64. How to fight your way back to a life you love
All The Wiser
Kimi Culp
4.8 • 652 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Jason Schechterle, was a happily married father of two serving others as a Phoenix police officer when his worst nightmare happened. His patrol car was hit by a speeding cab and burst into flames, causing 3rd and 4th degree burns over 43% of his body. But after 56 surgeries, this miracle survivor fought his way back to a life that he now wouldn’t trade with anyone in the world.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- How to recognize a career calling
- The power of learning gratitude from a young age
- The small miracles that occurred the day of the accident that saved his life
- Why not knowing the extent of his injuries at first was a good thing
- The importance of going through all of the emotions you are capable of
- The power of humor in overcoming tragedy
- How to focus not on what you’ve lost, but what you’ve gained
Stay connected to Jason:
Website: www.burningshield.com
Instagram: @schechterle_jas
Twitter: @schechterle_jas
Book: Burning Shield: The Jason Schechterle Story
Charity Donation: 100 Club of Arizona
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| 0:54.4 | everything secure. Not being able to see myself, not being able to feel the pain. I didn't |
| 1:02.7 | understand just how severe these burns were, how disfigured I was. My entire appearance was gone. |
| 1:10.0 | I had no idea. |
| 1:16.4 | At 28, Jason Schechterley was living the dream. |
| 1:31.6 | Happily married, a father of two young kids doing work he felt called to do, serving others as a Phoenix police officer, and then one night, within the span of one second, his life as he knew it was over. |
| 1:40.7 | My patrol car was struck from behind by a taxi cab, and the driver was suffering an epileptic seizure at the time, |
| 1:46.1 | and was just continuing to build up speed and build up speed until he eventually had to hit something and that something was me and according to the investigation he was doing |
| 1:51.0 | 115 miles an hour when he ran into me and this is a 40 mile an hour downtown city street so it's |
| 1:58.8 | hard to even fathom that speed, that impact. |
| 2:03.9 | Upon impact, Jason's car burst into flames and knocked him unconscious. The burns to his body |
| 2:10.2 | were so extensive and severe that he was put into a medically induced coma for almost three |
| 2:15.9 | months. Today, we are going to speak to a miracle survivor, |
| 2:21.6 | Jason Schechterley, who after losing his physical appearance, |
| 2:25.9 | went through 56 surgeries and fought his way back |
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