The Dare
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Since the incident, Ballard’s friend Jimmy Galvin has opened up about the dare that left the then-19-year-old paralyzed and clinging to life. “We were sitting, having a bit of a red wine appreciation night, trying to act as grown-ups and a slug came crawling across,” he said. “The conversation came up: ‘Should I eat it?’ Off Sam went. Bang. That’s how it happened.”