大象传媒

Kieran Quinlan is 17, living in Birmingham and an aspiring boxer when he is confronted by a man with a knife who tells him to empty his pockets. Kieran is given a countdown, 3鈥�2鈥�1鈥� and then it happens, he is stabbed 鈥� the knife reaching his heart. In surgery, he hears himself flatline. He survives but the wound leaves scars that penetrate deep into his life. It鈥檚 in the years that follow that the fight for survival really begins. Twelve years on, he tells his story to Dr Sian Williams.

Please be warned there are some graphic images described in this episode and reference to suicide.

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