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During Hemingway's last safari in East Africa, he had survived, not one, but two plane crashes. News of the first crash, deep in the jungles of Uganda, set off reports of his death back home. This spawned many obituaries, which Hemingway later read daily over his morning coffee with amusement. Following the crash, he, his wife, and the pilot were forced to camp out overnight in the middle of what was known as the elephant country, which was a whole story in itself. The second crash, following just several days after the first, was much more severe, and Hemingway was injured really badly in multiple areas. The pilot, this time, had been forced to perform an emergency dive to avoid a bird strike, and the plane ground-looped, eventually crashing. The plane burst into flames upon impact, forcing Ernest to shoulder the door open and try to help his wife and the pilot to safety. When he had gotten out, there was a long list of injuries he had suffered, including first degree burns, internal bleeding, ruptured kidneys, ruptured spleen, ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, and a fractured skull. After this huge ordeal, Hemingway still managed to put on a smile for the reporters at his evacuation point. He had to said to one reporter, "My luck, she's running very good".
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