Inspirational stories of survivors who found cheating death enhanced life...
At age 41, Neil Mitchell was one of Australia's most successful journalists and dominated Melbourne talkback radio. He was also secretly facing death, having been diagnosed with incurable cancer.
Neil Mitchell didn't die, but the traumatic experience of facing death brought new clarity to his life. After initially craving privacy, he decided to write about his experiences and those of 13 other people who should be dead, but were somehow granted a second chance. They include the policeman seriously wounded in a shoot-out, the volunteer firefighter trapped in a deadly firestorm, and the Port Arthur survivor who played dead while the gunman stood over her.
'Second Chance' also tells of survivors of aircraft disasters, serious illnesses and accidental poisoning - the extraordinary experiences of ordinary people who gained special insights by facing 'certain' death.
