The Plane Crash That Changed My Life

The Secret Room | True Stories

Ben Hamm

Storytelling, Personal Journals, Story, Podcast, Stories, True, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Marsha was nearly killed in a fatal plane crash, yet for her, the experience has turned out great

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0:00.0	Hi, Ben. My name is Marcia, and my secret is my life has changed for the better after a plane crashed into my restaurant.
0:07.1	I'm struggling with survivor's guilt, knowing that because of this crash, my life has become so much better.
0:12.9	Today, the Secret Room presents the plane crash that changed my life. You know, sometimes I feel like, what have I done to deserve this?
0:32.6	You question, why do good things happen sometimes when you feel like life has just beat you down sometimes, and you're like, why?
0:39.5	Why?
0:43.0	Hey, everyone. I'm really glad to have you here today for a new episode of The Secret Room.
0:51.4	This week, we're going to explore the ripple effects of what tomorrow might bring, and how to cope when life feels profoundly unfair. My guest, Marsha, was nearly
0:59.8	killed in a fatal plane crash, yet for her, the experience has brought more good than bad.
1:05.4	What happened and how she reconciles the conflicting emotions that followed are at the heart
1:09.9	of today's conversation.
1:11.4	I'm Ben Ham. Let's dive in.
1:16.1	Hi, Marcia, and welcome to the secret room.
1:18.5	Hi, Ben. Thanks for having me.
1:20.0	You are welcome. I'm so glad you could join us with this really intense-sounding secret.
1:26.6	It's right to say that you're lucky to be alive today, right?
1:30.5	Absolutely, it is, yes. What part of the country do you live in? So I live in West Texas.
1:37.6	Can you take us to the time in your life before your secret happened and tell, what life was like and what you were doing?
1:46.5	So before the accident, for the, basically the previous five years, I was working as a waitress in a small cafe here in West Texas.
1:56.9	I really enjoyed working there, but it was also getting to the point that I worked almost seven days a week, every day.
2:05.9	And, you know, like secretly I knew I needed to change something in my life, but I was really scared to do so.
2:12.5	And then on August 20th of 2024, something really dramatic happened that made change possible
2:21.1	and everything after that in my life changed and got better.
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