Finding Joy

Pinned under a 240kg motorcycle, two good Samaritans saved me

As an avid motorcyclist, I always thought I’d “ride as if everyone is trying to kill you”. An incident changed all that.

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The writer riding at Dongao Bay, Taiwan.

The writer on a riding trip at Dongao Bay, Taiwan.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF DERRYN WONG

Derryn Wong

I certainly had not seen it coming.  

Moments ago, I was raring to go, at the controls of a top-of-the-line Ducati Diavel. Now, I was stuck in the middle of the road with a 240kg motorcycle on my left foot. 

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