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I lost consciousness from an overdose...
I knew I was taking my last breath for I could feel the air become thicker with smoke than with air (due to the fire)...
At the time of your experience, was there an associated life-threatening event...
My family lived in Fresno, California at the time and I was sent to Lancaster California to live with my aunt and uncle...
I was having an asthma attack but this one seemed much worse than any I'd had before...
About eight people counting myself were in a small room talking and having a great time...
When I was playing with my young sister 'to hide' I was running towards our home's roof to hide from my sister...
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I was out of my office after work, when I wanted to pass the road I saw a car in high speed coming in my direction...
The experience took place during the summer of 2002 while I was in Afghanistan as a reporter covering stories for media outlets that I worked for...
I experienced two separate events within a seventy-two hour time frame with the onset of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM)...
In November of 1991, I was struck by a car which left me in a deep coma and I was instantly unconscious...
I remember walking and everything went black and next time I was being revived via CPR...
