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I was twelve years old...
I was a successful business man, entrepreneur, inventor, until 1999 when I became victim to alcohol...
Cara A NDE Home Classification NDE 2433 Cara A NDE 4801 Experience Description I was being attacked...
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Hazel L NDE Home Classification NDE 2434 Hazel L NDE 4802 Experience Description I was scheduled for a routine dilatation and curettage procedure and laparoscopy in October of 1990...
James C Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2441 James C Probable NDE 4809 Experience Description The accident happened so fast that it took a while for me to realize what had happened...
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I was taken to the hospital after accidental mixing of alcohol with tablets...
I was sitting around my friend's kitchen table and we were hanging out talking...
The first time I was too young to remember as I was only three weeks old...
I was working for a construction company in Alabama when I had the accident...
Sylvia S NDE Home Classification NDE 2447 Sylvia S NDE 4824 Experience Description I moved from Texas to West Germany at age twenty-one to join my husband who was employed by the Department of Defense...
On 5th May 1999, at my work in the University of Tel-Aviv, I had a severe heart attack...
Walter W FDE Home Classification FDE 2450 Walter W FDE 4834 Experience Description After spending Christmas with my folks in Ohio, I set out at 5:00 am in my car to return to my apartment in Massachusetts...
