Jack Laurence

But what happens when it does?

And how do you recover?

How do you put yourself back together?

Okay.

Do I gotcha?

There he is.

Brad Guy was one of those 70,000 in 2013.

Just like millions before him, a young 22-year-old from country Victoria, Brad was a little nervous yet excited to take that leap.

However, he could never imagine that that day would change his life forever.

Jumping from 15,000 feet, Brad's instructor's parachute would fail, leaving them hopelessly falling at 80 kilometers an hour towards the ground.

By some incredible miracle,

they survive.

But the trauma of what happened to Brad that day would be his biggest battle, turning a fun-loving, carefree guy into someone who would go on to battle severe mental anguish, guilt, depression, and constant nightmares, as well as even contemplating ending his own life.

My name's Jack Lawrence.

Welcome to What I Survived.

Chapter one, the outgoing kid from the country.

Brad Guy grew up in a small country town outside of Melbourne called Pylong.

With a population of just 200 people, it was very much a rural country Australian community.

And Brad says, looking back, he loved it and now feels it almost gave him the drive for adventure.

Brad would go from his small country school with just 40 kids to a private Catholic boarding school in a town called Kilmore, a school with a strong athletic and sporting background and a strong affinity to football.