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It was to be like any normal Sunday I guess, in that two things happened...
On a typical warm summer vacation day during the summer of 1976, I decided to travel with a friend from Allentown, Pennsylvania to Ocean City, New Jersey to enjoy sailing my sixteen feet HobbieCat on the ocean...
I was in an IBM sales class when I experienced heart failure...
Jeff W NDE Home Classification NDE 2229 Jeff W NDE 4452 Experience Description I was on the passenger side of a car when it was hit on a freeway in Georgia...
After observing a frightening injury of a loved one, I ran as fast as I could to summon help...
Robert S NDE Home Classification NDE 2231 Robert S NDE 4454 Experience Description Upon passing out in the shower I fell forward and struck my face between the eyes on a small retaining wall between the shower and bathroom floor...
David M NDE Home Classification NDE 2234 David M NDE 4457 Experience Description What I recall is that I was not feeling well for the past couple of days, like I had fever and no appetite and when the medical staff aboard the USS Coronado drew blood from me...
Courtney NDE Home Classification NDE 2236 Courtney NDE 4459 Experience Description When my son was born I lost a lot of blood and I felt my heart stop...
I was working as a housekeeper for an agency and was heading out in the morning with a new trainee...
Tammy F NDE Home Classification NDE 2248 Tammy F NDE 4474 Experience Description I remember my ex partner's hands around my neck as I was in a standing position...
As a child of approximately 5 years, I went to a lake with my parents and a married couple, who were friends of theirs...
My husband and children went to church but I stayed home to rest since I wasn't feeling very well...
