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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.54,0:00:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we wake up in the morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.62,0:00:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get dressed, put on your shoes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.14,0:00:11.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you head out into the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.65,0:00:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You plan on coming back, getting undressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.90,0:00:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to bed,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.12,0:00:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waking up, doing it again,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.88,0:00:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that anticipation, that rhythm,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.02,0:00:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps give us a structure
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.30,0:00:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how we organize ourselves and our lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.88,0:00:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gives it a measure of predictability.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.36,0:00:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Living in New York City, as I do,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.75,0:00:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost as if, with so many people doing so many things
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.99,0:00:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time in such close quarters,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.34,0:00:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's almost like life is dealing you extra hands
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.58,0:00:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of that deck.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.10,0:00:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're never, there's just, juxtapositions are possible
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.77,0:00:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that just aren't, you don't think they're going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.78,0:01:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you never think you're going to be the guy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.12,0:01:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's walking down the street
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.75,0:01:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, because you choose to go down one side or the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.17,0:01:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rest of your life is changed forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.33,0:01:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one night, I'm riding the uptown local train.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.06,0:01:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get on. I tend to be a little bit vigilant
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.56,0:01:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I get on the subway.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.67,0:01:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not one of the people zoning out with headphones
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.72,0:01:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a book.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.10,0:01:28.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I get on the car, and I look, and I
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.91,0:01:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notice this couple,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.49,0:01:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,college-aged, student-looking kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.98,0:01:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a guy and a girl, and they're sitting next to each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.78,0:01:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's got her leg draped over his knee,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.42,0:01:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're doing -- they have this little contraption,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.58,0:01:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're tying these knots,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.34,0:01:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're doing it with one hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.18,0:01:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're doing it left-handed and right-handed very quickly,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.14,0:01:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she'll hand the thing to him and he'll do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.39,0:01:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never seen anything like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.59,0:01:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost like they're practicing magic tricks.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.98,0:02:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the next stop, a guy gets on the car,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.30,0:02:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he has this sort of visiting professor look to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.27,0:02:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's got the overstuffed leather satchel
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.39,0:02:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the rectangular file case and a laptop bag
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.70,0:02:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the tweed jacket with the leather patches,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.22,0:02:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and — (Laughter) —
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.19,0:02:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he looks at them, and then
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.02,0:02:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a blink of an eye, he kneels down in front of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.03,0:02:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he starts to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.70,0:02:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, listen, here's how you can do it. Look,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.77,0:02:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you do this -- " and he takes the laces out of their hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.38,0:02:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instantly, he starts tying these knots,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.70,0:02:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even better than they were doing it, remarkably.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.36,0:02:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it turns out they are medical students
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.44,0:02:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on their way to a lecture about the latest
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.55,0:02:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suturing techniques, and he's the guy giving the lecture.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.78,0:02:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.38,0:02:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he starts to tell them, and he's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.80,0:02:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, this is very important here. You know,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.30,0:02:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're needing these knots,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.58,0:02:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to be, you know, everything's
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.18,0:02:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to be happening at the same time, it's going to be --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.93,0:03:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to have all this information coming at you,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.57,0:03:04.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's going to be organs getting in the way,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.06,0:03:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to be slippery,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.10,0:03:07.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.41,0:03:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just very important that you be able to do these
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.17,0:03:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond second nature, each hand, left hand, right hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.54,0:03:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to be able to do them without seeing your fingers."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.36,0:03:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at that moment, when I heard that,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.73,0:03:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just got catapulted out of the subway car into a night
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.81,0:03:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I had been getting a ride in an ambulance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.94,0:03:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the sidewalk where I had been stabbed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.43,0:03:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the trauma room of St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.75,0:03:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what had happened was
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.74,0:03:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a gang had come in from Brooklyn.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.95,0:03:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As part of an initiation for three of their members,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.57,0:03:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had to kill somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.28,0:03:50.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I happened to be the guy walking down Bleecker Street
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.66,0:03:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that night,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.96,0:03:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they jumped on me without a word.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.40,0:03:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the very lucky things,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.72,0:04:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was at Notre Dame, I was on the boxing team,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.73,0:04:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I put my hands up right away, instinctively.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.38,0:04:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The guy on the right had a knife with a 10-inch blade,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.93,0:04:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he went in under my elbow,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.22,0:04:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it went up and cut my inferior vena cava.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.69,0:04:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you know anything about anatomy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.41,0:04:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not a good thing to get cut,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.12,0:04:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything, of course, on the way up,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.28,0:04:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then — I still had my hands up —
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.16,0:04:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he pulled it out and went for my neck,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.65,0:04:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sunk it in up to the hilt in my neck,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.86,0:04:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I got one straight right punch
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.58,0:04:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knocked the middle guy out.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.35,0:04:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other guy was still working on me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.57,0:04:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collapsing my other lung,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.43,0:04:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I managed to, by hitting that guy, to get a minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.41,0:04:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ran down the street and collapsed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.50,0:04:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ambulance guys intubated me on the sidewalk
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.55,0:04:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let the trauma room know
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.02,0:04:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had an incoming.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.64,0:04:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.64,0:05:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,side effects of having major massive blood loss
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.58,0:05:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is you get tunnel vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.43,0:05:07.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I remember being on the stretcher
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.24,0:05:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having a little nickel-sized cone of vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.25,0:05:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was moving my head around
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.80,0:05:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we got to St. Vincent's,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.15,0:05:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're racing down this hallway,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.80,0:05:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see the lights going,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.06,0:05:24.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a peculiar effect of memories like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.79,0:05:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't really go to the usual place that memories go.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.97,0:05:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They kind of have this vault where they're stored in high-def,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.18,0:05:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and George Lucas did all the sound effects. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.66,0:05:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So sometimes, remembering them, it's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.16,0:05:46.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not like any other kind of memories.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.88,0:05:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I get into the trauma room,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.55,0:05:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're waiting for me, and the lights are there,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.57,0:05:57.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd been able to breathe a little more now,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.87,0:06:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the blood has left, had been filling up my lungs
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.35,0:06:03.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was having a very hard time breathing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.31,0:06:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now it's kind of gone into the stretcher.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.36,0:06:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.66,0:06:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and — (Laughter) —
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.43,0:06:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the nurse kind of had a hysterical laugh, and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.75,0:06:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm turning my head trying to see everybody,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.99,0:06:20.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had this weird memory of being in college
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.81,0:06:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and raising,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.72,0:06:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,raising money for the flood victims of Bangladesh,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.78,0:06:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I look over and my anesthesiologist
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.24,0:06:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is clamping the mask on me, and I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.77,0:06:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He looks Bangladeshi," — (Laughter) —
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.83,0:06:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I just have those two facts, and I just think,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.32,0:06:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This could work somehow." (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.03,0:06:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I go out, and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.31,0:06:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they work on me for the rest of the night,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.08,0:06:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I needed about 40 units of blood to keep me there
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.10,0:06:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while they did their work,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.14,0:06:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the surgeon took out about a third of my intestines,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.36,0:07:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my cecum, organs I didn't know that I had,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.78,0:07:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he later told me one of the last things he did
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.16,0:07:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while he was in there was to remove my appendix for me,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.50,0:07:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I thought was great, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.72,0:07:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a little tidy thing there at the end. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.89,0:07:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I came to in the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.20,0:07:18.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out of anesthetic, he had let them know
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.02,0:07:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he wanted to be there, and he had given me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.51,0:07:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about a two percent chance of living.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.70,0:07:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he was there when I woke up,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.62,0:07:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was, waking up was like
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.78,0:07:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breaking through the ice into a frozen lake of pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.99,0:07:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was that enveloping,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.10,0:07:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was only one spot that didn't hurt
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.27,0:07:42.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worse than anything I'd ever felt,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.74,0:07:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was my instep,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.15,0:07:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was holding the arch of my foot
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.89,0:07:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rubbing the instep with his thumb.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.76,0:07:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I looked up, and he's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.70,0:07:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Good to see you,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.82,0:07:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was trying to remember what had happened
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.75,0:08:01.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trying to get my head around everything,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.47,0:08:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the pain was just overwhelming, and he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.53,0:08:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know, we didn't cut your hair. I thought
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.90,0:08:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might have gotten strength from your hair like Samson,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.28,0:08:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going to need all the strength you can get."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.06,0:08:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in those days, my hair was down to my waist,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.77,0:08:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I drove a motorcycle, I was unmarried,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.64,0:08:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I owned a bar, so those were different times. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.95,0:08:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.21,0:08:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had three days of life support,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.18,0:08:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everybody was expecting,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.96,0:08:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to just the massive amount of what they had had to do
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.46,0:08:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I wasn't going to make it,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.28,0:08:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was three days of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.33,0:08:48.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody was either waiting for me to die or poop,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.16,0:08:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and — (Laughter) —
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.75,0:08:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I finally pooped, then that somehow,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.71,0:08:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surgically speaking, that's like you crossed some good line,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.12,0:08:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, um — (Laughter) —
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.16,0:09:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on that day, the surgeon came in
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.42,0:09:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whipped the sheet off of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.62,0:09:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had three or four friends with him,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.28,0:09:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he does that, and they all look,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.68,0:09:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was no infection,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.56,0:09:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they bend over me and they're poking and prodding,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.43,0:09:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're like, "There's no hematomas, blah blah,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.53,0:09:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at the color," and they're talking amongst themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.40,0:09:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm, like, this restored automobile
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.32,0:09:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he's just going, "Yeah, I did that." (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.51,0:09:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was just,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.53,0:09:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was amazing, because these guys are high-fiving him
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.67,0:09:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over how good I turned out, you know? (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.73,0:09:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's my zipper, and I've still got the staples in
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.25,0:09:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.49,0:09:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.70,0:09:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,later on, when I got out
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.31,0:09:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the flashbacks and the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.92,0:09:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nightmares were giving me a hard time,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.43,0:09:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went back to him
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.11,0:09:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was sort of asking him,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.00,0:09:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, what am I gonna do?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.19,0:10:03.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think, kind of, as a surgeon, he basically said,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.79,0:10:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kid, I saved your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.52,0:10:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, now you can do whatever you want, like,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.17,0:10:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you gotta get on with that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.84,0:10:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like I gave you a new car
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.67,0:10:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're complaining about not finding parking.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.96,0:10:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, just, go out, and, you know, do your best.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.56,0:10:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're alive. That's what it's about."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.37,0:10:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I hear, "Bing-bong," and the subway doors
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.15,0:10:34.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are closing, and my stop is next, and I look at these kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.39,0:10:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I go, I think to myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.26,0:10:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm going to lift my shirt up
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.82,0:10:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show them," — (Laughter) —
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.44,0:10:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I think, "No, this is the New York City subway,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.66,0:10:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's going to lead to other things." (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.30,0:10:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I just think, they got their lecture to go to.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.34,0:10:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I step off, I'm standing on the platform,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.30,0:10:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I feel my index finger
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.16,0:10:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.34,0:11:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first scar that I ever got,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.04,0:11:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my umbilical cord,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.16,0:11:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then around that, is traced
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.40,0:11:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last scar that I got
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.89,0:11:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from my surgeon,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.27,0:11:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that, that chance encounter
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.58,0:11:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those kids on the street with their knives
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.47,0:11:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led me
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.90,0:11:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my surgical team,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.03,0:11:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their training
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.10,0:11:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their skill
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.22,0:11:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, always, a little bit of luck
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.64,0:11:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pushed back against chaos.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.61,0:11:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. (Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.67,0:11:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.61,0:12:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you. Very lucky to be here. Thank you. (Applause)