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It was a pleasant day and the drive-in had just opened...
Phillip M NDE Home Classification NDE 1176 Phillip M NDE 3240 Experience Description See below...
I began writing this description of my near death experience on October 6th, 2007, thirty-five years after the experience...
Debbie B NDE Home Classification NDE 2672 Debbie B NDE 5134 Experience Description In my first experience, I remember opening my eyes and seeing my husband standing a distance from me...
It suddenly became easier to breathe...
Hailey M NDE Home Classification NDE 3884 Hailey M NDE 7575 Experience Description I was going into surgery, for the third summer in a row, to try and correct a failed spinal fusion...
This was my 4th child , and he like the rest were born at home...
I went back to my hotel room because I was tired and having chest pains...
Wife (Kim) of Keith tells of his NDE due to heart attack...
I had a spinal anesthetic during a long and difficult labor...
I had been sick for six weeks and was in a lot of emotional pain...
The bus driver was pushing the brakes too hard...
