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My near death experience happened in the early 1990's...
I had a feeling as if I was drowning and could hear my husband crying and saying, 'Mary don't leave me...
Ricky W Probable NDE Home Classification Probable NDE 2494 Ricky W Probable NDE 4892 Experience Description I tried to rescue an eight year old friend of mine from drowning, and he took me down under the water...
Ken M Possible NDE Home Classification Possible NDE 2497 Ken M Possible NDE 4896 Experience Description I was surfing in Carlsbad, California in the early morning before work...
Suddenly, I felt this tremendous power pulling myself out of my chest area...
Got caught in an undertow, decided to rest when knocked down again, and dragged on bottom, stones embedded in leg...
My dad was on vacation with us during the summer of 1952...
I have only shared this experience with a few people, it has taken ten plus years to come to terms with and fully understand my experience...
My sister and I were swimming with my cousin in her parents' swimming pool...
I was fatally injured in a boat wreck at night on the lake...
Even if I was so young when I had the experience I still remember as if it happened yesterday and still feel how it felt during the experience...
Beautiful day swimming in the sea side resort beach with sisters and cousins...
