Have you ever had a near-death experience?

ღ♥ღ_PeNnYღ♥ღ_: yes.it was year 1997 i was in a car accident that almost took my life..im just lucky to be alive

RUBY: i'm glad you are

cause you're my awsome friend

ღ♥ღ_PeNnYღ♥ღ_: same here olivia glad im alive cuz i met u here

StuckInTheSixties: Almost drowned once. My best friend saved me. He was a very strong swimmer and was trained in those techniques for helping someone in trouble. Fortunately, I had the presence of mind not to get panicky or anything, and with his help managed to get to the shore. Had he not been able to help me, I'd have drowned.

ღ♥ღ_PeNnYღ♥ღ_: thanks for sharing it stuck

RUBY: that happened to me too
and since than i never learned how to swim

ღ♥ღ_PeNnYღ♥ღ_: im not a good swimmer too

StuckInTheSixties: I saved a life once, too. It was at a swimming hole in a creek out in the country. A guy stumbled, fell over hitting his head on a rock. He went into convulsions. I ran over to him, and just as I got over him, he gave a long exhalation, stopped breathing, and his face went blue. I yelled at someone to run up to the road and flag down a car to summon help (this was before there were cell phones). Then I gave the guy mouth-to-mouth resucitation. The third time I breathed into him, he convulsed, and then began breathing again, very labored, uneven breathing, but breathing. Slowly he sort of came back to regular breathing, and suddenly "woke up" frantic, panicking, freaking out. We told him to relax, that help was coming. He got up and ran off. It took 30 minutes for paramedics to arrive, and of course, he was long gone.

Over the course of a few years after that, I'd occasionally run into the guy around town, in bars, etc. It was always the same thing, him profusely thanking me, saying to whomever he was with, "This is the guy that saved my life," and me being embarrassed and sort of wishing he'd stop. It was both a good experience, and an awful experience. I really thought he was gonna just die there right before my eyes.

RUBY: well he's lucky he had you there SITS
and off course he'll never forget you

StuckInTheSixties: I won't forget that my friend Mark saved me. If not for him, I wouldn't be here.

RUBY: glas he did

ღ♥ღ_PeNnYღ♥ღ_: good story

memberX: several times...

david the drummer: Almost drowned on a white water rafting trip.

calybonos: I had a near life experience once.
The paper boy missed my front porch and I had to walk out of my house
and half way down the driveway to get it.
There were people actually talking to each other and everything!
I had to run inside when they spoted me and waved hello...

It was terifying!.........not for me....noooooo thank you!

nix: i was flipping through the contacts list on my phone while crossing the street and almost got hit by a tour bus... to think... i almost lost my life for a box of condoms that weren't even for me. as funny as some of you might find it or not - it's a true story.

pugpeppers: i totall sucked my balls once,nearly died of fright i did

✯ ℓυcΐ∂ ♡: Yes I have, but there was no light. Nada...Zilch. I am forever grateful to the team of paramedics, doctors and nurses who worked hard to keep me alive. I did my training with two of the nurses that were there that afternoon...We still remain friends to this day. I can still here their voices telling me to hang in there as my eldest was only a toddler.

I think when you have a close call like that it does make you appreciate life and the little things more.

Mrbosnuggles: every day is a near death experience for me....I never know ....lupus is a strange desease that can take you in a heart beat...literally