The closest I have come to death was when I was on holiday in Spain. A carbomb exploded around the corner from my hotel. The morning it hapenned I was having breakfast in a cafe nearby. Then I heard a huge explosion and I felt the ground shake. I realised that I passed the place where the bomb went off every day and i had actually passed the car itself a few minutes before it exploded. If I had of dragged myself out of bed just a few minutes later.........
I started drinking early that day.
(Luckily if your above 16 you can drink alcohol in Spain.
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