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A middle section survivor of Oceanic Flight, Jack Shephard is a spinal surgeon who quickly became a de facto leader on the Island.

His medical training and problem solving abilities have proved useful, but his control issues have been less so. Though he can function well in a crisis, Jack can have trouble dealing with situations out of his control.

Issues from his past continue to haunt him, and as 'a man of science', Jack has had difficultly letting things go and relying on faith. With a father like his, letting go isn't particularly an option, and though a lot of the survivors seem to see arriving on the Island as a fresh start, for Jack, many things are just beginning.



"Well, fear's sort of an odd thing. When I was in residency my first solo procedure was a spinal surgery on a 16 year old kid, a girl. And at the end, after 13 hours, I was closing her up and I, I accidentally ripped her dural sac, shredded the base of the spine where all the nerves come together, membrane as thin as tissue. And so it ripped open and the nerves just spilled out of her like angel hair pasta, spinal fluid flowing out of her and I: and the terror was just so crazy. So real. And I knew I had to deal with it. So I just made a choice. I'd let the fear in, let it take over, let it do its thing, but only for 5 seconds, that's all I was going to give it. So I started to count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Then it was gone. I went back to work, sewed her up and she was fine."



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