Ep. 59 | Monsters in the Wind

MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

Wondery | Ballen Studios

True Crime

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

After a young man suffers devastating injuries from a tornado, doctors race against the clock to save his life. But the real danger isn’t from his wounds… it’s what’s inside them.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can binge episodes 57 through 64 right now and add free on Amazon Music.
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0:12.8	Sitting in the backseat of a pickup truck, a teenage boy watched in horror as the driver
0:21.4	careened around the crushed vehicles and chunks of debris that littered the streets ahead
0:25.5	of them.
0:26.5	The sky was a deep, unnatural orange color, and the boy could hear sirens from police cars,
0:32.0	ambulances, and fire trucks like something out of a disaster movie.
0:36.3	But this was no movie. A deadly tornado was plowing through this city, leaving total destruction in its wake.
0:43.3	The boy looked down at his lap where he was cradling his unconscious friend's head.
0:47.3	His friend's chest had been ripped so wide open that the bones of his rib cage were visible,
0:53.3	and his face was so torn and bloody
0:55.3	that he was almost unrecognizable.
0:58.2	The boy hoped they would make it to the hospital in time to save his friend.
1:02.5	But little did the boy know.
1:04.2	Once they got to the hospital, his friend's suffering was only just beginning.
1:17.2	It's Sharon Horgan.
1:18.2	I'm running late.
1:20.6	I've been promoting the new season of bad sisters.
1:22.0	Who lies to the cops?
1:23.1	Well, we do.
1:23.6	Yeah.
1:24.4	Those sisters.
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