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>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
SO YESTERDAY WE KICKED OFF A
SPECIAL SERIES ABOUT SURVIVAL
AND THE ONE WE HAVE FOR YOU NOW
DEFINITELY QUALIFIES AS AMAZING.
COLLEEN HAS EVERYTHING IN LIFE.
BUT BACK IN 2011 LIFE AS SHE
KNEW IT WOULD CHANGE FOREVER
WHEN TRAGEDY STRUCK WHEN SHE WAS
ON HER WAY HOME FROM WORK.
COLLEEN KELLY ALEXANDER HAS BEEN
ALWAYS ON THE GO.
SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH CYCLING.
>> I WAS A LITTLE GIRL I USED TO
GO BACK INTO THE BACK OF THE
BIKE SHOP AND BE FASCINATED BY
EVERYTHING BICYCLE.
>> IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEEN MET
HER FUTURE HUSBAND, SHAWN.
>> I WROTE HIM A LETTER THAT WAS
SAYING OUR FRIENDS WANTED US TO
MEET AND I'M A LITTLE BIT SHY.
BUT CALL ME TONIGHT AT 8:00.
I PUT MY PHONE NUMBER ON THERE.
>> SHE SAID, HELLO S THIS
COLLEEN AND WE SET A DATE, LET'S
GO OUT SOME TIME.
>> THE TWO DATED, BROKE UP AND
RECONNECTED IN 2008.
IT WAS THEN THAT COLLEEN TOLD
SHAWN ABOUT HER FIRST MAJOR
MEDICAL SETBACK, BRAIN SURGERY
AFTER UNDERGOING SURGERY IT TAKE
LONG FOR HER TO GET BACK TO
RUNNING AND CYCLING.
THEN ONE DAY, WHILE ON A BIKE
RIDE, SHE WAS HIT BY A FREIGHT
TRUCK THAT RAN A STOP SIGN.
>> I REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
I REMEMBER THE WAY EVERYTHING
FELT.
AND THE SMELLS AND TOUCHES AND
EVERYTHING.
SO I WAS RUN OVER AND THEN
LITERALLY ROLLED WITH THE BIG
CHUNKY TIRE GROOVES AND JUST
PULLED APART.
AND MY PELVIS WAS SNAPPED IN
HALF IN TWO PIECES.
MY ONE LEG WENT ONE WAY.
>> SHE FELT THIS WAS THE END,
BUT SHE DIDN'T GIVE UP.
>> I WAS SCREAMING AND AT LEAST
I WAS FORCING BLOOD AND OXYGEN
UP THROUGH MY BRAIN AND I HAD A
HIGHER CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.
SO I SCREAMED AS HARD AS I
COULD.
>> THE SCREAMING CAUGHT THE
ATTENTION OF BYSTANDERS WHO
CALLED 911 AND GOT COLLEEN TO
THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE FLAT
LINED TWICE.
>> THE FIRST TIME WAS A LITTLE
OVER 20 MINUTES.
CPR, WHERE PEOPLE WERE JUST
ROTATING AS THEY WERE DOING
SURGERY AT THE SAME TIME AND
TRYING TO GET ME BACK TOGETHER.
FILLING ME WITH BLOOD.
BECAUSE MY FEMORAL HAD BEEN
RIPPED AS WELL, AND THEN I HAD
MULTIPLE CARDIAC ARRESTS OVER
THE NEXT 72 HOURS.
>> AFTER TWICE BEING BROUGHT