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I was born with a rare heart disease (Tricuspid Atresia)...
V NDE Home Classification NDE 1866 V NDE 3928 Experience Description I remember it being a lovely day, weather-wise, and I was very happy that my mother was allowing me to take a nap in my parent's bed, rather than my own, which was on the floor and hard...
Greg D NDE Home Classification NDE 1871 Greg D NDE 3934 Experience Description I stood at the top of the stairs at work looking downward and felt lightheaded...
On December 16, 1996, I was driving to work with my sister...
I was rear ended in a car accident that sandwiched me accordion style between a city bus and the dodge truck that hit me going fifty miles an hour...
When I was fifteen years old, I had a bad deformity of my upper jaw...
Jacqueline M Father Experiences Home Classification Secondhand NDE and Experiences 1930 Jacqueline M Father Experiences 4019 Experience Description This is the story as told to me by my late father; I felt the need to share it with you...
I have asthma, or more like damaged lungs due to too much jet exhaust, jet fuel (working in aircraft fuel tanks) and a bout of pneumonia at least once a year that requires hospitalization, and lots of scar tissue in my lungs...
I was slowly aware of a light ahead of me...
I was travelling by car from Alicante to Valencia with some friends; we had not slept for two days...
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David J NDE Home Classification NDE 1947 David J NDE 4050 Experience Description I found myself in a dark void...
It was three months into being diagnosed with Burkitt's Lymphoma...
