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When I was ten years old I had tear-duct surgery...
I remember trying to breathe and every breath was harder than the last...
Herb B NDE 4184 Home Classification NDE 2077 Herb B NDE 4184 Experience Description On February 5, 2005, I was involved in a very bad motorcycle accident...
I felt like I woke up and saw my body lying in the pool...
I was a silhouette of dark grey with light grey surrounding the whole area, except for the bright light that seemed to be heading up...
Frank G NDE/ADC Home Classification NDE 2012 Frank G NDE/ADC 31670 Experience Description On Aug 2...
I was on holiday and ended up in hospital with a twisted bowel, which had been left for some considerable time, when they decided to do an emergency operation on me...
Gina D NDE Home Classification NDE 2016 Gina D NDE 4123 Experience Description I bled out (twice) after childbirth, flat-lined...
Benjamin H NDE Home Classification NDE 2017 Benjamin H NDE 4127 Experience Description My squad was out on patrol, and I was in a Humvee...
Robert T NDE Home Classification NDE 2018 Robert T NDE 4129 Experience Description I was moving towards a wall of bright lights and in front of me were hundreds of people moving with me...
I was floating over a billowing cornfield...
I was walking around the baby pool...
