Ciara Greene

Hi Shankar, thanks for having me.

Hi Shankar, thanks for having me.

Hi Shankar, thanks for having me.

Sure. It was about three years ago and it was a rainy November night and it was dark and it was starting to rain and it was just a kind of cold, miserable night. And I was leaving work to go to my piano lesson and I was in a rush. So, you know, I rushed down the stairs and I got down to my bike and I realised I'd forgotten my helmet.

Sure. It was about three years ago and it was a rainy November night and it was dark and it was starting to rain and it was just a kind of cold, miserable night. And I was leaving work to go to my piano lesson and I was in a rush. So, you know, I rushed down the stairs and I got down to my bike and I realised I'd forgotten my helmet.

Sure. It was about three years ago and it was a rainy November night and it was dark and it was starting to rain and it was just a kind of cold, miserable night. And I was leaving work to go to my piano lesson and I was in a rush. So, you know, I rushed down the stairs and I got down to my bike and I realised I'd forgotten my helmet.

So I rushed back upstairs and all the way back up through this very large building and got my helmet, went back down. So then I was running late for my lessons.

So I rushed back upstairs and all the way back up through this very large building and got my helmet, went back down. So then I was running late for my lessons.

So I rushed back upstairs and all the way back up through this very large building and got my helmet, went back down. So then I was running late for my lessons.

I was cycling through Donnybrook, which is a kind of a busy road. And on that road, there's a lot of buses, there's a lot of cars, there's a lot of cyclists. And what there isn't on that part of the road is a bicycle lane. The bicycle lane had stopped earlier. So in fact, as I was cycling along, I was weaving around traffic and in around buses. So I was cycling on wet roads. It's going too fast.

I was cycling through Donnybrook, which is a kind of a busy road. And on that road, there's a lot of buses, there's a lot of cars, there's a lot of cyclists. And what there isn't on that part of the road is a bicycle lane. The bicycle lane had stopped earlier. So in fact, as I was cycling along, I was weaving around traffic and in around buses. So I was cycling on wet roads. It's going too fast.

I was cycling through Donnybrook, which is a kind of a busy road. And on that road, there's a lot of buses, there's a lot of cars, there's a lot of cyclists. And what there isn't on that part of the road is a bicycle lane. The bicycle lane had stopped earlier. So in fact, as I was cycling along, I was weaving around traffic and in around buses. So I was cycling on wet roads. It's going too fast.

And you can probably see where this is going because I skidded on the bike and I skidded right in front of a bus, which fortunately didn't hit me. But it was one of those e-bikes and electric bikes that has, you know, the electric power in it, which means it's very heavy and the down tube is really heavy. So as I fell, my leg got caught in the down tube. and snapped my leg in half.

And you can probably see where this is going because I skidded on the bike and I skidded right in front of a bus, which fortunately didn't hit me. But it was one of those e-bikes and electric bikes that has, you know, the electric power in it, which means it's very heavy and the down tube is really heavy. So as I fell, my leg got caught in the down tube. and snapped my leg in half.

And you can probably see where this is going because I skidded on the bike and I skidded right in front of a bus, which fortunately didn't hit me. But it was one of those e-bikes and electric bikes that has, you know, the electric power in it, which means it's very heavy and the down tube is really heavy. So as I fell, my leg got caught in the down tube. and snapped my leg in half.

It's like if you could imagine a little small bunch of twigs and then you snap those twigs. They don't snap cleanly. They snap with shards. And I had this very strange experience where I, you know, I've heard of this happening before, but I'd never experienced it where I didn't feel the pain straight away. I was lying on the ground and, you know, you get that moment of shock.

It's like if you could imagine a little small bunch of twigs and then you snap those twigs. They don't snap cleanly. They snap with shards. And I had this very strange experience where I, you know, I've heard of this happening before, but I'd never experienced it where I didn't feel the pain straight away. I was lying on the ground and, you know, you get that moment of shock.

It's like if you could imagine a little small bunch of twigs and then you snap those twigs. They don't snap cleanly. They snap with shards. And I had this very strange experience where I, you know, I've heard of this happening before, but I'd never experienced it where I didn't feel the pain straight away. I was lying on the ground and, you know, you get that moment of shock.

And I was lying on the ground and I tried to stand up and I couldn't stand up. And I didn't know why I couldn't stand up. And then I looked down and my shoe had come off somewhere. I don't know where it had gone. My shoe had come off, but my leg was dangling like a kind of like a stuffed sock. The bus driver came rushing out and he was like, are you okay?

And I was lying on the ground and I tried to stand up and I couldn't stand up. And I didn't know why I couldn't stand up. And then I looked down and my shoe had come off somewhere. I don't know where it had gone. My shoe had come off, but my leg was dangling like a kind of like a stuffed sock. The bus driver came rushing out and he was like, are you okay?