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I was taken to hospital by my grandmother, and my mother...
I won't go into how I ended up where I did but there I was in a small aluminum boat looking at a huge black wall, knowing in a few seconds we would hit and thinking I can only do what I can do - I couldn't remember until a few months ago what happened next...
At the age of five, my father had to slam on the brakes...
I was on a business trip over 100 miles from home, when I nearly passed out...
I am the narrator but did not have this experience...
I got to know a lady in my church; I will call her June...
I was involved in a motorcycle accident...
I lived in Zimbabwe, Africa and was driving back to boarding school with my cousin in the front passenger seat and two friends in the rear of the vehicle...
Samuel C FDE Home Classification FDE 4036 Samuel C FDE 7813 Experience Description There was nothing to tip me off as to what was about to happen...
I was undergoing aneurysm surgery...
While having a heart attack and being in the doctor's clinic and being attended to, I saw an extremely bright light and experienced a great calming and thought to myself that I was going to die and thought 'Well, this is going to be a new experience...
I went through a very dark black tunnel...
