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I Survived

I Knew He Had Nothing To Lose So I Began Fighting Him

I Survived

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime

4.55.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Terri and one of her daughters are taken hostage by Terri’s ex-husband who was a law enforcement officer. James’ home is invaded by two masked men who bind he and his wife before they threaten to blind him. Walter has survived a small plane crash only to find himself covered in aviation fuel.


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is advised. His eyes were literally popping out of his head. His face was red. He had a gun in one hand,

0:46.3

pointed at me, and a crowbar in the other. Real people. Then I realized I was covered in

0:54.0

aviation gas,

0:55.7

and that's when the fear of dying really hit me.

1:00.8

Who faced death.

1:02.6

The next thing I know, there was another man also wearing a ski mask,

1:07.0

pointing at 9mm clock at my head like this.

1:10.7

And lived to tell how.

1:12.5

He then told me that my other daughter, seven years old, was dead, and that my parents were dead.

1:20.5

He had already killed them.

1:22.6

This is I survived.

1:30.5

It's December 1989 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

1:35.2

Terry is divorced and has two young daughters.

1:38.5

She starts dating Dawn, a policeman.

1:41.4

And he began pushing for marriage immediately within weeks. I was hesitant due to my

1:49.2

previous divorce and my family and friends kept saying, you're just gun shy. Get married. He's a great

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