What do you say to yourself when you think you are dying?

Derrick McManus, former STAR Group officer and founder of Human Durability, speaking with podcast host Aleksandra King on The BEYOND Podcast. Derrick McManus says he could either die within moments or sustain optimal performance, and at that point he fought his hardest, telling himself out loud to keep fighting.

Derrick McManus's vision closed down while the gunman was still shooting, with not enough oxygen reaching his brain, the moment he treats as the crux of his survival. Two outcomes were open to him, and death could come within moments.

Within 30 seconds to two minutes, two rifle shots came from outside the house, which he read as his mates on their way back. A surge of adrenaline followed and his vision came back, though he was passing in and out of consciousness.