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It was like any other day...
I was having a routine out-patient surgery on my sinuses...
It was mid-afternoon, about 2:30 pm...
Craig P NDE Home Classification NDE 4266 Craig P NDE 8172 Experience Description I experienced a sudden heart attack and was flat-lined in the emergency room...
I am now 18 years old...
I was on my way home while riding my bicycle...
Jim B Probable NDE 8940/8193 Home Classification Probable NDE 4279 Jim B Probable NDE 8193/8940 Experience Description 8940 I was alone at the time the heart attack hit...
I have been living in Australia for about 13 years...
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I was a nurse for 35 years, working night shift as a house supervisor...
I had an emergency surgery for endometriosis with infection and hemorrhage...
Jeff B Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 4298 Jeff B Probable NDE 8221 Experience Description There was light, but I could see no source of light...
Jeffery C STE Home Classification STE 4300 Jeffery C STE 8226 Experience Description Life events leading up to the Experience: Married for three years; no children, though wife was pregnant at the time of the Experience...
