No topic seems to be off limits when it comes to Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker's memoir Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums. Barker opened up about the horrific plane crash that he experienced back in 2008 in the new book.
Barker wrote that he can remember kicking in the emergency exit door and having to exit out of the jet's wing. He went into extreme detail about the tragic event that left four others dead. Us Weekly obtained an excerpt from the book.
"I panicked. I pulled the handle on the emergency exit and kicked the door open," Barker wrote. "I jumped out — right into the jet wing, which was filled with fuel. My whole body got covered with fuel and caught fire, from my legs all the way to my back. I started running. As I ran, I took off my shirt, I took off my hat, I took off my shorts — but I couldn’t get the fire off me. I was naked, moving as fast as I could, holding my genitals — everything else was on fire — and I kept running, hoping that would put out the flames."
"At that moment, I felt like I was running for my family," he continued. "I didn't care about anything except being with my kids, my father, my sister, Shanna...I didn't think I was going to survive."
After the accident, Barker had burns over 65 percent of his body and had to undergo 27 different surgeries, reports The New York Daily News.
Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums, Drums, Drums will be released on Tuesday.