'Eyes are weeping' James Cracknell on 'horrific' point he was GASSED on SAS Who Dares Wins

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He said: “You feel like you're burning!“You go into it thinking it’ll be fine, you’ll have plenty of time to do what you need to do.“And then as you start to burn, and then this is where coming out of it you realise how special these guys are, they can make snap decisions in the harshest of environments.“I was just so confused, you’re given instructions on what to do but as soon as you get in there and take the mask off, the gas is totally disorientating and then instinct kind of kicks in.”The double gold Olympic medallist explained that, during the intense moments, he failed to listen to the instructions.He added: “So for me, years of flying on planes, you kind of remember how they always tell you to put your own mask on before helping.