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I was standing on a pier four inches above a body of water...
Ryland D FDE Home Classification FDE 1608 Ryland D FDE 3576 Experience Description When I got sucked into the drainpipe, the instant I knew I was in trouble, my life flashed before my eyes not like a movie with scenes in it...
At age seven, while swimming (I had not really learned yet) in a motel swimming pool, I found I could not get my head above water...
I was only approximately seven years old at the time of my near death experience...
Ted V NDE Home Classification NDE 1782 Ted V NDE 3803 Experience Description After a summer monsoon rain event my friend and I were throwing rocks into a flooded river bed or wash...
I was drowning and it was horrible, water was everywhere and I was desperately trying to breathe while at the same time grab onto the other child who had fallen into the swimming pool when our little raft overturned...
I was standing in the ocean...
The following event is disclosed after consultation with professionals in the study of Near Death Experiences 'NDE'...
Jessica G NDE Home Classification NDE 1899 Jessica G NDE 3972 Experience Description This incident occurred at the end of a long period of abuse - about three years...
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When I decided to give up trying to reach the shore and just let myself drown, suddenly everything seemed to stand totally still...
On September 24, 1963, my family was supposed to move house to Oran (Algeria)...
I had gone in for surgery on my left ear...
