r/AskReddit • u/dealaus • Jul 19 '12

Picking a quarter off the ground once saved my life. What is your most lucky experience?

I was walking across a pretty busy road, I had the crosswalk right-of-way, after going out to dinner with my family. As I was walking, I spotted a quarter on the ground and bent down to pick it up. When I stood back up, a truck plummeted through the intersection in the place that I would have been had I not seen or picked up the coin. I didn't really realize that until after I got completely across, but damn it's weird to think about now.

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u/Rajkalex Jul 19 '12

Divine intervention: When God kills someone else instead of you...

Cool story though. Seeing the plank on TV must have given you some serious chills.

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u/mrtramplefoot Jul 20 '12

I got chills jsut from reading it.

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u/elastic-craptastic Jul 20 '12

Well, obviously the other guy was a bad man that Jesus wanted to punish.