I SURVIVED: I Felt The Worst Pain You Couldn't Fathom

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.8 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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14 year old Reagan's trip to the beach with her friend Lynn takes an unimaginable turn when they are picked up by a pair of cousins on a spree of rape and murder. Gary and Scott are colleagues in the Alaska air national guard. After a mostly unsuccessful hunting trip the pair must survive a crash, third degree burns and the risk of hypothermia. Rosetta Stone: Don’t put off learning that language - there’s no better time than RIGHT NOW to get started! For a very limited time, I Survived listeners can get Rosetta Stone’s Lifetime Membership for 50% off! Visit rosettastone.com/survived

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0:00.0	He put a knife to my throat and a gun to my head. He told me to shut up, not say a single thing, or he would kill me immediately.
0:10.0	The heat was absolutely horrendous.
0:14.0	It's the worst pain that you couldn't fathom.
0:18.0	I had to think about my family
0:22.0	and I had to make peace with the fact that they probably would not
0:26.9	find us alive. I was 14 years old and all I could think about was just do what you need to do to get through this, do what you need to do to survive.
0:37.0	Real people who faced death and live to tell how.
0:42.0	This is I survive.
0:44.0	It's July 1983 in Vero Beach, Florida.
0:51.0	14-year-old Reagan has just moved to Vero Beach
0:54.0	and started at a new school.
0:56.0	She immediately makes friends with 17-year-old Lynn.
0:59.0	Vero Beach was a pretty fun place.
1:02.0	The beach was right across the street from where we lived. We used to go there all the time. We would swim, we would serve. I was pretty excited to meet new people and new friends and just have new experiences in this nice
1:15.8	peaceful beautiful beach town.
1:19.1	Reagan and Lynn decided to hitchhike to a different beach.
1:24.7	We went out to the road and we weren't there for very long when a truck pulled over and picked us up. The passenger got
1:29.8	out and Lynn got in first, I got in second, and then the passenger got in next to us.
1:35.0	They introduced themselves, the driver was Freddie, the passenger was David, and Lynn and I introduced ourselves.
1:42.0	Freddie was very outgoing and talkative and very friendly
1:45.0	and we got into a conversation with him right away.
1:48.0	And David was kind of quiet and just sat there and pretty much
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