On Fire: The Jamie Hull Story p1

About this episode

The episode tells the harrowing survival story of Jamie Hull, who faced a life-threatening plane crash and the long journey of recovery that followed.

On the 19th of August 2007, British Army reservist and SAS trooper Jamie Hull was days away from completing his private pilot's licence when his aircraft engine caught fire during a solo training flight over Florida, he had 45 seconds to decide how to save his life. With the cockpit engulfed in flames and the plane descending rapidly, Jamie did something that should have been impossible. He climbed out of the burning cockpit, stood on the wing of a plummeting aircraft, and jumped. The plane exploded sixty feet behind him. What followed was six months in intensive care, six months in a coma, third degree burns to 60% of his body, over 60 operations, and a 5% chance of survival. And then the longer, quieter battle rebuilding a life, a body and an identity from the wreckage. This is not just a story about surviving a plane crash. It is a story about what happens in the years that follow when the world moves on and the hardest fight is still ahead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jack Laurence

Guest: Jamie Hull

Topics covered

• survival
• plane crash
• personal struggle
• recovery
• identity
• military

Keywords

• plane crash
• survival story
• burns
• intensive care
• military
• identity
• recovery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Army, SAS

Places: Florida

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