{"id":43926,"date":"2021-08-28T21:50:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T16:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/orlando-bloom-recalls-narrowly-escaping-death-during-1998-fall\/"},"modified":"2021-08-28T21:51:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T16:21:02","slug":"orlando-bloom-recalls-narrowly-escaping-death-during-1998-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/orlando-bloom-recalls-narrowly-escaping-death-during-1998-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Bloom recalls ‘narrowly escaping death’ during 1998 fall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Orlando Bloom took some time to reflect on a life-threatening fall the star suffered back in 1998, sharing details of the accident on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s me in my back brace circa 1998 about 3months after I fell 3floors and crushed my spine, narrowly escaping death and paralysis,\u201d wrote the 44-year-old actor on Instagram, <\/a>captioning a flick of himself riding a bike while wearing the brace and smiling, despite his injuries. <\/p>\n

\u201cgrateful everyday for my limbs that allow me to push my limits and live life on my edge (safer now\ud83d\ude4f),\u201d he added, sharing a second photo of himself today, riding with a friend. <\/p>\n

Bloom\u2019s fianc\u00e9e, Katy Perry, commented on the post, writing, \u201cI love you.\u201d Miranda Kerr,\u00a0the actor\u2019s ex-wife, also wrote, \u201cSo proud of you \u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cPirates of the Caribbean\u201d actor previously discussed the fall with GQ,<\/a> telling the publication in 2005 that the incident happened while climbing a rooftop terrace with friends. When a drainpipe he scaled collapsed, the star fell three stories.<\/p>\n

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\u201cUntil then, I didn\u2019t have a healthy appreciation for life and death \u2014 that we\u2019re not invincible,\u201d Bloom told the magazine. \u201cAnd for four days, I faced the idea of living in a wheelchair for the rest of my life. I went to some dark places in my mind. I realized, I\u2019m either going to walk again or I\u2019m not.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that accident has informed everything in my life,\u201d he continued. \u201cUntil you\u2019re close to losing it, you don\u2019t realize. I used to ride motorbikes and drive cars like everything was a racetrack; it was ridiculous. It wasn\u2019t because I thought it was cool; it was just because I loved living on the edge. But I\u2019ve chilled.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n