Laurent C.

I was in Paris, France. In February 2008, during a motorcycle accident a car hit my stomach fracturing my liver, spleen and solar plexus. The fire brigade arrived and took me to the hospital. I suffered for three hours before they made an x-ray of my lungs. The nurse wanted me to stand upright for … Read more

Leslie E.

My Experience on 9/11/2001 ~Leslie E. Espaillat In no way do I want this story to diminish the experiences of those who lost their lives and the lives of their love ones on that tragic infamous day on 9-11-2001. I have too much respect to make this about me, however; it is an event about … Read more

Marie L.

The experience happened during the birth of my second daughter. Everything was going normally until the nurse injected something into my IV. Immediately I heard the loud alert on the heart monitor go off. I suddenly saw everything become a light grey color. I felt as if I was not only lying down, but had … Read more

Amie

It was like any other day. I woke up around 10 or 11 o’clock in the morning and got myself ready for the day. Then, I drove over to my boyfriend’s house. My boyfriend and I would drive to work together because we worked in the same place. We spent a couple hours at his … Read more

Kari W.

I remember attending Cindy’s birthday party. She was a friend from church and her parents wanted to give her a swim party but didn’t own a pool. So, they rented a place for the party. I don’t recall where, but there was a tall fence surrounding the pool and a picnic table to the side. … Read more

Bobbie K.

When I drowned, I experienced excruciating pain for what seemed like a second. Then it became natural for me to breathe water. I remember my thoughts very clearly because I thought I had become a mermaid. My body undulated in the water, as if I had a tail that moved up and down like that … Read more

Barbara W.

I am a type 1 diabetic and my blood sugar was extremely high. I was incoherent. My dad took me to the emergency room. It was determined that I had an infection from a foot blister that my body went in to ketoacidosis. I didn’t really know what they were doing to me in the … Read more

John

I had knee surgery, where the doctors replaced a small knee insert with a complete part. The operation took five hours and I was under a general anesthesia. The day after the operation, I developed a high temperature and then the experience occurred. I knew I was dying but also realised that the frantic activity … Read more

Damien

It was mid-afternoon, about 2:30 pm. I was in parachute training and practising a high altitude jump. We were leaving the airplane at about 50,000 feet and had free fall for quite some time. We were instructed to start our parachute procedures at 1000 feet. When my altimeter read 1050 feet, I got ready to … Read more

Craig P.

I experienced a sudden heart attack and was flat-lined in the emergency room. I left body and floated above it while observing the fruitless efforts of the many people below who were trying to revive me. As my earthly senses disappeared, I began seeing images of others and people who had passed away. I seemed … Read more