"He counted 3, 2, 1 – then stabbed me in the heart"

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.6 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Kieran Quinlan was on his way to a party when a man with a knife attacked him.

Kieran Quinlan was an aspiring boxer living in his hometown of Birmingham in the UK. When he was 17 he was on the bus heading to a party when a man confronted him. The man counted down: 3, 2, 1 – before stabbing Kieran through his lung and into his heart. Kieran should have died that night. But instead he survived, spending the next decade rebuilding his life, transforming his body and his mind in the process.

Presenter: Asya Fouks Producer: May Cameron Editor: Munazza Khan

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0:16.0	relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life. So one day I'll be
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0:40.5	I was towards the back of the bus and he was like sit down and he pulled a knife out.
0:46.8	And at this point I'm like in shock sort of thing like.
0:50.2	So I sat down and he went empty your pockets
0:54.3	He was like empty your pockets
0:56.0	I'll stab you
0:56.6	And I was like mate
0:58.7	Listen I work hard for everything
0:59.9	I've got
1:00.2	I was like you've got my phone
1:01.9	I went
1:02.6	Just call it a night
1:03.6	There's no need to go any further
1:04.6	And he went
1:05.0	I'm going to give you to the counterfeit
1:06.0	I'm going to stab you
	...

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