Van Vicker has made known how he almost died four times on the same day.

The actor narrated how it was on his 11th birthday while he was growing up in Liberia during the unrest that killed up to 250,000 and injured thousands more.

“While growing up there, the war came up. I missed death four times in one day and it was on my birthday, August 1, 1991. I came as close as a gun right in my nose,” he said while speaking on the ‘Restoration With Stacy’ show. 

“The war was intense at that point. They were throwing bombs in our neighbourhood from the top of the mountain and my neighbourhood was on the other side… it was a residential area. We heard some rebels were in the swamp area but those who were apparently targeting weren’t sure of how to use the equipment, I think."

"Or it was a misjudgment of a sort. So, the grenade was dropped right next to a neighbour’s house which seemed as if it was actually in our house because everything was turned upside down. The windows were vibrating… we had to run out. That was the first incident on 1st August.”

Van Vicker then highlighted the second incident with his close shave on death.

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“We tried to seek refuge somewhere in town. When we got to a particular junction, people were told to show IDs. For whatever reason, we were somewhere at the back."

"We saw a jeep drive through to the very front of the line and we heard somebody on the megaphone saying everybody should disperse, go back home. People weren’t willing to leave. The next thing we heard was ‘spray them all’. Then we heard gunshots. We dispersed.”

“When we scattered, we finally got back together; my mum, my sister and myself. She usually calls us by whistling your name. We got together, on our way back, there was this soldier who appeared right up to my nose with the AK47, cocked the gun and I was stunned."

"Then my uncle showed up; he was in the military as well so he spoke to the guy and while they were talking, we left,” he recalled the third incident.

“The fourth one, after we left, we went home, we said we were going to the Ghana Embassy. On our way, we crossed the high street. Right after that, we heard someone in one of the buildings shouting ‘stand there, where are you going? Don’t move!’ They came down with guns and all and asked ‘who are you? Where’s your ID?’ My uncle knew the officer and he mentioned the officer’s name and he said ‘okay, I can see you’re legit’”.he concluded.