Near Death Experience
Caren J.
I was in the hospital for a cardiac catheterization procedure to determine if I have pulmonary hypertension. This was done under local anesthesia and there were no complications. I was to stay in the hospital for 2-3 hours to make sure there were no complications and then I would be released to go home. Everything … Read more
Anke E.
It was in September 2009, when I arrived at home from a jogging run. I was completely frozen because it was so cold outside. I was in the process of starting a fire in our fireplace, when my baggy jogging pants caught fire. With a slight trace of irritation for my inattention, I tried to … Read more
Jennifer B.
I was bike riding with my sister and a friend. I fell off the bike and fractured my skull. I died several times on the way to the hospital and was in a coma for a week. The experience does not translate into language. It is an experience that we will all get to in … Read more
Dy-Wen
When I was six years old, my neighbor took me to Sunday school at church. I could not understand what the teacher was saying because she had a heavy accent and I did not know how to read yet. But the brightly colored learning material caught my attention. I remembered in class that when I … Read more
Sergei S.
After high school, I went to work in a coal mine in Chukotka, Russia. [Chukotka is a province in Russia that is furthest East and North, actually in the Western Hemisphere, located along the Bering Strait.] In the coal mine there was a lot of dust from the rock and a lot of heavy lifting … Read more
Halil T.
I was picking up my daughter from school. While I was walking there, I dropped to the floor. I was having a heart attack! I was walking in a pretty populous area, so there were many people around. However, no one seemed to do anything. A few younger boys walked by, and just watched as … Read more