The Scariest Thing That Ever Happened to You...

[Highlander]

Walking away from a car crash without a scratch.

Car flipped onto two wheels, careered across the road, went through a gap in a stone dyke and landing 30ft below, upside down in a stream which was in spate.

Managed to release the seat belt at the second attempt (went wrong way the first time because I was hanging upside down). Crawled between the two front seats (I was a deal thinner then) into the back of the car where there was slightly less water.

Freed shortly after by people who had seen the incident coming down the bank and managing to get the doors open. They did say that when they saw the car on two wheels, they thought that they were watching an episode of the Dukes of Hazard.

[John H]

My scariest moment happened around 47 years ago and the threat is as valid today as it was then.
We were only married a few months and my wife had recently come into contact with women who suffered what is now called 'domestic abuse'.
She had not had a sheltered life but this behaviour came as a big shock to her.
We were just really getting to know each other, I thought, and one night we were discussing assaults on women by their spouses.
I foolishly asked her what she would do if I ever assaulted her.
Her reply was, 'You would never be able to close your eyes again'.
As chilling now as it was then.

[angela]

 First dead body I ever saw as an 18yr old student nurse, and the first time I was part of a cardiac arrest situation when I was actually required to be 'hands on' are some of my scariest times,
Other than that a tyre blow out driving up the A34, don't know to this day how I managed to stop safely