What if a horrifying loss led to a grand adventure? [Rebroadcast #179]
This Is Actually Happening
Wondery
4.6 • 9.9K Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
A horrific accident leaves a man severely disabled, but after hitting rock bottom in his recovery a new life opens he could never have imagined
Today’s episode featured Dustin Reynolds. Since this interview, Dustin has made it down to Colombia, and is planning on heading to Panama, Galapagos, and Polynesia before returning to Hawaii. To find out more about Dustin, see pictures and follow his journey or donate to help him complete the voyage, go to thesinglehandedsailor.com. You can follow him on Instagram and Facebook @thesinglehandedsailor. You can also support him on Patreon and GoFundMe:
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits
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Content/Trigger Warnings: car crash, severe injury, amputation, explicit language
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| 0:00.0 | This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.2 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information about support services. Today we continue with the fifth episode of our annual six-week summer rebroadcast series. |
| 0:21.7 | We'll return with all new episodes starting September 10th. |
| 0:24.9 | Today's Rebroadcast episode, What If a Horifying Loss led to a grand adventure? |
| 0:29.7 | Originally aired as episode 179 on February 23rd 2021. |
| 0:35.0 | I sat on the edge of the bed and I saw myself in the mirror and it was like seeing a CGI character like it wasn't an image I'd seen in the mirror ever in my life and now I'm sitting here on my bed looking at this frail person that looks nothing like me. |
| 0:55.0 | From one From Wundery, I'm Witt Misledyne. You're listening to this is actually happening. |
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