'll do it I've never seen
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anything like this it's almost like
anything like this it's almost like
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they're practicing magic tricks
they're practicing magic tricks
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and and at the next stop a guy gets on
and and at the next stop a guy gets on
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the car and he has this sort of visiting
the car and he has this sort of visiting
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professor look to him he's got the
professor look to him he's got the
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overstuffed leather satchel and the
overstuffed leather satchel and the
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rectangular file case in a laptop bag
rectangular file case in a laptop bag
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and the tweed jacket with the leather
and the tweed jacket with the leather
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patches and he looks at them and then in
patches and he looks at them and then in
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a blink of an eye he kneels down in
a blink of an eye he kneels down in
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front of them and he starts to say
front of them and he starts to say
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listen here's how you can do it look if
listen here's how you can do it look if
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you do this and he takes the laces out
you do this and he takes the laces out
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of their hand and in instantly he starts
of their hand and in instantly he starts
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tying these knots and even better than
tying these knots and even better than
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they were doing it remarkably and it
they were doing it remarkably and it
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turns out they are medical students on
turns out they are medical students on
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their way to a lecture about the latest
their way to a lecture about the latest
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suturing techniques and he's the guy
suturing techniques and he's the guy
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given the lecture so he starts to tell
given the lecture so he starts to tell
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them and he's like no this is very
them and he's like no this is very
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important here you know when you're when
important here you know when you're when
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you're needing these knots it's going to
you're needing these knots it's going to
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be you know everything is going to be
be you know everything is going to be
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happening at the same time it's going to
happening at the same time it's going to
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be you're going to have all this
be you're going to have all this
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information coming at you there's going
information coming at you there's going
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to be organs getting in the way it's
to be organs getting in the way it's
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going to be slippery and it's just very
going to be slippery and it's just very
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important that you be able to do these
important that you be able to do these
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beyond second nature each hand left hand
beyond second nature each hand left hand
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right hand you have to be able to do
right hand you have to be able to do
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them without seeing your fingers and at
them without seeing your fingers and at
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that moment when I heard that I just got
that moment when I heard that I just got
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catapulted out of the subway car into a
catapulted out of the subway car into a
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night when I had been getting a ride in
night when I had been getting a ride in
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an ambulance from the sidewalk where I
an ambulance from the sidewalk where I
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had been stabbed hmm to the trauma room
had been stabbed hmm to the trauma room
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of st. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan
of st. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan
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and what had happened was a gang had
and what had happened was a gang had
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come in from Brooklyn as part of an
come in from Brooklyn as part of an
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initiation for three of the members they
initiation for three of the members they
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had to kill somebody and I happen to be
had to kill somebody and I happen to be
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the guy walking down the bleecker street
the guy walking down the bleecker street
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that night and they jumped on me without
that night and they jumped on me without
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a word one of the very lucky things when
a word one of the very lucky things when
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i was in at notre dame i was on the
i was in at notre dame i was on the
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boxing team so i put my hands up right
boxing team so i put my hands up right
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away instinctively the guy on the right
away instinctively the guy on the right
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had a knife with a 10 inch blade and he
had a knife with a 10 inch blade and he
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went in under my elbow and it went up
went in under my elbow and it went up
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and cut my inferior vena cava if you
and cut my inferior vena cava if you
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know anything about Anatomy that's not a
know anything about Anatomy that's not a
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good thing to get cut and everything of
good thing to get cut and everything of
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course on the way up and then I still
course on the way up and then I still
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have my hands up he pulled it out it
have my hands up he pulled it out it
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went from my neck and sunk it in up to
went from my neck and sunk it in up to
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the hilt on in my neck and I got one
the hilt on in my neck and I got one
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straight right punch and not the middle
straight right punch and not the middle
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guy out the other guy was still working
guy out the other guy was still working
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on me collapsing my other lung and I
on me collapsing my other lung and I
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managed to get by hitting that guy to
managed to get by hitting that guy to
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get a minute I ran down the street and
get a minute I ran down the street and
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collapsed and the ambulance guys
collapsed and the ambulance guys
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intubated me on the sidewalk and let the
intubated me on the sidewalk and let the
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trauma room know we had an incoming and
trauma room know we had an incoming and
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one of the side effects of having major
one of the side effects of having major
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massive blood loss is you get tunnel
massive blood loss is you get tunnel
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vision so I remember being on the
vision so I remember being on the
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stretcher and having little nickel sized
stretcher and having little nickel sized
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cone of vision and I was moving my head
cone of vision and I was moving my head
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around and we got the st. Vincent's and
around and we got the st. Vincent's and
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we're racing down this hallway and I see
we're racing down this hallway and I see
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the lights going and it's a peculiar
the lights going and it's a peculiar
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effect of memories like that they don't
effect of memories like that they don't
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really go to the usual place the
really go to the usual place the
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memories go they kind of have this vault
memories go they kind of have this vault
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where they're stored in high def and
where they're stored in high def and
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George Lucas did all the sound effects
George Lucas did all the sound effects
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so it's sometimes it's remembering them
so it's sometimes it's remembering them
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it's like it's it's not like any other
it's like it's it's not like any other
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kind of memories and I get into the the
kind of memories and I get into the the
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trauma room and they're waiting for me
trauma room and they're waiting for me
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and the lights are there and I been able
and the lights are there and I been able
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to breathe a little more now because
to breathe a little more now because
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that the blood has left my had been
that the blood has left my had been
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filling up my lungs and I was having a
filling up my lungs and I was having a
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very hard time breathing but now it's
very hard time breathing but now it's
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kind of gone into the stretcher and I
kind of gone into the stretcher and I
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said is there anything I can do to help
said is there anything I can do to help
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and the the nurse kind of had a
and the the nurse kind of had a
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hysterical laugh and and I'm turning my
hysterical laugh and and I'm turning my
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head trying to see everybody and I had
head trying to see everybody and I had
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this weird memory of being in college
this weird memory of being in college
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and raised
and raised
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raising money for the flood victims of
raising money for the flood victims of
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Bangladesh and then I look over and my
Bangladesh and then I look over and my
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anesthesiologist is clamping the mask on
anesthesiologist is clamping the mask on
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me and I think he looks Bangladeshi and
me and I think he looks Bangladeshi and
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I just have that those two facts and I
I just have that those two facts and I
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just think this could work somehow and
just think this could work somehow and
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then I go I go out and they work on me
then I go I go out and they work on me
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for the rest of the night and i needed
for the rest of the night and i needed
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about 40 units of blood to keep me there
about 40 units of blood to keep me there
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while they did their work and the
while they did their work and the
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surgeon took out about a third of my
surgeon took out about a third of my
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intestines my cecum organs I didn't know
intestines my cecum organs I didn't know
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that I had and he later told me one of
that I had and he later told me one of
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the last things he did while he was in
the last things he did while he was in
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there was to remove my appendix for me
there was to remove my appendix for me
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which I thought was great you know just
which I thought was great you know just
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a little tidy thing there at the end and
a little tidy thing there at the end and
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I came to in the morning out of
I came to in the morning out of
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anesthetic he had let them know that he
anesthetic he had let them know that he
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wanted to be there and he had given me
wanted to be there and he had given me
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about a two percent chance of living so
about a two percent chance of living so
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he was there when I when I woke up and
he was there when I when I woke up and
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it was waking up was like breaking
it was waking up was like breaking
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through the ice into a frozen lake of
through the ice into a frozen lake of
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pain it was that and developing and
pain it was that and developing and
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there was only one spot that didn't hurt
there was only one spot that didn't hurt
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worse than anything I'd ever felt and it
worse than anything I'd ever felt and it
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was my instep and he was holding the
was my instep and he was holding the
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arch of my foot and and rubbing the
arch of my foot and and rubbing the
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instep with his thumb and I looked up
instep with his thumb and I looked up
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and he's like good to see you and I I
and he's like good to see you and I I
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was trying to remember what had happened
was trying to remember what had happened
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and try and get my head around
and try and get my head around
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everything and the pain was just
everything and the pain was just
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overwhelming and he said um you know we
overwhelming and he said um you know we
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we didn't cut your hair I thought you
we didn't cut your hair I thought you
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were you might have gotten strength from
were you might have gotten strength from
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your hair like Samson and you're going
your hair like Samson and you're going
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to need all the strength you can get and
to need all the strength you can get and
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in those days I had my hair was down to
in those days I had my hair was down to
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my waist I drove a motorcycle I was
my waist I drove a motorcycle I was
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unmarried I owned a bar so those were
unmarried I owned a bar so those were
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but I had three days of life support and
but I had three days of life support and
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everybody was expecting due to just the
everybody was expecting due to just the
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massive amount of what they had had to
massive amount of what they had had to
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do that I wasn't going to make it so it
do that I wasn't going to make it so it
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was three days of everybody who's either
was three days of everybody who's either
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waiting for me to die or poop and when I
waiting for me to die or poop and when I
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finally pooped then that somehow
finally pooped then that somehow
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surgically speaking that's like you
surgically speaking that's like you
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crossed some good line and on that day
crossed some good line and on that day
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the surgeon came in and whipped the
the surgeon came in and whipped the
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sheet off of me he had three or four
sheet off of me he had three or four
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friends with him and he does that and
friends with him and he does that and
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they all look and there's there was no
they all look and there's there was no
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infection and there they bend over me
infection and there they bend over me
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and they're poking and prodding and they
and they're poking and prodding and they
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like there's no hematomas look at the
like there's no hematomas look at the
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color and and they're talking amongst
color and and they're talking amongst
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themselves and I'm like this restored
themselves and I'm like this restored
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automobile that he's just going yeah I
automobile that he's just going yeah I
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did that and and it was just um it was
did that and and it was just um it was
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amazing because these guys are
amazing because these guys are
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high-fiving him over how good I turned
high-fiving him over how good I turned
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out you know and it's my zipper and and
out you know and it's my zipper and and
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I still got the staples in and
I still got the staples in and
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everything and later on when I got out
everything and later on when I got out
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and the the flashbacks and the
and the the flashbacks and the
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nightmares were giving me a hard time I
nightmares were giving me a hard time I
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would I went back to him and I was sort
would I went back to him and I was sort
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of asking him you know what what am I
of asking him you know what what am I
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going to do and I think kind of as a
going to do and I think kind of as a
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surgeon he basically said kid I saved
surgeon he basically said kid I saved
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your life like now you can do whatever
your life like now you can do whatever
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you want like you know you got to get on
you want like you know you got to get on
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with that it's like I gave you a new car
with that it's like I gave you a new car
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and you're complaining about not finding
and you're complaining about not finding
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parking like just go out and and and you
parking like just go out and and and you
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know do your best but you're alive
know do your best but you're alive
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that's that's what it's that's what it's
that's that's what it's that's what it's
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about and then I hear Bing bong and the
about and then I hear Bing bong and the
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subway doors are closing and my stop is
subway doors are closing and my stop is
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next and I look at these kids and I go I
next and I look at these kids and I go I
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think to myself I'm going to lift my
think to myself I'm going to lift my
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shirt up and and show
shirt up and and show
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and then I think now this is a new york
and then I think now this is a new york
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city subway that's going to lead to
city subway that's going to lead to
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other things and so I just think they
other things and so I just think they
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got their lecture to go to I step off I
got their lecture to go to I step off I
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get standing on the platform and I feel
get standing on the platform and I feel
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my index finger in in the first scar
my index finger in in the first scar
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that i ever got from my umbilical cord
that i ever got from my umbilical cord
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and then around that which is traced the
and then around that which is traced the
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last scar that i got from my surgeon and
last scar that i got from my surgeon and
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I I think that that chance encounter
I I think that that chance encounter
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with those kids on the street with their
with those kids on the street with their
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knives led me to my surgical team and
knives led me to my surgical team and
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their training and their skill and
their training and their skill and
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always a little bit of luck pushed back
always a little bit of luck pushed back
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you
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