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On January 27, 1997, while in my local hospital, I suffered a cardiac arrest...
This is going to be difficult, as it's probably going to bring me to tears as I recall it, but here it is in detail: A dank, gray November night, 1991...
Ten days after the birth of our second child, my husband and I had a planned evening for just the two of us...
My father was an alcoholic and quite violent...
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Kitty W NDE Home Classification NDE 1414 Kitty W NDE 3427 Experience Description When I was twenty-two, I learned that my husband went missing in action in Viet Nam...
My friend and I set out to enjoy a day of tubing in the river...
Charlene P NDE Home Classification NDE 1416 Charlene P NDE 3434 Experience Description Right before the experience, I was rushed to the intensive care unit...
There is not much to tell really...
Henrietta N Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 1421 Henrietta N Probable NDE 207 Experience Description This occurred during an operation...
After the surgery, I was angry at being revived but was able to spontaneously reconnect with where I had been and had a more in-depth experience...
Convinced that I would soon die, I had been terrified of going to sleep, and had not slept for more than two days, I lost all hope, and started to drift off very peacefully...
Sara D NDE Home Classification NDE 1426 Sara D NDE 197 Experience Description I was about twelve or thirteen...
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