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A good night sleep in the dark helps anyone sleep good, calm, and peaceful, but sometimes sleeping in the dark is not people's idea, because some people don't like it when it's pitch black. – Naad-Dre Amos	added by naaddre_a 1 year ago
Due to the force of the blast I suffered a concussion and I remember yelling for a medic but nobody was around me. It was pitch black, I couldnt see my hand in front of my face, my leg was throbbing in pain, I could barely breathe due to the massive amount of debris in the air. After a few minutes, two soldiers came in and got me, but those [four to five]minutes felt like hours. So coming back stateside, I have been told by family members that I was a lot more distant and that I had changed some. – Colin Wayne	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It was pretty scary. The night before the fire hit, no one got any sleep at all, it was pitch black during the day. – James Corrigan	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If you had seen what we had to go through with the darkened plane, with all windows closed, with no lights on whatsoever anywhere. Pitch black. I have never seen anything like it. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It was pitch black and before I knew it, I was in midair falling off a cliff. I was honestly thinking I wouldn’t survive, i hit my head a few times and landed with a big bump. I was screaming in pain. It was the most painful thing ever. I felt like a total vegetable. I felt completely vulnerable. I couldn’t move anything. – Hannah Gavios	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
If I want to buy a new house then I can go around and I can check to see whether there is damp patches around or whether the current owners have painted over and tried to hide any issues with leaks or damp patches, so that's another great example, also silly things like I'm going into the bakers and getting the freshest bread, you can point the phone up and identify where the freshest bread is. Or I let my dog out in the evening and it's pitch black, so now I can find my dog without having to chase around and rummage in bushes. – Pete Cunningham	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Things are always darkest just before they go pitch black. – Kelly Robinson	added by anonymous 13 years ago

A good night sleep in the dark helps anyone sleep good, calm, and peaceful, but sometimes sleeping in the dark is not people's idea, because some people don't like it when it's pitch black.

– Naad-Dre Amos

added by naaddre_a
1 year ago

Due to the force of the blast I suffered a concussion and I remember yelling for a medic but nobody was around me. It was pitch black, I couldnt see my hand in front of my face, my leg was throbbing in pain, I could barely breathe due to the massive amount of debris in the air. After a few minutes, two soldiers came in and got me, but those [four to five]minutes felt like hours. So coming back stateside, I have been told by family members that I was a lot more distant and that I had changed some.

– Colin Wayne

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

It was pretty scary. The night before the fire hit, no one got any sleep at all, it was pitch black during the day.

– James Corrigan

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If you had seen what we had to go through with the darkened plane, with all windows closed, with no lights on whatsoever anywhere. Pitch black. I have never seen anything like it.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It was pitch black and before I knew it, I was in midair falling off a cliff. I was honestly thinking I wouldn’t survive, i hit my head a few times and landed with a big bump. I was screaming in pain. It was the most painful thing ever. I felt like a total vegetable. I felt completely vulnerable. I couldn’t move anything.

– Hannah Gavios

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

If I want to buy a new house then I can go around and I can check to see whether there is damp patches around or whether the current owners have painted over and tried to hide any issues with leaks or damp patches, so that's another great example, also silly things like I'm going into the bakers and getting the freshest bread, you can point the phone up and identify where the freshest bread is. Or I let my dog out in the evening and it's pitch black, so now I can find my dog without having to chase around and rummage in bushes.

– Pete Cunningham

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Things are always darkest just before they go pitch black.

– Kelly Robinson

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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