Guest
Derrick McManus
Former South Australian Police STAR Group officer and siege survivor, shot 14 times in 1994; founder of Human Durability.
Former STAR Group Police Officer / Founder, Human Durability
Derrick McManus is a former South Australian Police STAR Group officer and siege survivor. During a high-risk police operation in 1994 he was shot 14 times, an experience that changed his life forever. He is the founder of Human Durability, where he teaches sustained optimal performance.
In conversation with host and producer Aleksandra King, Derrick retraces the siege that changed everything: the moment the call came in, the reality of facing death in the line of duty, and the long road that followed. The discussion ranges across survival, trauma, resilience and leadership under pressure, and lands on the mindset required to rebuild after unimaginable adversity, on courage, perspective and what it truly means to keep going when everything changes in an instant.
It is a powerful conversation about courage, perspective and what it takes to keep going when an ordinary day becomes a fight for survival.
Credentials
- Former South Australian Police STAR Group officer
- Survived being shot 14 times in a 1994 high-risk siege
- Founder of Human Durability, teaching sustained optimal performance
Their episode
Derrick McManus: Shot 14 Times, on The BEYOND Podcast with Aleksandra King.