TEDMED 2012
Ed Gavagan: A story about knots and surgeons
Eds Gavagens: Stāsts par mezgliem un ķirurgiem
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Kādu dienu Eds Gavegans sēdēja metro vagonā un vēroja divus jaunus medicīnas studentus, trenējamies siet mezglus. Viņu pārņēma spēcīgs atmiņas uzplaiksnījums — atmiņa par šokējošu mirkli, kas izmainīja viņa dzīvi uz visiem laikiem. Neaizmirstams stāsts par noziegumu, prasmi un pateicību.
Ed Gavagan - Designer, Storyteller
Ed Gavagan was walking down the street in downtown Manhattan when he was the victim of a gang assignment to kill a random stranger. He lives to tell the amazing story. Full bio
Ed Gavagan was walking down the street in downtown Manhattan when he was the victim of a gang assignment to kill a random stranger. He lives to tell the amazing story. Full bio
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You know, we wake up in the morning,
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Parasti pamostoties no rīta,
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you get dressed, put on your shoes,
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jūs apģērbjaties, uzvelkat kurpes,
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you head out into the world.
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jūs dodaties pasaulē.
00:27
You plan on coming back, getting undressed,
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Jūs plānojat atgriezties, noģērbties,
00:31
going to bed,
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iet gulēt,
00:34
waking up, doing it again,
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pamosties un darīt to visu no jauna,
00:35
and that anticipation, that rhythm,
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šīs gaidas, šis ritms
00:38
helps give us a structure
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palīdz mums strukturēt to,
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to how we organize ourselves and our lives,
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kā mēs organizējam paši sevi un savas dzīves,
00:44
and gives it a measure of predictability.
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tas sniedz zināmu paredzamību.
00:48
Living in New York City, as I do,
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Dzīvojot Ņujorkā kā es,
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it's almost as if, with so many people doing so many things
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šķiet, ka tur esot tik daudziem cilvēkiem, kas vienlaikus dara
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at the same time in such close quarters,
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tik daudz lietu tik nelielā telpā,
01:01
it's almost like life is dealing you extra hands
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tas ir gluži kā dzīve no kāršu kavas nemitīgi dalītu
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out of that deck.
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jaunas kārtis.
01:06
You're never, there's just, juxtapositions are possible
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Tur ir iespējami tādi blakusesoši notikumi,
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that just aren't, you don't think they're going to happen.
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kas parasti nav iedomājami, jums nešķiet, ka tā notiks.
01:15
And you never think you're going to be the guy
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Jūs nekad nedomājat, ka būsit tas cilvēks,
01:18
who's walking down the street
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kas iet pa ielu
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and, because you choose to go down one side or the other,
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un tāpēc, ka izvēlējāties iet pa vienu vai otru ielas pusi,
01:23
the rest of your life is changed forever.
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jūsu atlikusī dzīve tiks mainīta uz visiem laikiem.
01:26
And one night, I'm riding the uptown local train.
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Vienu vakaru es braucu vietējā nomales vilcienā.
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I get on. I tend to be a little bit vigilant
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Es iekāpu vilcienā. Braucot ar metro,
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when I get on the subway.
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es mēdzu būt nedaudz uzmanīgs.
01:37
I'm not one of the people zoning out with headphones
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Es neesmu no tiem cilvēkiem, kas atslēdzas no ārpasaules ar austiņām ausīs
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or a book.
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vai iegrimis grāmatā.
01:42
And I get on the car, and I look, and I
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Es iekāpju vagonā un paskatos apkārt,
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notice this couple,
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es ievēroju kādu pāri,
01:47
college-aged, student-looking kids,
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universitātes vecuma jauniešus, izskatās pēc studentiem,
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a guy and a girl, and they're sitting next to each other,
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puisis un meitene, viņi sēž viens otram blakus,
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and she's got her leg draped over his knee,
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viņa ir pārlikusi savu kāju pāri viņa celim
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and they're doing -- they have this little contraption,
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un viņi darbojās. Viņiem ir neliels meistarojums,
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and they're tying these knots,
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un viņi sien kaut kādus mezglus,
02:01
and they're doing it with one hand,
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viņi sien ar vienu roku,
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they're doing it left-handed and right-handed very quickly,
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sien ar kreiso roku un ar labo roku, sien ļoti ātri,
02:07
and then she'll hand the thing to him and he'll do it.
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tad viņa padod to viņam un tad sien viņš.
02:09
I've never seen anything like this.
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Es nekad neko tādu nebiju redzēji.
02:10
It's almost like they're practicing magic tricks.
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Šķita it kā viņi trenētos veikt burvju trikus.
02:13
And at the next stop, a guy gets on the car,
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Nākamajā pieturā vagonā iekāpj vīrietis,
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and he has this sort of visiting professor look to him.
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viņš izskatās pēc tāda kā universitātes viesprofesora.
02:22
He's got the overstuffed leather satchel
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Viņam ir pārbāzta ādas soma,
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and the rectangular file case and a laptop bag
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taisnstūrveida mape un klēpjdatora soma,
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and the tweed jacket with the leather patches,
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tvīda žakete ar ādas ielāpiem,
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and — (Laughter) —
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un (Smiekli)
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he looks at them, and then
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viņš paskatās uz viņiem un tad
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in a blink of an eye, he kneels down in front of them,
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acumirklī pietupjās viņiem priekšā
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and he starts to say,
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un sāk stāstīt:
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"You know, listen, here's how you can do it. Look,
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„Klausieties, kā jūs varat to izdarīt. Skatieties,
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if you do this -- " and he takes the laces out of their hand,
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ja izdarāt tā,” viņš paņem auklas no viņu rokām,
02:44
and instantly, he starts tying these knots,
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un nekavējoties sāk siet mezglus,
02:47
and even better than they were doing it, remarkably.
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un, apbrīnojamā kārtā, viņš sien pat labāk nekā viņi.
02:52
And it turns out they are medical students
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Kā izrādās, viņi ir medicīnas studenti
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on their way to a lecture about the latest
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ceļā uz lekciju par jaunākajām metodēm
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suturing techniques, and he's the guy giving the lecture.
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šuvju uzlikšanā, un viņš ir tas, kurš lasīs lekciju.
03:00
(Laughter)
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(Smiekli)
03:02
So he starts to tell them, and he's like,
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Tā nu viņš sāk viņiem stāstīt un saka:
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"No, this is very important here. You know,
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„Nē, tas ir ļoti svarīgi. Ziniet,
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when you're needing these knots,
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kad jums būs jāsien šie mezgli,
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it's going to be, you know, everything's
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viss notiks ātri
03:11
going to be happening at the same time, it's going to be --
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un viss notiks vienlaicīgi,
03:14
you're going to have all this information coming at you,
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jūs bombardēs visāda informācija,
03:18
there's going to be organs getting in the way,
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jums traucēs dažādi orgāni,
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it's going to be slippery,
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viss būs slidens,
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and
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un
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it's just very important that you be able to do these
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ir ļoti svarīgi, ka šo mezglu siešana
03:26
beyond second nature, each hand, left hand, right hand,
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jums būs dabīga lieta, ar katru roku, kreiso, labo
03:29
you have to be able to do them without seeing your fingers."
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jums jāspēj tie sasiet, neredzot savus pirkstus.”
03:32
And at that moment, when I heard that,
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Tajā brīdī, to dzirdot,
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I just got catapulted out of the subway car into a night
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es prātā pārcēlos no metro vagona uz nakti,
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when I had been getting a ride in an ambulance
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kad tiku vests ātrās palīdzības mašīnā
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from the sidewalk where I had been stabbed
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no ietves, kur tiku sadurts,
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to the trauma room of St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan,
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uz uzņemšanas nodaļu Sv. Vincenta slimnīcā Manhetenā.
03:53
and what had happened was
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Notika tas, ka
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a gang had come in from Brooklyn.
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Bruklinā bija ieradusies kāda banda.
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As part of an initiation for three of their members,
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Lai iesvētītu trīs jaunos bandas biedrus,
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they had to kill somebody,
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viņiem kāds bija jānogalina,
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and I happened to be the guy walking down Bleecker Street
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un tovakar sagadīšanās pēc es gāju
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that night,
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pa Blīkerstrītu.
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and they jumped on me without a word.
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viņi, nepasakot ne vārda, metās man virsū.
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One of the very lucky things,
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Man par laimi,
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when I was at Notre Dame, I was on the boxing team,
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esot Notradamā, es biju boksa komandā,
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so I put my hands up right away, instinctively.
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tāpēc es uzreiz instinktīvi pavilku augšā rokas.
04:22
The guy on the right had a knife with a 10-inch blade,
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Puisim pa labi bija nazis ar 10 collas garu asmeni,
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and he went in under my elbow,
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viņš to ietrieca zem mana elkoņa
04:29
and it went up and cut my inferior vena cava.
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un rāva to augšup, pārgriežot manu apakšējo dobo vēnu.
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If you know anything about anatomy,
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Ja kaut ko zināt par anatomiju,
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that's not a good thing to get cut,
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ja to pārgriež, tad nav labi,
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and everything, of course, on the way up,
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protams, pārgrieza arī visu ceļā līdz tai,
04:40
and then — I still had my hands up —
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un tad, man vēl joprojām bija paceltas rokas,
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he pulled it out and went for my neck,
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viņš to izvilka un tēmēja uz manu kaklu,
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and sunk it in up to the hilt in my neck,
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viņš to iedzina manā kaklā līdz naža spalam,
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and I got one straight right punch
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es spēju veikt vienu taisnu sitienu ar labo dūri
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and knocked the middle guy out.
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un apdullināt vidējo uzbrucēju.
04:53
The other guy was still working on me,
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Otrs puisis turpināja mani apstrādāt,
04:55
collapsing my other lung,
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pārdurot arī otru plaušu,
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and I managed to, by hitting that guy, to get a minute.
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iesitot tam puisim, es spēju iegūt kādu mirkli,
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I ran down the street and collapsed,
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es skrēju pa ielu un tad sabruku,
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and the ambulance guys intubated me on the sidewalk
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ātrās palīdzības darbinieki mani uz ietves intubēja
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and let the trauma room know
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un paziņoja uzņemšanai,
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they had an incoming.
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lai gaida viņus ierodamies.
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And one of the
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Viena no
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side effects of having major massive blood loss
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milzīga asins zuduma blakusparādībām
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is you get tunnel vision,
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ir tuneļveida redze,
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so I remember being on the stretcher
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tā nu es atceros, ka gulēju uz nestuvēm,
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and having a little nickel-sized cone of vision,
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man bija monētas izmēra redzes loks,
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and I was moving my head around
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es kustināju galvu uz visām pusēm,
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and we got to St. Vincent's,
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mēs ieradāmies Sv. Vincenta slimnīcā
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and we're racing down this hallway,
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un steidzāmies pa kādu gaiteni,
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and I see the lights going,
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es redzēju garām zibošās gaismas,
05:33
and it's a peculiar effect of memories like that.
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šādām atmiņām ir īpatnējs efekts.
05:40
They don't really go to the usual place that memories go.
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Tās nesaglabājas vietā, kur atmiņas parasti atrodas.
05:44
They kind of have this vault where they're stored in high-def,
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Tām ir tāda kā glabātuve, kur tās tiek saglabātas augstā izšķirtspējā
05:50
and George Lucas did all the sound effects. (Laughter)
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un Džordžs Lūkass apstrādā visus skaņas efektus. (Smiekli)
05:54
So sometimes, remembering them, it's like,
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Tādēļ dažreiz, tās atceroties, šķiet,
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it's not like any other kind of memories.
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ka tās nelīdzinās nevienai citai atmiņai.
06:02
And I get into the trauma room,
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Es nonāku uzņemšanā,
06:05
and they're waiting for me, and the lights are there,
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viņi jau mani gaida, tur ir gaismas,
06:08
and I'd been able to breathe a little more now,
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nu jau es varu nedaudz paelpot,
06:13
because the blood has left, had been filling up my lungs
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jo visas asinis, kas pildīja manas plaušas, ir aiztecējušas prom,
06:17
and I was having a very hard time breathing,
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man bija ļoti grūti paelpot,
06:19
but now it's kind of gone into the stretcher.
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bet nu šīs asinis ir palikušas uz nestuvēm.
06:22
And I said, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
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Es prasīju: „Vai es nevaru kā palīdzēt?”
06:25
and — (Laughter) —
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un (Smiekli)
06:27
the nurse kind of had a hysterical laugh, and
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māsiņa nedaudz histēriski iesmējās,
06:30
I'm turning my head trying to see everybody,
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es kustināju galvu, lai visus saredzētu,
06:32
and I had this weird memory of being in college
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man prātā atausa savāda atmiņa no koledžas laikiem,
06:36
and raising,
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kad es centos
06:39
raising money for the flood victims of Bangladesh,
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savākt naudu plūdu upuriem Bangladešā,
06:43
and then I look over and my anesthesiologist
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tad es paskatos, un anesteziologs
06:46
is clamping the mask on me, and I think,
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liek man uz sejas masku, un es nodomāju:
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"He looks Bangladeshi," — (Laughter) —
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„Viņš izskatās kā no Bangladešas.” (Smiekli)
06:49
and I just have those two facts, and I just think,
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Man prātā ir tikai šie divi fakti un es domāju:
06:53
"This could work somehow." (Laughter)
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"Tas varētu kaut kā izdoties." (Smiekli)
06:56
And then I go out, and
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Tad es atslēdzos,
06:59
they work on me for the rest of the night,
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viņi darbojās ar mani visu atlikušo nakti,
07:00
and I needed about 40 units of blood to keep me there
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lai mani paturētu pie dzīvības bija nepieciešamas 40 vienības asiņu,
07:05
while they did their work,
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kamēr viņi visu izdarīja,
07:09
and the surgeon took out about a third of my intestines,
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ķirurgs izņēma aptuveni trešdaļu manu zarnu,
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my cecum, organs I didn't know that I had,
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manu aklo zarnu, orgānus, kuri es nezināju, ka man ir,
07:16
and he later told me one of the last things he did
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viņš man vēlāk pateica, ka viena no pēdējām lietām, ko izdarīja
07:19
while he was in there was to remove my appendix for me,
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operējot, bija mana aklās zarnas piedēkļa izņemšana,
07:22
which I thought was great, you know,
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kas man šķita lieliski,
07:24
just a little tidy thing there at the end. (Laughter)
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tāda neliela lietu sakārtošana beigās. (Smiekli)
07:27
And I came to in the morning.
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Es atjēdzos nākamajā rītā
07:32
Out of anesthetic, he had let them know
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no anestēzijas, ķirurgs bija pieteicis,
07:33
that he wanted to be there, and he had given me
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ka vēlas būt klāt, viņš bija devis man
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about a two percent chance of living.
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apmēram 2% izdzīvošanas iespējamību.
07:40
So he was there when I woke up,
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Tādēļ viņš bija klāt, kad pamodos,
07:42
and it was, waking up was like
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pamošanās bijā kā
07:44
breaking through the ice into a frozen lake of pain.
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ielūšana ledū virs sasaluša sāpju ezera.
07:50
It was that enveloping,
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Tas bija tik nospiedoši,
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and there was only one spot that didn't hurt
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bija tikai viena vieta, kas nesāpēja
07:57
worse than anything I'd ever felt,
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stiprāk nekā jebkas, ko biju pieredzējis iepriekš,
07:58
and it was my instep,
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tas bija manas pēdas pacēlums,
08:00
and he was holding the arch of my foot
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viņš turēja manas pēdas velvi
08:03
and rubbing the instep with his thumb.
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un berzēja tās pacēlumu ar savu īkšķi.
08:07
And I looked up, and he's like,
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Es palūkojos augšup, un viņš teica:
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"Good to see you,"
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„Prieks tevi redzēt,”
08:11
and I was trying to remember what had happened
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es centos atcerēties, kas bija noticis,
08:15
and trying to get my head around everything,
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aptvert visu notikušo,
08:17
and the pain was just overwhelming, and he said,
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sāpes bija tik milzīgas, viņš teica:
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"You know, we didn't cut your hair. I thought
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„Zini, mēs nenogriezām tavus matus. Man šķita,
08:24
you might have gotten strength from your hair like Samson,
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ka, iespējams, tāpat kā Semsons smēlies spēkus no saviem matiem,
08:29
and you're going to need all the strength you can get."
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tev vajadzēs visu spēku, kas tev ir."
08:31
And in those days, my hair was down to my waist,
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Tolaik man mati bija līdz viduklim,
08:35
I drove a motorcycle, I was unmarried,
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es braucu ar motociklu, es biju neprecējies,
08:38
I owned a bar, so those were different times. (Laughter)
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man piederēja bārs, tā kā tie bija citi laiki. (Smiekli)
08:43
But
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Bet es biju pavadījis
08:46
I had three days of life support,
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trīs dienas pie dzīvību uzturošām ierīcēm,
08:49
and everybody was expecting,
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un visi gaidīja
08:52
due to just the massive amount of what they had had to do
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tīri vai milzīgā darba dēļ, ko bija nepieciešams veikt,
08:57
that I wasn't going to make it,
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ka es neizķepurošos,
08:59
so it was three days of
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tāpēc tajās trijās dienās
09:01
everybody was either waiting for me to die or poop,
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visi gaidīja, kad es vai nu nomiršu vai pakakāšu,
09:04
and — (Laughter) —
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un (Smiekli)
09:05
when I finally pooped, then that somehow,
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kad es beidzot pakakāju,
09:08
surgically speaking, that's like you crossed some good line,
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tā no ķirurgiskā viedokļa bija laba zīme,
09:12
and, um — (Laughter) —
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un (Smiekli)
09:13
on that day, the surgeon came in
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todien ienāca ķirurgs
09:16
and whipped the sheet off of me.
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un norāva no manis palagu.
09:19
He had three or four friends with him,
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Viņam līdzi bija trīs vai četri draugi,
09:21
and he does that, and they all look,
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viņš to izdarīja un viņi visi skatījās,
09:23
and there was no infection,
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ka tur nebija nekādas infekcijas,
09:25
and they bend over me and they're poking and prodding,
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viņi pārliecās man pāri, taustīja un bakstīja,
09:28
and they're like, "There's no hematomas, blah blah,
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viņi teica: „Nav nekādas hematomas, bla, bla,
09:30
look at the color," and they're talking amongst themselves
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paskatieties uz krāsu,” un viņi runāja savā starpā,
09:33
and I'm, like, this restored automobile
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es sajutos kā tāds restaurēts automobilis,
09:36
that he's just going, "Yeah, I did that." (Laughter)
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bet viņš tik turpināja: „Jā, to paveicu es.” (Smiekli)
09:39
And it was just,
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Tas bija tik
09:42
it was amazing, because these guys are high-fiving him
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apbrīnojami, jo šie puiši sita viņam pa plecu par to,
09:45
over how good I turned out, you know? (Laughter)
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cik labs es biju izdevies, saprotiet? (Smiekli)
09:47
And it's my zipper, and I've still got the staples in
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Tas ir mans rāvējslēdzējs, un man vēl joprojām ir iekšā
09:51
and everything.
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skavas un viss pārējais.
09:52
And
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Un
09:54
later on, when I got out
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vēlāk, kad es tiku laukā
09:57
and the flashbacks and the
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un atmiņu uzplaiksnījumi
10:02
nightmares were giving me a hard time,
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kopā ar murgiem mani mocīja,
10:07
I went back to him
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es aizgāju pie viņa
10:09
and I was sort of asking him,
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un tā kā jautāju viņam,
10:12
you know, what am I gonna do?
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ko man tagad darīt?
10:15
And I think, kind of, as a surgeon, he basically said,
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Šķiet, kā ķirurgs viņš principā man teica:
10:19
"Kid, I saved your life.
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„Puis, es izglābu tavu dzīvību.
10:21
Like, now you can do whatever you want, like,
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Tagad tu vari darīt, ko vien vēlies,
10:24
you gotta get on with that.
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tev ir jātiek tam pāri.
10:25
It's like I gave you a new car
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Es esmu tev iedevis jaunu mašīnu
10:27
and you're complaining about not finding parking.
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un nu tu sūdzies, ka nevari atrast tai stāvvietu.
10:29
Like, just, go out, and, you know, do your best.
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Vienkārši dodies pasaulē un centies cik spēka.
10:33
But you're alive. That's what it's about."
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Bet tu esi dzīvs. Tas ir galvenais.”
10:38
And then I hear, "Bing-bong," and the subway doors
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Tad es izdzirdēju „Ding-dong” skaņu un metro durvis
10:44
are closing, and my stop is next, and I look at these kids,
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vērās ciet, un nākamā ir mana pietura, es paskatos uz šiem jauniešiem
10:50
and I go, I think to myself,
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un pie sevis nodomāju:
10:52
"I'm going to lift my shirt up
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„Es pacelšu savu kreklu
10:53
and show them," — (Laughter) —
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un parādīšu viņiem" (Smiekli)
10:55
and then I think, "No, this is the New York City subway,
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un tad es nodomāju: „Nē, šis ir Ņujorkas metro,
10:57
that's going to lead to other things." (Laughter)
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tas var novest pie citām lietām.” (Smiekli)
11:01
And so I just think, they got their lecture to go to.
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Tāpēc es vien nodomāju, ka viņiem jādodas uz savu lekciju.
11:05
I step off, I'm standing on the platform,
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Es izkāpu no metro un stāvēju uz perona,
11:09
and I feel my index finger
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un ar savu rādītājpirkstu
11:12
in
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sataustīju
11:14
the first scar that I ever got,
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savu pirmo iegūto rētu,
11:17
from my umbilical cord,
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no nabas saites,
11:21
and then around that, is traced
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un tad apkārt tai vijās
11:24
the last scar that I got
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mana pēdējā iegūtā rēta
11:26
from my surgeon,
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no mana ķirurga,
11:29
and I think that, that chance encounter
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es domāju, ka šā nejaušā sastapšanās
11:34
with those kids on the street with their knives
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ar tiem jauniešiem uz ielas ar viņu nažiem
11:38
led me
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saveda mani
11:40
to my surgical team,
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kopā ar manu ķirurgu komandu,
11:43
and their training
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un tieši viņu apmācība,
11:48
and their skill
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viņu spējas,
11:50
and, always, a little bit of luck
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un kā vienmēr kripata veiksmes
11:53
pushed back against chaos.
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bija tas, kas stāvēja pretī haosam.
11:56
Thank you. (Applause)
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Paldies (Aplausi)
12:00
(Applause)
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(Aplausi)
12:09
Thank you. Very lucky to be here. Thank you. (Applause)
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Paldies. Man ir ļoti paveicies, ka varu šeit atrasties. Paldies. (Aplausi)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ed Gavagan - Designer, StorytellerEd Gavagan was walking down the street in downtown Manhattan when he was the victim of a gang assignment to kill a random stranger. He lives to tell the amazing story.
Why you should listen
Ed Gavagan is the owner of PraxisNYC, a design firm specializing in boutique residences and aimed at designing for sustainability, habitability, durability and beauty. In 2007 Gavagan told the story “Drowning on Sullivan Street” at the Moth, the series devoted to stories told live without notes, about his near-death experience on the streets of New York as the victim of a gang initiation rite. His stories have been heard on NPR and the Moth podcast, and he has appeared onstage with the Moth in events across the U.S. Gavagan lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.
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