Jul 31, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min · 9 segments
At just 10 years old, Chris Carrier was kidnapped on his walk home from school, stabbed repeatedly, shot, and abandoned in the Florida Everglades. His attacker believed he had left Chris there to…
Chris CarrierGuestNatalieHost
What I thought was maybe a one-hour nap after a really strange and bizarre afternoon had actually been six days, because what I didn't know was that that gentleman took a small caliber pistol from his pocket, pointed it right at the temple of my head, and pulled the trigger.
He drove away and left me to effectively disappear in the northern section of the Florida Everglades.
How
At just 10 years old, Chris Carrier was kidnapped on his way home from school, stabbed, shot in the head, and left to die in the Florida Everglades.
Six days later, he was found alive.
But his survival is only the beginning of this story.
More than two decades later, Chris came face to face with the man who tried to kill him.
And what happened next is one of the most powerful stories of forgiveness I have ever heard.
Let's jump into my conversation with Chris Carrier.
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What I thought was maybe a one-hour nap after a really strange and bizarre afternoon had actually been six days, because what I didn't know was that that gentleman took a small caliber pistol from his pocket, pointed it right at the temple of my head, and pulled the trigger.
He drove away and left me to effectively disappear in the northern section of the Florida Everglades.
How
At just 10 years old, Chris Carrier was kidnapped on his way home from school, stabbed, shot in the head, and left to die in the Florida Everglades.
Six days later, he was found alive.
But his survival is only the beginning of this story.
More than two decades later, Chris came face to face with the man who tried to kill him.
And what happened next is one of the most powerful stories of forgiveness I have ever heard.
Let's jump into my conversation with Chris Carrier.
