Heaps. I was pruning hedges and cut through the cord on the hedge-trimmer. If I hadn't severed both wires at the same time I would have died.
Doing household chores can be a deadly affair. I had a friends wife used a high pressure water hose and there was faulty wiring which got wet and she actually died from the electrocution. I remember as a child putting a knife into a toaster to unstick the bread while the toaster was on and got a huge zap. I wonder if anyone has actually died from putting a knife into a toaster?
Two years ago a plane I was in got hit by wind shear as we landed--we slammed pretty hard on just the left wheels then the right, then we skidded from side to side all the way down the runway. I kept thinking, "This is it...this is how I'm going to die," but we finally came to a stop. I hate flying under the best circumstances...I can't state how traumatizing that experience was! 
I get nervous when there is even the slightest shake in an airplane, let alone getting hit by wind shear that would be a very scary affair. My dad, who travels the world a great deal for work, told me once when he was flying in India on a propeller type plane that they got caught up in a real terrible storm. He said the pilot was completely calm even though the plane was going all different directions. They managed to land safely and when on the ground the pilot said he didn't think they where going to make it a few times.
Trapped in a crowded, tiny elevator in NYC during a power failure for eight hours on a blistering, humid August day. Two people had heart attacks and one died after rescue. I had an out of body experience.
I HATE elevators. That's why I'm back on Kaua'i.
That is an horrible experience! I went to visit Turkey, which is about a 18 hour flight from West Australia. I came out of the airport catwalk in Istanbul quite tired because I got little sleep on the plane. I walked into the elevator with many more people, it was as full as it could get without pressing up against each other. The doors closed it started to go down then it stopped and didn't move, then a few seconds later the lights went out. But we were only in there for about 5 minutes, but still it was really stuffy, I was tired and grumpy, it was a great start to the holiday! But that is nothing compared to your affair! I could imagine if we where stuck in there for 8 hours it would have been a torturous deal.
I crushed my skull when I was 7 and had 2 severe bleeds and then brain surgery. I have a scar in my forehead so it looks like I´ve been lobotmized haha! I don´t remember much of it though.
That sounds real serious! I don't think you would remember much of it if you where hit that hard! I would play on that scar. We had a teacher in primary school who had a big scar over forehead and across his eye to his nose . He had a glass eye that he would take out and put on his table and then announce to the class, "I'm keeping an eye on you all while I'm gone."
Talking about school when I was in university in my 2nd year of engineering one of the lab technicians actually died of a heart attack during one of our labs. It was a quite dramatic scene. Would have been nice to have a defibrillator you could put on a key chain.
I suppose when I was a kid and rode my bike right in front of a bus it could have been bad, but the driver was paying attention. I got yelled at 
It could be certainly death. One day I was waiting for my school bus during my early highschool years and it never came. I had to go home and get my mum to drive me to school. On the way we saw my bus and a covered body with bits of a bike all over the road in all around it. There still is a cross on that intersection there to this day with flowers always all around it, I drive past once a week.
This guy has totalled off a few vehicles in ridiculous accidents, and no matter how much he's been partying still thinks he's good to drive. Anyways, he was driving along, changing his CD or something when he drives right in front of a moving train. He looks up - - and that train sent his van spinning! The train hit the front of the van, if he'd been driving a teeny bit faster it would have hit the drivers side door.
You know it took me this one accident to scare me into realizing how much energy is behind a serious crash. It pretty much made me see the reality that driving can be a very deadly affair where your decisions can mean life or death. I would love to see all new young drivers physically experience themselves what it is like to have a crash in some controlled manner, I am sure it would save a few lives.
Topic: Near Death Experiences