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just then something rippled the surface of the Black Water see that my brother whispered something really big is out
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there I squealed my dad's face became very serious maybe he was even a little scared himself what if it comes after us
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my cousin Bill cried you want to grow up experiencing those things that dads do you just can't
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picture not being part of their life you know you can't picture not being there for them cilia monsters are very real no
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they are not Vanessa our monsters real no no they aren't are you sure our monsters
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real are you sure are you sure not many people get to pinpoint that specific point in their life when
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you know your life changed I'm thinking I I got to make it I got to make it I got to make it I I
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got to make it I got to see my daughters again I got I got to see my girls the whole time you're just you're
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fixated on on that one thing and you don't you don't want to let any negative thoughts into your mind at
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all yeah you're about to die I can remember just fixating on a point in the ceiling and uh just being
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like okay no you know they're not going to give me they're not going to give me the power of an explosion it just
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shatters everything it not only broke my bones but it exploded my muscle tissues
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around my bones you have life kind of like pulled a rug right from under you I knew that I had an advantage
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during the [Applause] attack I played 15 years professional any athlete has to push their
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[Applause] limits there are lots of things that took place that happened for him to make
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it and if you take one of those away I don't know if he would have [Music] survived at that time I didn't really
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care whether I had legs or not I just was going to be alive I was going to able to see Sarah Sicilia and Vanessa
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again and so that became my my motivation really throughout um it was it was my two little girls
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