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I grew up in the worst neighborhood in the city...
I remember I was being wheeled on a stretcher through a long corridor...
I arrived home and found my partner dead...
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Near Death Experience number one...
The following experience description was written in 2004...
I broke my back about six years ago in a skydiving accident...
It's been 16 years since my experience and for many years I wasn't able to talk about it out of fear of judgment...
Probable NDE due to auto accident at age 17 in Singapore...
I do not remember what led up to my drowning, but I saw my life flash before my eyes...
Dharam S NDE Home Classification NDE 3296 Dharam S NDE 6645 Experience Description I was a disk jockey (DJ) at the time and worked spinning at Hollywood after-hours parties until 6am in the morning and stayed up much later to party with roommates, friends, ...
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I was spending a weekend at the beach in Sète (near Spain on the Med), and I was in a restaurant with my husband, my son and my mother...
All I remember is being up above where the nurses and doctors were working on my body, and looking down and watching...
