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Jose MO NDE Home Classification NDE 1682 José MO NDE 3653 Experience Description My brother and I were in my bedroom watching a movie we were really enjoying...
I don't have any clear memory of the accident, of the rescue, of the helicopter flight...
I locked my keys in my car...
Russell P NDE Home Classification NDE 1703 Russell P NDE 3705 Experience Description I felt my breathing slowing, and then stopping...
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As I was on the floor and the blows just kept coming, I held my breath; thinking that my back would stop going up and down and they would think that I was dead or passed out...
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Hazeliene M NDE Home Classification NDE 1720 Hazeliene M NDE 3725 Experience Description I was at home and about to play my favorite online game when I suddenly found it very difficult to breath...
My father had a bad accident at work so he was off for a while...
After the car came to a complete stop, and I realized what had happened, I exited the vehicle and stood there for a few seconds...
Transfusion in the middle of a fourteen hour major kidney surgery that did not work...
I woke up in a hospital bed with a doctor sitting next to me holding my hand...
My experience occurred during anesthesia (narcosis) that I received after the birth of my son...
