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The first thing that I remember is waking up in the car...
I collapsed on the side of the road, but I was watching the police pick me up from the bus stop across the street, and I remember thinking that the poor guy was in worst shape than me...
I had just given birth to my first son...
I either get that exact question or something similar, like, 'Does Dying Hurt...
Scott S NDE Home Classification NDE 2419 Scott S NDE 4772 Experience Description I was, essentially, strangled to death...
I was twelve years old...
Cara A NDE Home Classification NDE 2433 Cara A NDE 4801 Experience Description I was being attacked...
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Hazel L NDE Home Classification NDE 2434 Hazel L NDE 4802 Experience Description I was scheduled for a routine dilatation and curettage procedure and laparoscopy in October of 1990...
I remember I woke up and my mom was in the room because she spoke to me...
I was in an ambulance and everything was black, I felt like my soul was being lifted out of my body...
It was summertime, July 1975, I was eight years old at the time...
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I was in the hospital, semi-seated in bed, after giving birth to my first child...
