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I was twelve years old when I had my near death experience...
In the midst of the heart attack, I was talking with the emergency medical technician in the ambulance one second, and the next I was somewhere else...
I woke at 2:10 am to find myself looking at the alarm clock drifting around the room and feeling light and cool (airy) going out to kitchen then back to bedroom to find myself looking for the first and only time in my life at myself from somewhere else...
I was shot and fell by the roots of a tree...
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I had spent about twenty-four hours in extreme discomfort from pressure in my chest and after taking a shower I packed a small bag with essentials and sat as quietly as possible waiting for daylight to call 911...
I suddenly woke up in what I can only describe as an open space of light...
I was in an accident...
My experience happened while ice skating with my sisters on a river...
I do not remember going to the hospital or anything that entailed my arrival there...
In early to mid-2003, I was undergoing a considerable amount of stress at work...
Tracy M NDE Home Classification NDE 2179 Tracy M NDE 4388 Experience Description I had finished telling the anesthesiologist to tell everyone that I loved them and that Al (my partner) would be a good dad...
In May, I entered the hospital...
