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It was nighttime...
I was on a 'mission' to New York City to buy some heroin and went to my contact's house...
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My first NDE (accidentally, I have had a couple) occurred when I was a child of seven...
My first son was born on January 7, 1984...
I was in a large 'shop class' working with wood...
When I was about 4 or 5 years old, one of my favorite things to do was to go outside on 'trash day...
I was at the dentist office for him to pull the first two jaw teeth on both sides of my mouth...
I was an over-the-road truck driver at the time...
As a result of the rapid loss of blood, the amount of time that I remained conscious after the fall was only a few minutes...
After the doctors could not revive me, I found myself above them in the corner of the room...
I was driving east on the Simi Valley freeway towards Simi from Moorpark California...
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One day when I was about 11 or 12 (this is my best estimate of my age at the time) I was swimming alone in our pool...
