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Hammer Lane Legends

32: I Almost Died

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

Leisure, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Automotive, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7611 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 32: I Almost Died, guest Ken, a driver for many years, joins the show to talk about his travels all over the United States. As would be the case with traveling across the country, he has seen some incredible, intense, and unimaginable sights. He recounts a time he was involved in a near-fatal accident, road oddities including an exploding meteor, and even his opportunity to purchase some "commercial love." Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride!

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He put it in park through over the driver's door, ran out the side of the car,

0:12.3

across the front of it, and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you.

0:16.1

The only people really pulled over were truckers.

0:19.3

He said, we're going hot, and he didn't slow down.

0:21.6

He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic,

0:25.6

but where they could see him come and they just got out of the way.

0:30.6

I noticed his plane was really low.

0:33.6

He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around. You know, 30 seconds more, he could have hit us.

0:40.3

And I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood

0:47.3

and shot through my window just like a spear and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck.

0:53.3

That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.

1:02.4

Welcome to the show, everybody.

1:03.5

You're listening to Hammer Lane Legends.

1:04.9

I am your host, Tony Merkel.

1:06.1

And I am Brian Merkel.

1:07.7

We're really glad that you're here.

1:08.8

If you have a crazy and wild experience, you want to share with us from the road, go ahead

1:11.7

and shoot us an email.

1:12.7

Our email address is Hammer Lane Legends at gmail.com. That's Hammer Lane Legends at gmail.com. Or go to the website, hammer lanelegious.com. Hit the contact section and you can reach us that way as well. Either it works for us, just get a hold of us. And if you're in an emergency, you're going to want

1:27.7

some emergency preparedness food to solve that situation because you never know when that thing

1:32.4

comes up. Go to prepare with hll.com. That's prepare with hlll.com. And there you can get

1:38.8

emergency preparedness food. And it lasts up to 25 years on the shelf. So you never really have to

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