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Description
Ms. Berkshire shares an emotional experience where a near death experience caused her trauma.
Transcription
When I got hurt in Afghanistan and I thought I was gonna die. I got stuck in a vehicle. It was, I say a stupid accident. I get told I shouldn’t say that. I moved a vehicle and I dropped the keys and they had gone under the seat and I used the hydraulic lever to raise the seat to get the keys and I didn’t move out of the way fast enough and it pinned me to the hull of a Bison so I got stuck there and called for help and stuff and I gave up and relaxed and the seat raised some more making it harder to breath and then I realized I want to live so I carried on yelling for help and somebody finally heard me. And she got somebody that knew how to operate the vehicle and they got the seat lowered, but I hurt my shoulder and I ended up with PTSD. I got sent home early. I had two weeks of my tour left and they made me come home but I felt like I’d let the guys down because I was there to do a job and I wasn’t doing it, you know, I couldn’t function and that’s a bad side but it’s also almost a good side cause it got me back into reality.
Catégories
Calling Out for my Life!
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Canadian Armed Forces
Emplacement géographique
Afghanistan
Personne interviewée
Sara Berkshire
Branche
Army
Military Rank
Corporal
Date d’enregistrement
Durée
2:12