NEW YORK — Richard Hanbury and a schoolmate were traversing Yemen in a Jeep when a car pulled out from behind a petrol truck and sped toward them on a narrow bridge. The truck blocked Hanbury’s ability to swerve laterally out of harm’s way. He faced a split-second decision: either veer off the bridge or collide head-on with the car.
“I figured we were dead either way,” Hanbury recalled. “Then in that split second I had an image of my dad wandering around the country looking for my remains to find. I was like, if we go off the bridge, we’re dead anyway, but at least if we go off the bridge, he’ll have something to find.