Richard Hammond explains what he experienced during his coma | 310mph Crash

He became a meme for his intense crashes. He became a legend for surviving all of them.

Richard Hammond was the last person I was expecting to make me cry today. What a fantastic story. I’m so glad you turned back from the tree!

This is quite moving. How he manages to pull off telling this story without breaking out in tears is impressive…

I think we can all agree Hammond is one of the luckiest men in the world. Not just because he survived, but because he found someone who loved him so much that they wanted to be by his side until the very end.

I yelled to my grandmother when she was in a coma. I knew the last sense to leave someone is thier hearing. I held her hand, then yelled to her to squeeze my hand if she could hear me.. she squeezed gently. I told her we loved her and that we would see her again.. she squeezed again. That was 30 years ago but feels like last week. I miss that kind old woman. 😊

Hammond really had a protagonist moment. It was like he had he choice to remain in his happy place forever, or return to Mindy and his other loved ones. She really called him back from the dead with their bond.

"I know it's where I'll go" is such a comforting message. The idea that people who may be dying or in an induced coma like Hammond was can have solace and comfort in their last moments, enjoying a place they love and remember happily. It makes the idea of someone's most painful physical point much easier, because it could be leading to such mental peace for them. Idk, this just makes me emotional.

I came across this video the day after my sister succumbed to emphysema. She had been sedated and on a ventilator for several days with no improvement, so yesterday she was taken off the ventilator and allowed to pass peacefully. She loved the outdoors and hiking, and hearing Richard speak of his experience while he was unconscious gives me hope that her last days were spent in her mind somewhere beautiful. Thank you Richard Hammond for this, and for all of the hours of entertainment you’ve given us over the years. RIP Jen.

Crazy to think about what really goes through in the minds of coma patients. Glad that Hammond survived his and was able to give his story of what happened.

Before my nan passed away, she told my dad, "I feel like I'm out at sea, and I cant get back to shore". This was a brilliant woman, who had started lose her marbles one could say in the later years of her life, and for her to say something so poignant out of the blue, really made an impact on all of us. She fought to stay alive for a few more days, but passed away peaceful. I like to think she just accepted being out at sea and found some kind of happiness being out there. Much love Richard, it wasn't your time.

this made me cry. as a brain injury survivor that was in a coma i had a very similar experience of a very vivid dream of being in my most favorite place. and the overwhelming feeling of being in trouble and not knowing why. i remember being in an old growth forest on vancouver island. and walking to a bridge. and the feeling of being in BIG TROUBLE if i crossed that bridge was intense. my ex wife was by my side through the whole thing. and its hard to explain.. but i just knew.

Sounds like he's made his peace with dying. He went up to the brink, looked over, and saw it wasn't anything to be afraid of. As a veteran who's had his share of near-death experiences, I can relate. i don't fear death, I just see it as the next step.

He's so lucky to have survived two life threatening car crashes in the Vampire and the Rimac. Cannot imagine what it was like for Mindy and his girls

He’s still with us after all these years of brutal crashes. This man will never die.

This is genuinely one of the most beautiful pieces of broadcasting I have ever seen. If you read this, Richard, you're becoming one of the most engaging, authentic and emotionally honest people on telly, internet, whatever. I think this kind of 'content' - being you, telling stories, bringing the viewer on a journey to live through your eyes and feel what was in your heart - is the best 'content' you have ever produced. I really, really hope you do more of it.

I've never seen this clip before but it hit me hard at the thought of what his wife was going through when she was screaming at him, the pure pain of the thought of losing him must have been harrowing, such a lucky man for surviving and having such a loving wife to call him home.

I still can't believe we almost lost this legend, probably one of the men who most shaped my childhood along with clarkson and may.

My wife passed two weeks ago. We played her playlist of her favorite songs while we sat with her. This is the best thing I've seen on social media in a very long time. Thank you Mr. Hammond.

Thank you, Richard Hammond for sharing this with the rest of us. We may not, all of us, go through the crash you went through and live to tell the tale, but we all know we will walk past that tree at some point. Thank you.

As an ICU nurse this brief story moved me tremendously. Im glad you were able to recover from that crash.