BONUS: "Bodybuilding brought me back to life."

About this episode

Kaelin Patterson shares his life-changing experience after being struck by a drunk driver and how bodybuilding helped him recover.

"This one time in Kankakee... bodybuilding brought me back to life." In this gripping bonus episode of This One Time in Kankakee, Kaelin Patterson shares the most harrowing chapter of his life. On August 28, 2008, at the intersection of Theodore and Larkin in Joliet, Kaelin was struck and run over by a drunk driver. For five minutes, his heart stopped. He was clinically dead. What followed was a "resurrection" that defied every medical prognosis. From waking up as a "John Doe" with no memory ...

People in this episode

Guest: Kaelin Patterson

Topics covered

• bodybuilding
• resilience
• accident recovery
• personal transformation
• overcoming adversity

Keywords

• bodybuilding
• recovery
• drunk driver
• personal story
• life transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Kankakee, Joliet

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