208: Carly saved her neighbor's life

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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I’ve had more than 200 people come on this podcast and share a story of something crazy that they’ve been through. If nothing else, I’ve learned one thing. Life can change in an instant. For Dan, he’s just enjoying the outdoors on a trail in Alaska, and suddenly he’s on his back with the snout of a grizzly bear in his face. Amy was just at work in her office in Oklahoma – then just seconds later she’s trapped under a pile of rubble and a bomb blew up her building. Kennedy was just driving her car – then she loses control and finds herself literally hanging by her leg from the power line. These are all regular people, just like you and me. They were just going about their life, and suddenly they got a big scary surprise. My guest today is Carly. She actually lives not far from me so we recently met in person. Carly was out with her family once, just driving around looking at the neighborhood Christmas lights. And then she spotted someone who was in desperate need of help. Find CPR training near you with this website: https://Atlas.heart.org Zach’s podcast called A Rising Tide: https://zachkidd.com/podcast-a-rising-tide Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/208 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL for 20% off your purchase. Go to bluenile.com to shop Blue Nile, the original online jeweler since 1999! Follow “MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories” on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/WHATWAS and get on your way to being your best self. To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've had more than 200 people come on this podcast and share a story of something crazy that they've been through.
0:08.8	If nothing else, I've learned one thing.
0:12.4	Life can change in an instant.
0:17.6	For Dan, he's just enjoying the outdoors on a trail in Alaska,
0:21.9	and suddenly he's on his back with a snout of a grizzly bear in his face.
0:27.9	Amy was just at work in her office in Oklahoma.
0:31.8	Then just seconds later, she's trapped under a pile of rubble.
0:36.2	A bomb had blown up her building. Kennedy was just driving her car. Then she loses control and finds herself literally hanging by her leg from the power line. These are all just regular people, just like you and me. They were just going about their life.
0:56.0	And suddenly, they got a big, scary surprise.
1:00.0	My guest today is Carly.
1:04.0	She actually lives not far from me, so we recently met up in person.
1:09.0	Carly was out with her family once, just driving around the neighborhood, looking at
1:14.6	Christmas lights.
1:16.6	And then she spotted someone who was in desperate need of help.
1:26.6	Real people in unreal situations.
1:31.0	The eerie silence when I walked in, and he's just staring at me.
1:36.4	I was like, hello, like, are you okay?
1:38.9	And then I had to tell him, it was me.
1:42.7	There was just blood everywhere. They're shouting, they're screaming, they're being
1:47.1	hit by bullets, they're hitting the ground. And in that moment, I literally thought, this is how I die.
1:52.7	Everything changed then. And I just thought to myself, this isn't happening. Every single story
2:00.1	deserves to be heard. I'm Scott Johnson,
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