#40541 - 12/30/11 08:24 AM
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I had a near death experience in an ER.
Same light, three angels, inexpressible joy and peace.
I believe.
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#40592 - 12/30/11 03:17 PM
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Thank you for sharing this. Sad yet inspiring.
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#40604 - 12/30/11 04:19 PM
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Inspiring? Hardly. "I wish the Emergency Medical Staff hadn't revived me so I could have followed the bright light and died!" Today, he's alive and making videos seen by other kids suggesting dying is better than living. Inspiring? Nope.
Did you get something different from his index cards?
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#40606 - 12/30/11 04:34 PM
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He died on Christmas from a heart attack.
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#40607 - 12/30/11 04:41 PM
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Friends and family didn't discover the Westlake High School senior's video farewell until after his death, but his mother, Deanne Breedlove, told the Austin Statesman that "it was a gift to us, and for him to be so confident and unafraid of death and to share it with other people was so touching."
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#40613 - 12/30/11 07:17 PM
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Did you get something different from his index cards? Funky may have gotten something from the link under the video that I titled "A tragic death".
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#40620 - 12/30/11 07:39 PM
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He died on Christmas from a heart attack.
That's too bad. But, I didn't get that from the video and still think the video says to watchers, "I wish I would have died... or stayed dead... rather than have EMS officials revive me."
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#40621 - 12/30/11 07:47 PM
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Friends and family didn't discover the Westlake High School senior's video farewell until after his death, but his mother, Deanne Breedlove, told the Austin Statesman that "it was a gift to us, and for him to be so confident and unafraid of death and to share it with other people was so touching." I, too think it is ok or even good to feel comfortable with our inevevitable death. But, as I'm sure you are aware, chasing the euphoria and white light of a near death experience is much different than being ready to die when it's time. Telling a bunch of teenagers, "I saw it! I saw it! It's the best. I can't wait to get back there! I wish they hadn' brought me back! Love the white light!" is not inspiring in the least to me.
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#40622 - 12/30/11 07:49 PM
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"Right then, I woke up and the ems were doing cpr"
"I didn't want to leave that place"
"I wish I NEVER woke up"
He didn't say he wanted to die.
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