194: Part 2 – Karla Castenallos – Returning from her deathbed to continue serving others, this is what leadership, determination, and motivation look like!!

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Murph continues his powerful conversation with U.S. Border Patrol Agent Karla Castellanos, whose TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL, SACRIFICE, AND HEROISM will leave you speechless. A proud K9 handler, Karla patrolled the harsh desert terrain along the U.S.-Mexico border, confronting danger daily alongside her loyal dog. But one tragic day changed her life forever.

Karla recounts the devastating on-duty accident that nearly took her life, resulting in catastrophic injuries and the loss of her arm. Despite overwhelming odds, she survived. Through raw emotion and unshakable courage, Karla opens up about her emergency rescue, the impact on her family, and the intense battle through recovery.

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0:59.9	I was there in primary.
1:02.3	When a vehicle was coming about 90 miles per hour, crashing with other vehicles coming
1:08.7	through the checkpoint, and the vehicle struck the secondary booth
1:13.0	where another agent was at. He was also injured. And then he rolled over to where I was and that's
1:19.2	when it hit me. It didn't hit me directly, but at that speed, I would think it was pretty fast.
1:25.3	After that, the agents, of course, they call it on the radio,
1:28.5	that they need EMS, that they have agents injured, and they put tourniquets on me on my arm and my
1:34.5	leg. Of course, EMS is on its way. I feel very lucky, Steve, that that day, at that time,
1:43.2	AMO, I believe they were flying back from Phoenix from doing some type of training, and they heard that on the radio, and they landed right there.
1:51.5	The helicopters that they used are not made to transport passengers.
2:11.5	... passengers. Hey, crew, welcome back to this week's episode for part two.
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