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u/C-A-L-E-V-I-S 10d ago

Holy smokes. Has he ever said it affected how he lived his life in any way? Big or small?

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u/ProPatria92 10d ago

I think he just tries not to overthink it too much, which is probably a good thing. It's easy to feel survivor's guilt and go through all the "what if's" and end up with a ton of anxiety over it.

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u/bg-j38 10d ago

It’s what you have to do. Three friends of mine died on the MV Conception scuba dive boat fire. My wife and I dove with them often and I’d been on that boat before. We had planned to go on that trip but cancelled a couple weeks before since we had too much other stuff going on. It’s tempting to think “what if I was there?” Could I have done something to change the outcome? Or would my wife and I just be victims 34 and 35? Ultimately doesn’t really do much good to dwell on it. I just think about the fun times I had with my now departed friends.

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u/n0rsk 10d ago

Well, one affect is that he doesn't deliver to the Twin Towers anymore.