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It was summer and I was at the edge of the pool in my grandparents' yard...
I was a movie/theater decorator and scenographer...
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This NDE happened a long time ago when I was 23 years old...
My Death Experience… And Return… May 12, 1973 I was Working for the Department of Defense as a Contract Coordinator GS-11 with The Military Airlift Command (MAC) on Commercial Airline Contracts at Tan Son Nhut Air Base/Airport, Saigon, South Viet Nam...
I survived an ascending aortic aneurysm and had two open heart surgeries within 20 hours...
I was on life support for double pneumonia, septic shock, and multiple organ failure...
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I woke up from my bed in the middle of the night from a bad headache...
How did your highest level of consciousness and alertness during the experience compare to your normal everyday consciousness and alertness...
Although, I don't remember the exact date of my NDE, I remember that I was 21, and I had a 1-1/2 year old little boy...
My death experience (DE) was 2/14/1988; quite a while ago, but I remember it as if it were yesterday...
