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When I drowned, I experienced excruciating pain for what seemed like a second...
I was four and a half years old...
Sandy M Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2118 Sandy M Probable NDE 4300 Experience Description I was admitted to the hospital hemorrhaging after a miscarriage...
I was making a sailing yacht transfer between two cities in my country...
I lived in Oklahoma City with my son of two years while I was attending college...
Two nurses came into my hospital room to help me sit up for the first time since my injury and subsequent surgical repair...
Finally, I hear a siren, and soon, two men and a woman arrive (she's the doctor, I think)...
Tonya R NDE Home Classification NDE 2137 Tonya R NDE 4314 Experience Description My experience happened in 1993...
I was looking down from about fifteen feet and was concerned for my buddies who were upset...
Jerry G NDE Home Classification NDE 2140 Jerry G NDE 4323 Experience Description This was during my third hospitalization and second spinal surgery of 1969...
Jacqueline H NDE Home Classification NDE 2141 Jacqueline H NDE 4324 Experience Description I was eating breakfast with my then husband...
Paula D Daughter NDE Home Classification Second-hand NDE 2147 Paula D Daughter NDE 4335 Experience Description My name is Paula and I am writing this information on behalf of my daughter who had the experience...
