Sundance Head thought he “wasn’t going to make it” after he was by chance shot by his personal gun whereas heading out by himself on a looking journey on his Texas ranch.
“On that helicopter flight, man, I used to be in a unique spot, man,” the nation star, 46, instructed Fox Information Digital of his flight to the hospital after he was shot.
Head stated that at one level on the flight he forgot he was on a helicopter and hallucinated that he was surrounded by his kids.
“They had been holding palms, smiling at me,” he stated. “I do keep in mind that the girl on the helicopter that was caring for me, her title was Amy. And she or he saved my life, man. However I used to be simply praying to God on that helicopter flight. I just about thought I used to be going to die, man. It was actually scary.”
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Sundance Head thought he “wasn’t going to make it” after he was by chance shot by his personal gun whereas heading out by himself on a looking journey on his Texas ranch. (Monica Schipper/WireImage)
He continued, “And the weirdest factor about this complete occasion was once I realized on the helicopter flight that I wasn’t going to make it – I had thought, truthfully, that that was the tip of my journey on Earth – I got here to such a profound peace, and I simply lay there and I simply appeared up, and I simply prayed to the Lord to save lots of me.”
He stated he requested God to “give my household prosperity on Earth. I requested that he would look over my children in order that they might develop and simply thought, ‘Man, I’ll by no means see my household once more.’”
Head additionally stated he thought of how “pointless” it was that he was going to die from such a “bizarre freak” accident.
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He defined to Fox Information Digital {that a} revolver that he’s carried with him for years for cover had by chance discharged after he positioned it on the passenger seat of his Jeep to go looking.
The revolver was in a holster that didn’t have a strap over the hammer.
“So, there’s nothing to maintain the pistol within the scabbard [holster],” he defined. “And I suppose I wasn’t paying consideration once I put it in there, and it slid out of the scabbard. It hit the facet of the passenger step on the Jeep and shot me within the abdomen. And it occurred in actually the blink of an eye fixed.”
Head stated at first he didn’t notice he’d been shot.
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Sundance Head together with his spouse, Misty. (TOMMASO BODDI/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
“After which I reached right down to really feel my abdomen and blood got here out and between the entire corners of my fingers,” he stated. “I reached my hand in my pocket to name 911 with my phone. And it wasn’t in my pocket and my pockets had been filled with blood. And instantly I began to panic.”
Nonetheless in shock, he stated he tried to duct-tape his wound and ran out to the freeway to flag down assist.
“And no less than a dozen or extra automobiles made eye contact with me and handed me by on the freeway,” he lamented. “And I used to be fairly certain I used to be going to die, man. I used to be bleeding out. I had blood in my footwear, and I did not know what to do, man.”
Lastly, somebody stopped, and an ambulance got here to take him to the sheriff’s workplace, however he took a helicopter to a hospital.
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He stated that not solely has he by no means had an issue with the revolver after carrying it for years, he’s additionally by no means had to make use of it.
“The one cause I carry it’s as a result of we stock a lot gear and I’ve money with me. And it is an absolute worst-case state of affairs that I ever would even want this gun. However I simply have a behavior of carrying it with me. So, it was with me in my Jeep once I went looking, and simply a kind of issues, man. I might do it 999,000 instances, and it will not occur. It was that one time that actually modified my life, and I actually thought I used to be going to die, man. And it modified my perspective.”
He stated he’s two years sober and “I’ve discovered a spot in my life the place I am pleased with who I’m as an individual and I really feel healed and properly in my spirit. And so I simply thought, ‘Man, what a time to go, man.’”
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Sundance Head performs the nationwide anthem in 2016. (Bob Levey/Getty Pictures)
When the bullet entered his physique, it missed all of his important organs and lodged itself between his lung and coronary heart, so, he defined, the docs made the choice to not do surgical procedure and go away the bullet inside.
He stated he’s solely simply began to get off the bed and transfer round after returning house from the hospital.
“It’s not even the place I bought shot in my abdomen that hurts,” he defined. “It’s every little thing else. “My physique is extraordinarily sore. I’m swollen all over the place.”
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He stated he additionally desires to search out the Good Samaritans who helped him.
“My first order of enterprise is to return to city and discover these individuals, man. Love to simply give them a hug and inform them, ‘Thanks, man,’ as a result of they saved my life. Undoubtedly, I’d have bled out proper there on [Highway] 84 on my own.”
He stated his first thought after calling 911 was that he wanted to speak to his spouse “as a result of I actually thought I used to be going to die.”
In his confusion, he stated he stored giving the Good Samaritans his personal quantity to name as a substitute of his spouse’s, however they lastly bought a maintain of her.
“And I instructed her, ‘Hey, hear, I have been shot. I like you. They’re taking me to the trauma heart. I simply need you to know that I like you, and also you imply every little thing to me.’ And that was all I might say, man.”
“And I instructed her, ‘Hey, hear, I have been shot. I like you. They’re taking me to the trauma heart. I simply need you to know that I like you, and also you imply every little thing to me.’ And that was all I might say, man,” he stated.
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“And on that helicopter, man, I laid there, spoke to Jesus. I assumed, ‘That is it, man. How bizarre that it’ll finish like this.’ And I simply thought of my kids, and particularly my little 10-year-old son, man.”
Head gained season 16 of “The Voice” in 2011 as a member of Blake Shelton’s staff.
The singer-songwriter and his spouse, Misty Head, share two sons collectively: Levi, 18, and Brazos, 10, who had deliberate to affix him on the looking journey earlier than the accident.
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They’ve been married for 18 years.
