The Preamble

The Preamble

Chain of Strangers

My husband was going to die. Until a stranger who heard a podcast saved his life.

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Sharon McMahon
Nov 06, 2025
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For some of us, our lives have a distinct before and after. A singular event so momentous that everything changes –– who we were when the sun crested the horizon is not the same person whose head hits the pillow that night.

In my family, that day was at the end of 2018, when my husband went to a yearly physical and got a panicked phone call a few hours l…

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