A Close Call with Death

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Heather VanBorum, who survived a devastating accident just five days before Christmas in 2021. While walking through a Costco parking lot in Murray, Utah, Heather was tragically struck by a car—an event that left her with life-threatening injuries, including the traumatic loss of both legs.

Thanks to the quick actions of a courageous Good Samaritan, who applied two tourniquets to stop the c...

A Close Call With Death with Dustan Jackson, who is lucky to be alive after being assaulted in Mexico by the Cartel on Vacation at a luxury hotel. Dustan was severely beaten and left for dead in the desert after taking a taxi ride to a place tourists are taken when they wander away from the hotel on their own. Dustan was thrown from a vehicle while knocked unconcious shattering his shoulder and left in the desert with no clothes, i...

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In light of Veterans Day this session talks about life as we face it with someone who has trained special opps men and women in our Military that put it all on the line for all of us and for that sacrifice I am grateful. Bobby Maximus is a powerhouse in the world of fitness, ranked among ...

In this episode, we sit down with @Kristi Whittingham, who experienced a harrowing close call while vacationing in Oahu, Hawaii, to celebrate a friend's birthday. While crossing a highway with her friends, Kristi was nearly run down by a driver who swerved directly at her, seemingly intent on causing harm. Join us as Kristi recounts the details of that fateful day. We’re grateful to have you on our show, Kristi, and we’re truly ble...

In this powerful episode, we are joined by Zac Matthews, a miraculous survivor of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the neck that resulted in a total paralysis for many months. Against all odds, Zac regained his feeling and now looks forward to a new life ahead of him.

One year ago, in July 2024, Zac attempted to end his life with a bullet to the neck, leaving him paralyzed but ALIVE. Zac shares with us the events leading up to his...

In this session, we talk with guest Jenny Ahlstrom, a true survivor of one of life's most dangerous cancers in our lifetime. I person every 9 minutes is diagnosed with a (Myeloma) Blood Cancer each year and is 10% of all cancers. Jenny tells us of her battle to not only overcome this dreaded disease but she has gone on with her husband Paul to develop a company called HealthTree Foundation which has involved patients in the pur...

On a ten year anniversary of a near death incident my niece Elizabeth Howard said on this last Father's Day, that she had a desire to share her story and give thanks to her Dad Phil Howard, my brother, for the life saving action he provided to save Elizabeth from plummeting off a 50 foot cliff in Southern Moab Utah National Park. This will be the youngest interviewee I have had on the show and it is short in duration but a grea...

Kyle Rivera is an action packed character who has sky dived, BASE jumped and Wingsuited hundreds of times from airplanes, hot air balloons, cliffs, buildings, everything you can imagine that test a persons nerves and bravery. On one recent flight, Kyle had a scary malfunction of his equipment causing the lines that operate his Shute to wrap around his leg in decent and nearly cause him to crash land. Tune in and listen to what Kyle...

Our interview is with the lone survivor Stein Rosvquist, a flight Nurse Medic whose helicopter went down one night in a dense fog over Salt Lake City's western border near Salt Lake City International Airport. Stein suffered a severed lower back and other life threatening injuries and yet survived. The pilot and other medic on board did not make it. This story is of that fateful night and how Stein has found life through his c...

This episode is with guest Ben Gunn who 20 years ago experienced a tragic plane crash into the frigid waters of the ocean in Alaska on his way with his family to Anchorage for go fishing. Ben and his five family members went down into 42 degree ocean waters losing four of his family that day and only he and his brother in law survived. Tune into this heart felt testimonial of an experience that left Ben with great grief but at the ...

This episode we re-launch episode #31 with David Osmond who wrote the new music for our podcast series A Close Call With Death, with the song "Last Day" from the Reflected Album. David's lyrics in this song truly reflect the meaning of the podcast series with looking at our survival stories with the eye of living life like it just may be the last day of our lives. Thank you David for your beautiful song and dedication...

John Knab, "Life is Moving At A 2x Pace: not sure how to slow it down!" John comes to the show with a close call with death due to a change in physical condition impacted by long corporate travel internationally reaching a status of Diamond Medallion 2.7 million miles in the air and with that plus work stress and weight gain, John experienced many negative health risks such as obesity, high blood pressure, blood clots, sp...

Moka Best. Super cool name to go with someone who has been the best in many athletic events. Moka accomplished many goals in sports and actually reached a level of professionalism in the world of triathlon and became an Olympic hopeful for the United States. But, a deadly disease fell upon Moka called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) where the blood doesn't circulate properly and...

Mark Webb, active guy, sports enthusiast, golfer, motorcycle enthusiast, family man with a wife and four kids, and fighter....

Mark suffers with Stomach Cancer and this month celebrates a two year period of fighting for his life. Mark has found over the last two years more about life, what is life, how fragile it can be, and what next? How is Mark dealing with his condition and battling for more time? Listen in on how Mark has chan...

Mark Haley, Survivor of a tragic hot rod crash that caught fire and burned Mark over much of his body and nearly leaving him dead in the cockpit. First responders sped to Marks aid to pull him unconscious and on fire from his wreck. Mark suffers a majority of his body having to be skin grafted back together, the loss of his left arm and all the fingers from his right hand and even facial burns and grafting to help him live. Mark wa...

JR Celski, a phenomenal Olympic star and team mate to famous Apollo Ono has won many national and international competitions including winning the Bronze medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada. He has won many silver and bronze medals over this career and at the top of this game he had a terrible accident on the ice qualifying for the Olympics in 2010 when he fell on the last turn slashing his thigh muscles in half a...