Aug 13, 2026 · 29 min · 13 segments
Some moments stay with you long after the conversation ends. In this special episode of *The Shadow Sessions*, Hiba Balfaqih revisits some of the most powerful and unforgettable moments from the…
The impact caused me to bilaterally fracture my nose bone, uh, fracture my eye sockets, left socket here, right eye socket, my left index finger, my internal, so large, uh, intestine, colon.
I lacerated the left-hand flank of my liver as well in the jump in the, in the secondary impact with the impact.
Uh, so I had a combination of, um, I think two ribs as well were fractured and a collarbone, and my finger and my face, like I said.
So a combination of multiple fractures, internal injuries.
Mm-hmm.
But the worst of it was, for the record, I was 63% third and fourth degree burns.
A lot of people don't know what fourth degree burns are.
I can tell you, it's down to the bone.
So you end up with exposed bone, and both my tibia bone on the shin in the immediate aftermath of what happened, having hit the ground, were, were now exposed because they'd probably taken about 45 second of flame from that moment in the, in the, in the burning cockpit.
So I was third and fourth degree burns over 63% total body surface area.
The impact caused me to bilaterally fracture my nose bone, uh, fracture my eye sockets, left socket here, right eye socket, my left index finger, my internal, so large, uh, intestine, colon.
I lacerated the left-hand flank of my liver as well in the jump in the, in the secondary impact with the impact.
Uh, so I had a combination of, um, I think two ribs as well were fractured and a collarbone, and my finger and my face, like I said.
So a combination of multiple fractures, internal injuries.
Mm-hmm.
But the worst of it was, for the record, I was 63% third and fourth degree burns.
A lot of people don't know what fourth degree burns are.
I can tell you, it's down to the bone.
So you end up with exposed bone, and both my tibia bone on the shin in the immediate aftermath of what happened, having hit the ground, were, were now exposed because they'd probably taken about 45 second of flame from that moment in the, in the, in the burning cockpit.
So I was third and fourth degree burns over 63% total body surface area.
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