Emily Wilkes

If I was in the seat or not in the seat, I don't know statistically what would have come of my family.

You know, my sister maybe would have been a little more injured.

She was the one directly next to me.

I think that I had to die before I could live.

There you go.

That's kind of what you're getting at is like who knows who I would have been as a person or been shaped into.

Um, I had to overcome a mental battle with what I feel like was demons.

And, um, now my mind is stronger than ever.

And I had that at a very young age happened to me.

And now, you know, I, like I said, I feel limitless.

My fear, my worry, I don't worry.

I don't have, I haven't had panic.

I haven't had a panic attack in like probably 12 years or longer.

Like it used, it was bad, like every day kind of thing.

Sure.

As a child, I would reference it as like the devil whispers.

Like I would just feel like everyone was out to get me, that I was gonna die basically.

Like everything was scary and I was triggered by a lot of things.

even fireworks, I couldn't watch fireworks for years because it would remind me of that night.

And it wasn't just an accident.