Manhood Proven in Near-Death Experience
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MOBRIDGE, SD Nick Edwards was always known as the tough guy—the kind who always lived on the edge. His friends envied him. Young boys admired him and wanted to grow up to be just like him.

If you would have asked anyone else, Edwards had absolutely nothing to prove. But then he found himself driving in traffic with three of his tough-guy friends as passengers. Then he had no choice. To prove his manhood, he was forced to drive like a bat out of hell.

Amid the whoops and cheers of his passengers, Edwards swerved in and out of traffic. He sped around other cars. And in his attempts to conquer the road in his very own little imaginary road race, he even cut a few of them off. He yelled and screamed and swore at anyone who got in his way.

And his friends were impressed by his overabundance of testosterone.

The situation became serious when Edwards found himself in somewhat of a jam. He was cruising along a four-lane road, driving straight through town. In front of him, in the right lane, was a semi truck—so he moved to the left lane. There, he found himself behind a Ford Escort that just happened to be traveling at about the same speed as the semi. He was trapped.

It was then that he had to make a decision. He could back down and lose his standing as the toughest guy in a 300-mile radius, or he could do something crazy—something stupid, actually. He could risk his life and the lives of his friends and raise himself to the status of a minor deity.

There really was no choice.

So he decided to pass the Escort. Of course, there was a car coming straight at them, and he had to drive in the far left lane. It took a Frogger-esque maneuver, but it worked, though his friends were unable to breathe for ten minutes.

And although they almost died—and they were scared out of their minds—they idolized him even more when it was over. Edwards remains, without question, the toughest, manliest guy in town.

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