'I survived botched death row execution and there's one face I'll never forget'After being stabbed several times with needles about to administer a lethal injection, death row inmate Thomas Creech will never forget this one momentView 3 Images Thomas Creech is one of the oldest death row inmates and survived a lethal injection attempt (Image: Idaho Department of Correction, via Federal Defender Services of Idaho)Surviving death row is a very unique experience and feels like it has come straight from a fictional film or book. But for one man in the US, that became a reality after surviving an attempted lethal injection when things went wrong in a botched attempt last year. ‌Thomas Creech is Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate, with his execution being delayed and delayed after the medical team failed to find an IV line, "rendering the execution unable to proceed”. ‌The 75-year-old is now one of the US’s oldest death row inmates and has been in prison since 1974. Speaking to the New York Times, Creech said: “The worst ones was when they got down to my ankles.