R.I.P. Sarah Danser: ‘Naked And Afraid’ Survivalist Dead At 34

Sarah Danser, a survivalist champion known for competing successful nan Naked and Afraid franchise, passed distant aft a tragic mishap successful Kahala, Hawaii. She was 34.

Local TV position KSLA reports Danser was hospitalized successful captious information Sunday (Oct. 20) aft her friend mislaid power of nan car they were driving in, crashing into a parked car and injuring a personification sitting inside. Danser’s friend and nan rider successful nan parked car were besides hospitalized successful superior condition.

Danser later passed distant from her injuries Tuesday (Oct. 23) aft her begetter and relative arrived astatine nan hospital.

“Magical is nan measurement to picture her,” her brother, Jake Danser, told nan outlet. “Sarah had this affirmative power astir her that conscionable really filled nan situation that she was in.” Her begetter besides praised “how overmuch of a quality she made successful nan lives of others” and revealed she erstwhile saved his life erstwhile they were diving successful Indonesia.

Danser, who was besides an accomplished diver and vessel captain, first appeared connected Naked and Afraid successful Season 8 successful 2018 and again successful Season 11. She later returned to nan franchise for an all-star version of Naked and Afraid XL – which challenged contestants to past 40 days successful nan chaotic pinch nary food, water, aliases clothes, – successful Season 4, and again later connected successful Seasons 6 and 7.

Her past quality connected tv came successful 2023 erstwhile she starred successful The CW’s Fight to Survive.

Danser’s family members statement she besides survived bosom crab twice.

Her Naked and Afraid XL co-star Melissa Lauren praised her successful a tribute shared connected Facebook.

“Sarah was [one] of nan astir adventurous souls I’ve ever met. She wasn’t only a fierce survivalist on Naked and Afraid (she completed XL successful South Africa pinch me), but a Breast Cancer subsister who kept an inspiring and affirmative cognition done her treatment,” Lauren wrote.

“She loved nan ocean, quality and exploring – I ever considered her a ‘modern time pirate,”” Lauren’s connection continued. “She was 1 of those group that saw nan world done nan eyes of a child, successful awe of nan things that galore of america return for granted. Rest easy Sarah, I cognize you’re retired location exploring somewhere.”

Danser spent her last years surviving successful Hawaii, wherever she lived part-time connected a vessel successful Kewalo Basin and worked astatine Island Divers Hawaii.

Per KSLA, constabulary judge velocity to beryllium a facet successful nan crash, not narcotics aliases alcohol.