Travis Barker Before And After
Travis Landon Barker, 45, is a musician who is the drummer for the rock band Blink-182. He has performed as a frequent collaborator with hip hop artists. He is a member of the rap-rock group Transplants, founded by the rock bands +44 and Box Car Racer, and he joined Antemasque and Goldfinger.
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Recently, Travis got engaged with Kourtney Kardashian. Kourtney Kardashian, 42, is a model, American media personality, and socialite. In 2007, she and her family started to star in the reality TV series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The Kardashians became very popular then. Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian were dating for about 9 months, and their engagement news went viral soon.
Travis Barker Plane Crash
Travis suffered a severe accident that gave him burns and PTSD. He also had to undergo several surgeries. In 2008, when Barker was in the Learjet 60 plane, it crashed in South Carolina.
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The plane's captain Sarah Lemmon and 1st officer James Bland died in that crash. Travis' security guard Charles Monroe Still, Jr. and Travis' assistant Chris Baker also died. Only Travis and DJ Adam Goldstein survived the plane crash with severe injuries. Barker faced third-degree burns on sixty-five per cent of his body and had to undergo 26 surgeries and multiple skin grafts.
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Travis stayed in the hospital for 11 weeks. Since then, Barker has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He has not flown in an aeroplane. Then a year later, from the crash, DJ Adam Goldstein died from a drug overdose.
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Travis Barker Before and After Plane Crash
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After the plane crash, Travis started to live a healthier life. He said in an interview that the plane crash incident actually motivated him to quit abusing prescription drugs. He used to smoke weed before the crash, but he was not a drinker. He used to take painkillers which helped his way of coping with his fear of flying in the planes after the crash. This habit depleted his body, and he developed osteoporosis. He used to go to the hospital frequently for surgeries. Also, he will get conscious because his opioid tolerance is high. He mentioned that once he flushed down all the medications down the toilet. Travis actually called the plane crash his "rehab". He wouldn't have quit if the plane crash did not happen. And now, Travis and Kourtney got engaged, and the couple was happily leading their life.
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Travis Barker About the Plane Crash
Travis said that any near-death experience was going to shake shit up. He added he had a lot of people that were really important to him in his life taken away, and beyond that, he looked death in the face, and he survived. He also said he knows every day since that crash has been a blessing. He just had to convince himself that he walked away still alive for a reason, and he should make the most of every day.
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Travis added that until you almost die until you look death in the face, you can’t honestly say that you cherish every day like it’s your last. He thinks people that have cheated death just do it in a different way.
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