Life can be seen as such a gift when you're staring death in the eyes.

He's probably six inches from my face and then he aimed at my head,

emptied out the three or four more bullets.

Unbelievable tales from everyday people

that narrowly escaped their demise.

He said, here's what we're gonna do.

You're going to pick A or B,

and if you pick the right one, you'll live in if you pick the right one you'll live and if you pick the wrong one you'll die.

Stories from real life survivors.

And these sharks are around here and they circle around the boat that whole day.

What's going to happen?

We're going to be alive the next day or we're going to be fish food.

A podcast on how terrifying life can get.

He repeatedly told me that if I told anybody that he would kill me and my family members.

Listen to the I survived podcast to hear how tragedy turns into triumph.

There's a point where your mind kind of takes over and you find out

you're a lot stronger than you are. New episodes of I survived coming soon.