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HELP! HELP!

MY GOD. I AM GOING TO DIE.

THE MOMENT I DIED,

I WOKE UP IN THIS PLACE THAT WAS PURE AND CLEAN.

I REMEMBER FIGHTING TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THIS DARKNESS.

AAH!

I ENDED UP STANDING IN THIS FUNERAL HOME,

AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT I HAD DIED.

I WAS GONE.

THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY

THEY HAVE VISITED THE AFTERLIFE,

CHALLENGING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF DEATH.

MOTIVATED BY THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES

PULLING VICTIMS BACK FROM THE GRAVE,

FOUR INVESTIGATORS NOW SEEK

TO SOLVE THE MYSTERIES OF RESURRECTION.

THIS IS GONNA HELP UNLOCK SOMETHING

THAT HASN'T BEEN KNOWN FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

REGARDLESS OF RELIGION, THE PERSON WAS DEAD,

AND THEY CAME BACK TO LIFE.

WE'RE PURSUING THIS TO SHOW

THAT THE IMPOSSIBLE IS, IN FACT, POSSIBLE.

DEATH DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THE FINAL SAY-SO.

WHY DID YOU DEFY THE ODDS?

THIS IS "PROJECT AFTERLIFE."

-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

**

I BECAME A FIREFIGHTER/ PARAMEDIC TO HELP PEOPLE.

BUT WHAT I BEGAN TO FIND OUT

WAS THAT MEDICINE CAN ONLY TAKE YOU SO FAR.

I BELIEVE OUR WORK GOES BEYOND RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES.

I BELIEVE, IF WE COMPILE ALL THE INFORMATION,

THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE EVIDENCE WE NEED

TO SHOW THAT THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH.

DARNISHA TAYLOR DROWNED IN A LAKE.

REALLY?

HER HUSBAND FOUND HER BODY FLOATING, DEAD.

WHAT CAUSED THE DROWNING?

THEY'RE OUT SCUBA DIVING, EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION.

WHEN YOU START TO DROWN,

YOUR LAST INSTINCT IS TO TAKE A BREATH.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE UNDERWATER, THAT LAST BREATH

IS GONNA SUCK WATER RIGHT DOWN INTO YOUR LUNGS.

AND SO EXACTLY HOW DID THE WATER GET OUT OF HER LUNGS

TO WHERE SHE COULD EVEN START BREATHING AGAIN?

DID SHE HAVE AN OTHER-SIDE EXPERIENCE?

SHE DID.

WE'VE GOT A REALLY INTERESTING CASE HERE

GUY BY THE NAME OF JEFF MARKIN DOWN IN FLORIDA.

APPARENTLY, HE SUFFERED A FATAL, MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.

HE JUST FALLS DOWN, AND HE'S DEAD.

AND WHAT'S REALLY FASCINATING AND INTRIGUING ABOUT THIS CASE

IS WE HAVE A WORLD-RENOWNED CARDIOLOGIST

WHO HEARD A VOICE TELLING HIM TO GO BACK

AND PRAY FOR THIS GUY, JEFF, TO BE RAISED FROM THE DEAD.

THE DOCTOR THAT PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD

WENT BACK AND RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD.

YES. I'M EXCITED TO GET OUT THERE AND COVER THIS.

**

I'M ON MY WAY TO PALM BEACH, FLORIDA,

TO MET WITH JEFF MARKIN, A SALESMAN AND FATHER OF TWO.

IN ALL MY YEARS AS A PARAMEDIC,

I'VE WITNESSED COUNTLESS CARDIAC ARREST VICTIMS.

AND 95 PERCENT THAT ARE AS SEVERE AS JEFF'S DON'T MAKE IT.

-JEFF! -JESSE.

-NICE TO MEET YOU. -SAME HERE.

I'M REAL EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR STORY.

I HEARD THAT IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

THIS IS WHERE I HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND DIED.

WHAT HAPPENED?

IT WAS ANY OTHER NORMAL DAY IN MY LIFE.

I WAS HEADING OFF TO WORK

AND WASN'T FEELING QUITE RIGHT.

THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 20th, I GOT UP LIKE ANY OTHER MORNING.

SHOWERED. SHAVED. GOT DRESSED.

GOT IN MY CAR AND HEADED OFF TO WORK.

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, I WASN'T FEELING QUITE RIGHT.

SO I GOT ON MY CELLPHONE AND CALLED MY BOSS

AND WAS SHARING THAT WITH HIM.

I AIN'T DOING REAL WELL, MAN.

AND HE WAS DETECTING ON THE PHONE

THAT SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WAS GOING ON.

AND HE ENCOURAGED ME TO HEAD TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

AS I WALKED INTO THE RECEPTION AREA OF THE ER,

I COLLAPSED ON THE FLOOR WITH A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.

SIR!

HELP!

SECURITY GUARD THERE NOTIFIED THE ER TEAM WHAT WAS GOING ON,

WHEN THEY GOT ME IN THE ROOM,

THEY TRIED TO REVIVE ME AND GIVE ME SOME KIND OF TREATMENT.

RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO, I WASN'T HAVING ANY VITALS.

NURSE, CONTINUE CPR.

STILL NO PULSE.

THEY WERE PUMPING ME FULL OF DRUGS...

450 MILLIGRAMS.

TRYING TO VENTILATE ME. AND...

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE?

DR. CRANDALL, IT'S BEEN 40 MINUTES.

WE'VE GOT NO RESPONSE.

GIVE HIM ANOTHER EPI,

AND LET'S SHOCK HIM ONE MORE TIME, SEE WHAT WE GET.

...AND HIT ME WITH THE DEFIBRILLATOR.

CLEAR.

NOTHING WOULD HOLD UP TO STABILIZE ME.

I WAS GONE.

AS THE ER TEAM TRIED TO REVIVE ME,

CLOSE TO 40 MINUTES,

AND WITHOUT HAVING ANY LUCK, THEY PRONOUNCED ME DEAD.

WOW.

JEFF WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD

BY THE CARDIOLOGIST ON CALL THAT DAY, DR. CRANDALL.

DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN FOR NEARLY 40 MINUTES,

JEFF'S BODY BEGAN TO DECAY, TURNING BLACK AND BLUE,

A CONDITION CALLED CYANOSIS.

I'M AMAZED HE'S STANDING IN FRONT OF ME.

**

WHILE JESSE CONTINUES HIS INVESTIGATION IN FLORIDA,

I'M TRAVELING TO CRYSTAL LAKE, MICHIGAN,

TO MEET DARNISHA TAYLOR,

A SINGER AND CREATIVE ARTS DIRECTOR.

DARNISHA DROWNED WHILE SCUBA DIVING IN 2005.

SHE REMEMBERS HAVING AN AFTERLIFE EXPERIENCE

AND THEN SUDDENLY BEING BROUGHT BACK BY HER HUSBAND, SCOTT.

WE'RE MEETING AT THE SITE OF THE FATAL ACCIDENT.

HI, DARNISHA.

HI.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED?

MY HUSBAND, SCOTT, AND I

HAD JUST GOTTEN BACK FROM OUR HONEYMOON.

AND WE DECIDED TO GO SCUBA DIVING

FOR THE SEASON ONE LAST TIME.

I'M SO EXCITED. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!

THAT FRIDAY, I RECALL GETTING PREPARED WITH SCOTT.

WE WALKED THE SHALLOW AREA...

SO I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE THE SPOT RIGHT HERE.

OKAY. COOL.

...AND PREPARED WITH OUR GEAR.

DARNISHA'S HUSBAND, SCOTT,

WAS ONE CLASS AWAY FROM HIS DIVE MASTER CERTIFICATION.

THOUGH NOT AS EXPERIENCED AS HER HUSBAND,

DARNISHA HAD BEEN ON COUNTLESS DIVES WITH HIM

AND FELT COMFORTABLE CHECKING HER GEAR.

IF THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN IN HER TANK

IS NOT SUFFICIENT OR MIXED PROPERLY,

DARNISHA'S ABILITY TO BREATHE AT CERTAIN DEPTHS

WOULD BE AFFECTED.

AND CONSIDERING NEARLY 150 PEOPLE

DIE EACH YEAR IN SCUBA DIVING ACCIDENTS,

GEAR CHECK IS A CRITICAL STEP.

EVERYTHING WAS WORKING PROPERLY.

THE RIGHT AIR, THE RIGHT PRESSURE.

CRYSTAL LAKE HAS A SHALLOW AREA FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS

AND THEN DROPS OFF TO ABOUT 50 FEET.

WE EXPLORED THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES.

AND WE NOTICED RIGHT AWAY THAT IT WAS MUCH MORE CLOUDY

THAN WHAT IT TYPICALLY IS.

IT WAS TOO DIFFICULT TO STAY ORIENTED PROPERLY,

AND SO IT BECAME VERY CONFUSING QUICKLY.

MY HUSBAND TURNED AROUND TO CHECK MY COMPASS

TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WHEN HE TURNED TO LOOK AT ME,

HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS AIR ESCAPING FROM SOMEWHERE

ON MY EQUIPMENT,

SAID, "YOU NEED TO ASCEND TO THE SURFACE

IN ORDER TO GET THIS FIXED."

HE ENCOURAGED ME TO TRAVEL UP THE SAFETY LINE.

DARNISHA'S BROKEN MOUTHPIECE

WAS RELEASING THE AIR SHE NEEDED TO BREATHE.

THE AIR LEAK WAS ALSO AFFECTING HER INFLATABLE VEST'S ABILITY

TO COUNTER THE DIVE WEIGHTS THAT SHE USED TO KEEP HER SUBMERGED.

THIS FORCED DARNISHA TO EXPEND ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF ENERGY

TO GET TO THE SURFACE.

ONCE I FINALLY BROKE THE SURFACE,

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A SIMPLE FIX.

THE FIRST THING I TRIED TO DO WAS JUST REATTACH THE COUPLER.

AND SO I STRUGGLED WITH IT FOR A FEW MOMENTS,

NOT REALIZING THE FATIGUE THAT IT WAS CAUSING ME.

IN ORDER TO STAY ON THE BOTTOM,

YOU HAVE TO PUT ON EXTRA WEIGHT.

SO I WAS FIGHTING TO GET THE WEIGHTS OFF

BECAUSE THEY WERE INTEGRATED INTO THE VEST.

I JUST CRIED OUT TO GOD, "PLEASE, LORD.

SEND HIM UP HERE.

I CANNOT GET THIS FIXED.

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO."

I KNEW THAT I WAS GETTING INTO A DESPERATE SITUATION.

"MY GOD.

I AM GOING TO DIE DROWNING TODAY."

HELP!

ALL THE ANXIETY, ALL OF THE FEAR,

ALL OF THE STRUGGLING JUST LEFT ME.

SO YOU REALIZED YOU WERE GOING TO DIE.

IN THE LAST MOMENTS, I REMEMBER PRAYING,

"GOD, IF THIS IS HOW IT'S ALL GONNA END,

I'M GONNA TRUST YOU."

WOW.

AND THAT WAS THE LAST THING I REMEMBER SAYING ON THIS SIDE.

JEFF MARKIN WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK

WHEN HE STARTED TO SUFFER FROM CHEST PAINS.

AFTER REACHING THE HOSPITAL ON HIS OWN,

JEFF COLLAPSED IN THE LOBBY

AND WAS IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

SIR!

EVERY ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY MEDICAL STAFF TO REVIVE JEFF.

BUT HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DIED AND THEN HAD AN OUT-OF-BODY

OR NEAR-DEATH OR A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? HOW DID THAT WORK?

I WENT INTO A TOTAL DARK PLACE.

WHAT DID YOU FEEL IN THAT DARKNESS?

A LOT OF FRUSTRATION, FROM WHAT I REMEMBER.

THE FIRST TIME I REMEMBER BEING OUT OF MY BODY

WAS BEING IN THIS DARK AREA.

HELP ME!

AND I REMEMBER FIGHTING TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THIS DARKNESS.

AAH!

I FELT LIKE I WAS DOING EVERYTHING IN MY POWER

TO GET OUT OF THIS SITUATION.

I JUST KNOW IT WAS A DARK SITUATION.

I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING WRAPPED UP IN PLASTIC

AND THROWN IN THE TRASH.

AND I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.

NO! NO!

NO! NO!

HERE, I WAS BEING DISCARDED INTO THE TRASH.

AND THEN, AS THAT FADED...

...I ENDED UP STANDING IN THE BACK OF THIS FUNERAL HOME.

AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS FOR ME,

THAT I HAD DIED.

BUT I WAS MORE UPSET

THAT NONE OF MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE THERE.

AND I THOUGHT I WAS LOVED...

BUT THE PLACE WAS EMPTY.

I WAS STANDING THERE,

AND I REMEMBER THE PRESENCE OF SOMEONE TO MY RIGHT SIDE.

THEN, AS THAT KIND OF FADED,

I REMEMBER JUST STARING INTO ALL THESE INTENSE WHITE LIGHTS

ALL CIRCULATING AROUND ME.

AND THIS, VERY NONDESCRIPT HUMAN IMAGE

CAME OUT OF THE LIGHTS.

TELL ME WHO THIS NONDESCRIPT IMAGE

THAT YOU SAW COME OUT OF THE LIGHTS WAS.

WELL, AT FIRST, I DIDN'T KNOW WHO IT WAS.

I KNEW IT WASN'T GOD OR JESUS.

I HAD ASSUMED THAT HE'S MY GUARDIAN ANGEL

'CAUSE WHO ELSE WOULD BE OVER THERE TO LOOK OVER ME?

THIS IMAGE THAT CAME OUT OF THE LIGHTS

WAS A LITTLE STARTLING.

BUT I DIDN'T FEEL THREATENED AT ALL BY HIM,

ESPECIALLY WHEN HE SAID THAT HE WAS THERE TO LOOK OVER ME

AND TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.

I WAS GOOD FRIENDS WITH A FELLOW BY THE NAME OF BOB.

HE WAS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN,

AND HIM AND HIS CAPTAIN LOST THEIR LIVES IN A BAD FIRE.

THE IMAGE THAT I HAD SEEN,

I FEEL LIKE IT WAS MY FRIEND, BOB...

...TELLING ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS LOOKING GOOD,

THAT EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE FINE,

HE HAD TO GO, AND FOR ME TO ENJOY MY LIFE.

AND THEN, ALL OF THE SUDDEN,

I FELT LIKE SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO CHOKE ME.

AND I HEARD THESE VOICES CALLING MY NAME --

"JEFF! JEFF!"

THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO GET ME OFF THE VENTILATOR

AND GET THE TUBE OUT OF MY THROAT.

AT THE LAST MINUTE, I SPIT IT OUT.

SO WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU WENT?

AT THAT TIME, I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON.

IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE FACT

THAT I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD THIS MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.

SO I HEAR THAT THERE WAS A DOCTOR THAT WAS INSTRUMENTAL.

THAT WAS, DR. CHAUNCEY CRANDALL.

HE'S THE ONE THAT RESURRECTED ME.

HIS STORY IS JUST AS MIND-BLOWING AS MINE.

**

JEFF'S STORY HAS LEFT ME WITH MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS.

AND GETTING SOMEONE FROM THE MEDICAL FIELD

TO ACKNOWLEDGE, MUCH LESS TALK ABOUT, RESURRECTION

HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT IN THE PAST.

AS ONE OF THE HOSPITAL'S TOP CARDIOLOGISTS,

I'M HOPING DR. CRANDALL'S TESTIMONY

CAN PROVIDE THE ANSWERS WE NEED.

-I'M JESSE. -HEY, JESSE.

THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY.

WELL, JESSE, THIS IS WHERE MY OFFICE IS,

NOT IN THE LIBRARY, BUT IN THIS BUILDING.

AND I SPEND A LOT OF MY TIME DOING MEDICAL RESEARCH HERE.

-I JUST CAME FROM JEFF. -RIGHT.

AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR SIDE OF THINGS.

WELL, I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT.

IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY.

HELLO, MR. JONES. HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY?

ALL RIGHT.

THE MORNING OF THIS EVENT,

I WAS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.

ARE YOU GETTING SORENESS, DIFFICULTY BREATHING?

OVER THE PA SYSTEM CAME AN ALERT SIGNAL...

DR. CRANDALL, PLEASE REPORT TO THE ER, PLEASE.

DR. CRANDALL. I'M SORRY.

I'VE GOT TO GO CHECK ON THIS. BUT...

...AND SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT MY NAME

TO REPORT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

AND WHEN I ARRIVED THERE, IT WAS A ROOM OF CHAOS.

SO WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT'S GOING ON?

DR. CRANDALL, IT'S BEEN 40 MINUTES.

WE'VE GOT NO RESPONSE. WE'VE SHOCKED HIM SIX TIMES.

A MAN IN HIS 50s WAS HAVING A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK.

HIS BODY WAS CYANOTIC.

HIS HEART WAS NOT RESPONDING, AND THERE WAS NO LIFE IN HIM.

ANOTHER MILLIGRAM OF EPI.

WE'RE GONNA SHOCK HIM ONE MORE TIME.

WHEN YOU WALK INTO A CODE SITUATION,

WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE THAT IS THAT FULL OF DEATH,

THERE IS NO HOPE.

EPI'S IN.

ALL RIGHT. GET READY FOR THAT SHOCK.

CLEAR.

THERE WAS NO HOPE FOR HIM.

HE WAS A DEAD MAN.

WHILE ON A SCUBA DIVING TRIP TO A LOCAL LAKE

WITH HER HUSBAND, SCOTT,

DARNISHA TAYLOR EXPERIENCED AN EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION

THAT CAUSED THE COUPLE TO SEPARATE.

DARNISHA STRUGGLED TO FIX THE PROBLEM

AND WAS OVERCOME WITH PANIC AND FATIGUE.

SCOTT, HELP! HELP!

SHE DESPERATELY TRIED TO STAY ABOVE THE SURFACE

BUT ULTIMATELY DROWNED.

TELL ME WHAT THAT FELT LIKE IN THAT MOMENT OF REALIZING,

"MY GOODNESS. I'M IN TROUBLE HERE."

PANIC RUSHED IN,

AND I REALIZED I WAS GONNA DIE.

AND IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT

I FELT A CALM OVER MY MIND AND OVER MY BODY.

I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THAT SITUATION

WHERE I'M -- JUST SHEER PANIC

AND COMPLETE KIND OF SERENITY, AS YOU'RE SAYING.

WHAT DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU SAY,

"I FELT THIS PEACE, THIS OVERWHELMING PEACE"?

WHAT WAS THAT TRANSITION?

THE MOMENT I DIED,

I WOKE UP IN THIS PLACE THAT WAS PURE AND CLEAN.

THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT IS THAT I WAS ON MY KNEES.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I WAS,

BUT I KNEW THAT IT WAS A PLACE

THAT WAS A ROOM THAT HAD NO WALLS.

I FELT LIKE I WAS STILL IN MY BODY.

I COULD BREATHE LIKE I COULD NEVER BREATHE BEFORE.

THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND,

WALKING IN LINES.

AND I FELT LIKE, "I MUST BE HOME.

I'M HOME."

AND YET IT MADE NO SENSE

BECAUSE IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE MY HOME.

EMOTIONALLY, I WAS VERY CONTENT.

I WAS COMFORTABLE.

I WAS FEELING CALM AND AT EASE.

AND WHEN I WAS HERE,

I DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT I HAD JUST DROWNED.

I DIDN'T REMEMBER ANY OF THE TURMOIL.

I DIDN'T REMEMBER ANY OF THE PAIN OR FEAR.

I WAS KNEELING.

AND SUDDENLY, OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE,

I SEE THIS ASIAN WOMAN.

AND SHE REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE

I THINK BECAUSE THE VIBRANCY OF HER CLOTHING,

THE COLORS WERE SO BRIGHT.

AND SHE BEGAN TO WALK FORWARD AND JOIN ONE OF THE LINES.

THERE WAS A DESK THAT WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME.

AND THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO WAS FAIR IN COMPLEXION.

SHE HAD ON WHITE.

AND SHE BEGAN TO SPEAK TO ME,

I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT TELEPATHICALLY.

AND, UM, SHE ASKED ME, "ARE YOU COMING?"

AND I LOOKED AT HER AND -- AND SAID, "

AM I SUPPOSED TO?"

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT IF I GET UP AND GO

THAT EVERYTHING THAT I'VE KNOWN UP TILL NOW IS GONNA CHANGE.

SO I LOOKED AT HER AGAIN. AND SHE LOOKED AT ME AGAIN.

AND SHE ASKED ME ONE MORE TIME.

ARE YOU COMING?

AT THAT MOMENT, I HEARD A VOICE THAT STARTED TALKING TO ME

IN A VERY CALM AND PEACEFUL MANNER.

AND HE BEGAN TO GIVE ME INSTRUCTIONS

OF WHAT TO DO NOW THAT I HAD ARRIVED.

I WAS SO ENAMORED

WITH ALL OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WAS HAPPENING AROUND ME,

I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION.

AT THAT EXACT SECOND, EVERYTHING WENT BLACK.

I REALIZED AT THAT MOMENT, I HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE.

AND I REMEMBER PRAYING AT THAT MOMENT,

"GOD, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?

DO I GO BACK, OR DO I STAY?"

AND I HEARD WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE VOICE OF GOD

SPEAK TO ME AND SAY, "DARNISHA,

YOU NEED TO RELAX AND LET YOUR HUSBAND BRING YOU BACK."

I CANNOT EVEN DESCRIBE THE PAIN THAT RUSHED IN.

I FELT LIKE I WAS BEING SUCKED BACK INTO A PLACE

AND THEN JUST SHOOTING PAIN THAT I FELT ALL OVER MY BODY.

EVERY INCH OF MY BODY,

IT FELT LIKE I WAS BEING STABBED.

AT THAT MOMENT,

I REMEMBERED EVERYTHING THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE LAKE,

ALL OF THE PANIC THAT I HAD FELT,

ALL OF THE LAST MOMENTS CAME RUSHING IN.

AND I REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED.

I'M THERE IN THE LAKE WITH MY HUSBAND HOLDING ME.

AND I COULD JUST BARELY MAKE OUT

THIS BOAT THAT WAS NEAR US

AND THIS OTHER MAN THAT WAS HELPING

TO LIFT ME UP OUT OF THE WATER.

HOW LONG DO YOU AND EVEN THE DOCTORS

AND YOUR HUSBAND FEEL LIKE YOU WERE DEAD?

I WOULD GUESS I WAS GONE FOR ABOUT 8 MINUTES

WHERE I WASN'T BREATHING,

WHERE I WAS IN THAT PLACE OF TRANSITION

AND SEEING ALL THE THINGS THAT I SAW ON THE OTHER SIDE.

IN DARNISHA'S AFTERLIFE EXPERIENCE,

A VOICE TOLD HER

TO LET HER NEWLYWED HUSBAND BRING HER BACK.

DID DARNISHA MAKE A LIFE-SAVING MOVE ON THE OTHER SIDE?

OR DID HER HUSBAND'S

ACTIONS IN THE MURKY WATER THAT DAY SAVE HER?

HIS SIDE OF THE STORY IS INCREDIBLE,

AND YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY HEAR HIS PERSPECTIVE.

HI, SCOTT. HEY, JOHN.

WELL, I JUST TALKED TO DARNISHA,

AND SHE TOLD ME HOW SHE DROWNED, DIED,

AND CAME BACK TO LIFE.

YEAH. THAT WAS A CRAZY DAY.

THE USUALLY BEAUTIFUL, CRYSTAL-CLEAR WATER

WAS EXTREMELY MURKY.

SWIMMING ALONG, THE WATER WAS GETTING EVEN WORSE WHERE NOW,

WE'RE TALKING JUST A FEW FEET VISIBILITY.

I LOOK AT DARNISHA, AND I SEE

A SMALL STREAM OF BUBBLES COMING UP.

AT THAT POINT, I DIDN'T FEEL

IT WAS A LIFE-OR-DEATH SITUATION,

BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO RECTIFY.

I GAVE HER A HAND SIGN TO HEAD UP TO THE SURFACE

AND, REATTACH THE COUPLING.

SHE STARTED GOING UP THE LINE.

SHE QUICKLY DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT.

IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF FEET.

I COULDN'T SEE HER ANY LONGER.

KNEELING ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS LAKE,

I START SEEING THESE DARK SHADOWS DARTING AROUND ME.

MOST OF THE FISH ARE IN DEEP WATER,

SO IT'S REALLY RARE TO SEE ANY FISH.

I REMEMBER THINKING, "AM I BLACKING OUT?

IS MY MIXTURE WRONG?"

I CHECKED MY AIR.

EVERYTHING'S GOOD.

IT STARTED TO MAKE ME UNCOMFORTABLE.

WHAT WERE THESE BLACK SHADOWS THAT YOU DESCRIBE IN THE WATER?

I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS,

IF IT WAS SPIRITS,

IF IT WAS SOMETHING TO GET ME OFF THE --

THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE TO GET TO THE SURFACE.

BUT WHATEVER IT WAS,

IT MOTIVATED ME TO GET OUT OF THERE.

MADE IT TO THE SURFACE LESS THAN 2 MINUTES

AND WAS EXPECTING TO SEE DARNISHA THERE.

AND I BROKE THE SURFACE, AND SHE WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.

SO I STARTED SPINNING AROUND, DOING A 360 IN THE WATER,

AND DIDN'T SEE HER OR ANYBODY. DARNISHA!

SO I ACTUALLY DROPPED DOWN BELOW THE SURFACE OF THE WATER,

CONTINUED TO SWIM,

FRANTIC, GETTING OUT OF BREATH JUST FROM THE HARD SWIM

AND THEN JUST THE FEAR THAT MY WIFE WAS IN JEOPARDY.

I REMEMBER FINALLY SEEING A DARK SHADOW IN FRONT OF ME

AND GETTING CLOSE ENOUGH

THAT I COULD MAKE OUT THAT IT WAS HER.

COULD SEE HER REGULATOR FLOATING ALONGSIDE OF HER,

SO I KNEW SHE WASN'T BREATHING.

I COULD SEE HER LIFELESS EYES LOOKING BACK AT ME.

SO I GRABBED HER, MADE A BEELINE TOWARDS THE SURFACE.

AND THEN REMEMBER RIPPING HER MASK OFF

AND GRABBING HER HEAD AND PULLING HER TOWARDS ME

AND BLOWING AIR INTO HER LUNGS.

I'LL NEVER FORGET THE SOUND OF JUST GURGLE

'CAUSE HER LUNGS ARE FULL OF WATER.

DARNISHA, COME ON. DARNISHA!

IT WAS HELL.

IT WAS JUST --

"MY GOD. WHAT JUST HAPPENED?"

AND WHEN I HEARD THAT SOUND,

I JUST STARTED SCREAMING FOR HELP.

WE WERE BOTH GONNA LEAVE THAT LAKE ALIVE TOGETHER,

OR WE WERE BOTH GONNA DROWN.

DARNISHA! HELP!

**

ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2006,

JEFF MARKIN SUFFERED A MAJOR HEART ATTACK

WHILE STANDING IN THE WAITING ROOM OF A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

HELP!

SO WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT'S GOING ON?

CARDIOLOGIST DR. CRANDALL WAS ON DUTY IN THE ER THAT DAY

AND JOINED IN THE RACE TO SAVE JEFF'S LIFE.

TELL ME ABOUT THAT DAY.

HOW DID IT START FOR YOU?

I WAS VERY BUSY AT WORK IN THE MORNING,

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED BY ANYTHING.

WOW.

I HAD WALKED THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM EARLIER THAT DAY.

SO THE PEOPLE THERE KNEW THAT I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL.

SO THEY CALLED FOR MY ASSISTANCE,

AND I WALKED DOWN.

AND JEFF WAS IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST

AND IN FACT HAD BEEN IN ARREST FOR OVER 40 MINUTES.

NURSE, CONTINUE CPR.

STILL NO PULSE.

BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH OF TIME

AND BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE TREATMENT THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN

AND NO RESPONSE,

WE DECLARED HIM DEAD.

YOU GUYS HAVE DONE EVERYTHING YOU COULD.

YOU DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.

TIME OF DEATH IS 8:05.

WHEN SOMEONE DIES, THE ROOM CLEARS OUT.

NO ONE WANTS TO STAY AROUND DEATH.

IT'S UGLY.

IT'S NOT A PRETTY PICTURE.

SO AT THIS TIME WITH JEFF,

EVERYONE LEFT THE ROOM EXCEPT ONE NURSE.

I WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM.

AND AS I WALKED DOWN THE HALLWAY, I HEARD THE VOICE.

AND THE VOICE SAID, "TURN AROUND AND PRAY FOR THAT MAN."

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "THAT CAN'T BE GOD."

HOW CAN I TURN AROUND AND PRAY FOR THAT MAN?

HE'S GONE. HE'S DEAD.

THERE'S NO LIFE IN HIM.

SO I IGNORED IT, AND I KEPT WALKING.

BUT AS I CONTINUED TO WALK DOWN THE HALL,

THE VOICE CAME BACK A SECOND TIME

AND SAID, "TURN AROUND AND PRAY FOR THAT DEAD MAN."

WHAT DID THAT SOUND LIKE?

WAS IT A SOFT VOICE IN YOUR HEART,

OR WAS IT SOMETHING ELSE?

THIS WAS AN AUDIBLE VOICE THAT WAS FULL OF AUTHORITY.

THE FIRST TIME YOU HEARD IT, THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO DO.

JESSE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. I'M A PHYSICIAN.

I'M A SCIENTIST.

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE IN THESE THINGS.

AND ALL THESE DOUBTS COME THROUGH YOUR MIND

CONSTANTLY AS YOU WORK ON PEOPLE DURING THE DAY.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS.

MAYBE THIS ISN'T GOD.

MAYBE THIS IS JUST MY OWN THOUGHTS.

BUT WHEN IT CAME BACK THE SECOND TIME...

YEAH. ...WITHOUT A DOUBT,

IT WAS THE VOICE OF THE LORD.

I WALKED BACK TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

AND I STOOD NEXT TO THAT BODY.

AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,

"HOW DO YOU PRAY FOR A DEAD MAN?"

AND I STEPPED BACK FROM THAT BODY.

AND AS I STEPPED BACK, MY RIGHT ARM WENT UP IN THE AIR.

I HAD NO CONTROL OVER IT.

AND THEN, THE HOLY SPIRIT TOOK OVER.

AND AS I STARTED SPEAKING WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH,

THE HOLY SPIRIT TOOK THOSE WORDS AND PERFORMED A MIRACLE.

AND THESE WERE THE WORDS --

"FATHER, GOD, I CRY OUT FOR THIS MAN'S SOUL.

IF HE DOES NOT KNOW YOU AS LORD AND SAVIOR,

RAISE HIM FROM THE DEAD NOW IN THE NAME OF JESUS."

WHEN I SAID THAT PRAYER, THAT NURSE LOOKED AT ME

LIKE I WAS A CRAZY MAN.

DOCTOR, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

THE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR WALKED IN,

AND I SAID, "SHOCK THIS MAN ONE MORE TIME."

WE CALLED THE TIME.

WE WORKED ON HIM FOR OVER 40 MINUTES.

WE NEED TO SHOCK HIM AGAIN.

AND HE LOOKED AT ME, AND HE SAID,

"DR. CRANDALL, HE'S DEAD.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO."

AND I SAID, "FOR ME, SHOCK HIM ONE MORE TIME."

PLEASE. SHOCK HIM AGAIN.

AND SO HE BROUGHT THOSE PADDLES OVER.

HE PUT THEM ON THAT DEAD BODY.

CLEAR.

AND IMMEDIATELY, INSTANTLY, A PERFECT HEARTBEAT CAME BACK.

DOCTOR, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. WE HAVE A PULSE.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

THERE WAS ANOTHER NURSE THAT WAS CLOSE BY

THAT WAS UPSET ABOUT THIS WHOLE EVENT.

SHE SAID, "WHY DID YOU DO THIS?

THIS MAN'S GONNA BE BRAIN-DEAD.

HE'S GONNA HAVE NO LIFE."

WE'VE GOT TO GET HIM TO THE ICU NOW.

GIVE ME SOME VERSED!

AND I THINK WE WERE ALL CONFUSED ABOUT IT.

IT HAPPENED QUICKLY, SUDDENLY.

SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER, EVER SEEN

IN ALL MY 35 YEARS OF TRAINING.

IMPOSSIBLE. HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN?

WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW. YOU'VE BEEN IN THOSE SITUATIONS.

WHEN SOMEONE IS DEAD,

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING THEM BACK.

YES. AND AFTER THOSE BEATS STARTED,

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THESE CYANOTIC HANDS, JESSE,

JUST STARTED TREMBLING.

AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE FEET STARTED MOVING.

AND THEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN,

THE ABDOMEN CAME IN WITH A DEEP BREATH

AND LET OUT A GUSH OF WIND...

WOW. ...LIKE THIS.

IT WAS LIFE GOING INTO THIS MAN.

IT WASN'T THE SHOCK.

IT WASN'T THE HEARTBEAT.

THE SPIRIT WAS NOW ALIVE.

AND WE JUST STOOD THERE,

MOTIONLESS, IT SEEMED LIKE, FOR ETERNITY,

WATCHING LIFE REENTER THIS MAN.

WE DID NOTHING TO HIM.

DID YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THAT POINT?

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WAS IN SHOCK.

I WAS STUNNED.

GOD HAD TOUCHED THIS MAN.

HOW DO WE BEHAVE? HOW DO WE REACT?

I DIDN'T KNOW.

HAD YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE?

NO. NONE OF US HAD SEEN THIS.

THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

IT IS INCREDIBLE.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF A CASE LIKE THIS.

THIS IS UNIQUE.

WHAT DO YOU TELL THE SKEPTICS?

I TELL THE SKEPTICS, "YOU WEREN'T THERE THAT DAY.

I WAS." WOW.

I TELL THE SKEPTICS

THAT A DECISION HAD TO BE MADE TO TURN AROUND AND PRAY.

AND AFTER THAT PRAYER,

THAT MAN CAME BACK TO LIFE AND IS ALIVE TODAY.

WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE UNBELIEVERS.

BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT GOD SHOWED UP THAT DAY,

AND A LIFE WAS RESURRECTED IN JEFF MARKIN.

NOT ONLY DID JEFF'S CASE DEFY MEDICAL LOGIC,

BUT THE NURSE'S CONCERNS CAN BE PUT TO REST, AS WELL.

DESPITE HAVING BEEN DEAD FOR SUCH A LONG TIME,

JEFF DOES NOT SUFFER FROM ANY LASTING BRAIN DAMAGE.

HOW IS THIS FOR YOU, JUST BEING HERE

AND SEEING DR. CRANDALL?

IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS MAN, YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE.

WELL, EXACTLY.

I'M JUST VERY FORTUNATE THAT IT WAS ME

AND I WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT

AND BE HERE TODAY WITH EVERYBODY.

HE ASKED ME MY FEELINGS AND MY THOUGHTS ABOUT GOD,

AND I REMEMBER CRYING. - YOU DID.

I WAS A LITTLE CAUGHT OFF-GUARD

BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL

FOR A DOCTOR TO ASK ME MY SPIRITUAL BELIEFS.

BUT IT JUST SEEMED LIKE IT WAS A NATURAL THING TO DO.

YEAH.

AND WHEN HE EXPLAINED HOW BAD OF A HEART ATTACK

AND WHERE I HAD BEEN AND WAS ABLE TO SURVIVE THAT,

THAT WAS PRETTY POWERFUL.

I REALLY THINK THAT, IN SITUATIONS WHERE

THERE'S A DIVINE INTERVENTION, THAT BOTH PEOPLE ARE BLESSED.

I FEEL LIKE I SEE THAT IN BOTH OF YOUR LIVES.

IS THAT ACCURATE TO SAY?

WELL, YOU KNOW, JEFF HAS CHANGED.

HE'S A DIFFERENT MAN TODAY,

AND THAT CHANGE HAS HAPPENED OVER TIME.

THAT, TO ME, IS A MIRACLE.

HE'S A HUMBLE MAN, HE'S A LOVING MAN,

AND THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO JEFF.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TREMENDOUS BLESSING

FOR ME TO SEE THE CHANGE IN HIS LIFE.

-THANK YOU SO MUCH. -OKAY.

THIS HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE AND JUST AMAZING.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR VISITING WITH US.

-YES, SIR. -WE APPRECIATE IT.

JEFF. TAKE CARE, OKAY?

-THANK YOU VERY MUCH. -HOPE TO MEET YOU AGAIN.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I FELT ALONE, ISOLATED, HOLDING MY DEAD WIFE

AND THAT I'M GONNA DIE WITH HER IN THE LAKE.

ONE DIVER WAS HOLDING ANOTHER ONE UP,

AND HE WAS QUITE HYSTERICAL.

WE HAD TO GET IN ARM'S REACH.

WE KNEW THAT WE COULDN'T JUMP IN AND SAVE THEM.

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DARNISHA TAYLOR AND HER HUSBAND, SCOTT,

WERE ENJOYING A DAY OF SCUBA DIVING AT A LOCAL LAKE

WHEN AN EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION CULMINATED

IN DARNISHA'S DEATH BY DROWNING.

HER HUSBAND SEARCHED FRANTICALLY TO FIND DARNISHA.

BUT BY THE TIME HE DID,

HE, TOO, WAS ON THE BRINK OF EXHAUSTION

AND FEARED THAT THEY MAY BOTH DIE IN THE LAKE THAT DAY.

WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN YOUR MIND

AS YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF ENERGY,

YOU'RE HOLDING YOUR WIFE'S BODY?

WALK ME THROUGH THAT. YEAH.

I PULL HER TO THE SURFACE AND SHAKE HER

AND REALIZE SHE'S NOT THERE.

AND IMMEDIATELY, ALMOST AUDIBLE IN MY HEAD WAS,

"YOU KILLED YOUR WIFE.

SHE'S GONE.

THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

THIS WAS YOUR SPORT.

SHE DID THIS FOR YOU, AND YOU'VE KILLED HER NOW."

IT WAS EXHAUSTING.

I HAD TO KEEP TRYING TO KICK TO STAY UP ON THE SURFACE MYSELF.

AND I KNEW I WASN'T GONNA BE ABLE

TO HOLD OUT FOR MUCH LONGER.

AND AT THIS POINT, WE BOTH NEEDED TO BE RESCUED

BECAUSE I WASN'T GONNA LEAVE HER THERE.

WE WERE BOTH GONNA LEAVE THAT LAKE ALIVE TOGETHER,

OR WE WERE BOTH GONNA DROWN THERE TOGETHER.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

WELL, I WAS SHOUTING OUT TO GOD FOR A MIRACLE.

AND OFF IN THE DISTANCE, I SAW ONE COMING.

I FELT ALONE, ISOLATED, HOLDING MY DEAD WIFE

AND THAT I'M GONNA DIE WITH HER IN THE LAKE.

STARTING TO GET THAT KIND OF BLACKOUT FEELING,

I SEE THIS LITTLE WHITE BOAT OFF IN THE DISTANCE.

AND THE BOAT WAS COMING PRETTY QUICK,

HEADING TOWARDS US.

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE BOAT.

AND AS WE'RE CRUISING ALONG THE NORTH SHORE,

I SAW A VERY PERPLEXING CONFIGURATION IN THE WATER.

AND I REALLY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS THAT I WAS SEEING.

AND WE SAW... HELP!

...THIS GUY WAVING AT US.

AND WE WAVED BACK,

AND HE CONTINUED TO WAVE AT US SORT OF INCESSANTLY.

SO WE FIGURED THAT SOMETHING WAS UP

AND HE NEEDED OUR ATTENTION.

ONE DIVER WAS HOLDING ANOTHER ONE UP FROM IN BACK.

AND HE WAS FLAPPING,

AND HE WAS QUITE HYSTERICAL.

AND I LOOKED AT THE OTHER DIVER.

AND HER MOUTH WAS FULL OF WATER.

SHE WAS ALL JUST LAID BACK, NO MOVEMENT, NOTHING GOING ON.

WE HAD TO GET IN ARM'S REACH.

WE KNEW THAT WE COULDN'T JUMP IN AND SAVE THEM.

WE HAD TO DO IT FROM THE BOAT.

IT WAS PULLING UP DEAD WEIGHT.

IT WAS QUITE STRENUOUS.

BUT AT THAT TIME, NONE OF THAT CAME TO MIND.

IT WAS JUST GETTING THIS YOUNG LADY INTO THE BOAT

SO WE COULD TRY TO DO SOMETHING FOR HER.

MY GOD. IS SHE OKAY?

MY GOD!

MY HUSBAND LIFTED HER OUT OF THE WATER.

AND AS SOON AS SHE FLOPPED DOWN IN THAT SEAT

AND HER HEAD WENT OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT,

ABOUT A GALLON OF WATER WAS POURING OUT OF HER.

IT WAS DISTINCTIVE WHEN SHE COUGHED THE WATER UP

THAT SHE'S BREATHING NOW.

AND THEN, SHE STARTED TO WRETCH, TO VOMIT.

IT'S LIKE, "OKAY, HER BODY'S WORKING.

SHE'S -- SHE'S HERE.

SHE'S BACK."

I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.

SHE WAS ALIVE.

THESE PEOPLE HAD RESCUED US.

DARNISHA WASN'T ABLE TO TALK AT ALL

AND WAS IN A STATE OF SHOCK.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS NOBODY OUT THAT DAY.

WHAT WERE THESE PEOPLE DOING ON THEIR BOAT...

-YEAH. -...OUT ON THE LAKE?

IT WAS CRAZY.

THERE WAS NOT A SOUL TO BE SEEN ON THE LAKE OR ON THE SHORE.

AND TALKING TO THEM LATER, FOUND OUT

THEY WEREN'T EVEN SUPPOSED TO BE ON THAT SIDE OF THE LAKE.

SO IT WAS JUST AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE

THAT THEY WERE THERE

AT THAT PRECISE TIME THAT WE NEEDED THEM.

THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE,

WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU NOW BELIEVE IN RESURRECTION?

AND THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHEN DOES OUR FREE WILL END?

I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT ENDED AT DEATH.

BUT I'M STARTING TO SEE MAYBE IT DOESN'T.

FOR MORE "PROJECT AFTERLIFE," GO TO...

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DARNISHA TAYLOR HAD A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE

DROWNING WHILE HER HUSBAND, SCOTT, WAS SCUBA DIVING NEARBY.

WAS HER DECISION IN THE AFTERLIFE

TO STAY WITH HER HUSBAND, SCOTT, ACTUALLY HER CHOICE?

WAS SCOTT'S SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE UNDERWATER

JUST A COINCIDENCE?

ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN --

HIS WILLINGNESS TO DIE FOR HIS WIFE IS A CRUCIAL NOTE.

IT SEEMS ALL THESE FACTORS

CONTRIBUTED TO AN IMPORTANT RESOLUTION --

BOTH SCOTT AND DARNISHA ARE ALIVE AND TOGETHER TODAY.

I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE BOTH OF YOU.

AND THAT WOULD BE, HOW HAS THIS EXPERIENCE

OF RESURRECTION BROUGHT YOU TOGETHER?

I THINK IT GAVE US SUCH A COMMON EXPERIENCE

AND SUCH A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO THE SAME EXPERIENCE

THAT IT HAS HEIGHTENED OUR SENSITIVITY

NOT ONLY TO ONE ANOTHER BUT TO OTHER COUPLES

THAT HAVE WALKED THROUGH TRAUMATIC EVENTS.

YOU WERE NEWLY MARRIED.

YOU WERE GOING OUT TO HAVE FUN,

AND THIS HAPPENS.

HOW HAS IT CHANGED YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

YEAH. IT WAS TOUGH AT FIRST.

IT WAS.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING TO START THIS NEW LIFE TOGETHER.

AND NOW, YOU HAVE ALL THIS CRAZY EMOTION

AND PHYSICAL ISSUES TO DEAL WITH.

YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS A MOVIE, IT WOULD BE,

"AND THEN THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER."

BUT, MAN, YOU KNOW,

GOING THROUGH A TRAUMA LIKE THAT WAS ROUGH.

AND... YEAH.

...WE HAD SEVERAL MONTHS, WHERE,

WE WERE TRYING TO HEAL MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY...

-EMOTIONALLY. -...EMOTIONALLY.

IT WAS A COUPLE MONTHS

I COULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT HER IN HER FACE

'CAUSE I JUST WOULD SEE HER LIFELESS BODY.

DO YOU BELIEVE THIS WAS A MIRACLE?

ABSOLUTELY.

I DEFINITELY BELIEVE IT WAS A MIRACLE.

I ALSO BELIEVE IT WAS AN INTERESTING MARRIAGE

BETWEEN WHAT WE HAVE TO DO ON THE HUMAN SIDE.

WE HAVE TO DO OUR BEST, PUSH OUR HARDEST, TRY OUR BEST,

AND GOD MEETS US IN A MIRACULOUS WAY.

I FOUND IT VERY FASCINATING AND A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.

SO DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE?

I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE I GOT A SECOND CHANCE.

AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY

AND SHARE WITH PEOPLE,

THERE'S MORE TO THIS LIFE AND TO THE NEXT

HAS REALLY BEEN INSPIRING AND LIFE-CHANGING FOR ME,

AS WELL AS FOR THE FOLKS I GET THE PRIVILEGE

TO SHARE THAT MESSAGE WITH.

THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE,

WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOU NOW BELIEVE IN RESURRECTION?

-ABSOLUTELY. -DEFINITELY.

YEAH.

THIS ISN'T --

THIS ISN'T IT.

THIS ISN'T THE FINAL STOP FOR US IN LIFE.

THERE'S MORE.

THIS MAY NOT BE THE FINAL STOP.

BUT IS THERE A WAY FOR ALL OF US TO REMAIN HERE A LITTLE LONGER?

DARNISHA'S CASE HAS ADDED ANOTHER PIECE

TO THE PUZZLING MYSTERY OF RESURRECTION.

DARNISHA AND SCOTT ARE GREAT.

THEY HAVE MADE A FULL RECOVERY,

PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY

THROUGH THIS TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE.

BUT DARNISHA WILL ONLY SCUBA DIVE

IF THE CONDITIONS ARE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.

JOHNNY, WHAT'S THE KEY TO HER RESURRECTION?

SO, SCOTT TOLD ME THAT HE WAS WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF

IN ORDER TO SEE THEM BOTH LIVE OR NEITHER OF THEM.

WOW.

TO ME, THAT WAS A BIG DECISION THAT HE HAD TO MAKE,

A TRUE ACT OF SACRIFICE, AND I BELIEVE HIM.

I COMPLETELY BELIEVE

THAT IF THAT BOAT HAD NOT HAVE COME,

HE WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN HOLDING HER

UNTIL HE COULDN'T ANY LONGER.

GOD, HELP US! HELP!

HE WAS NOT GONNA LET

DEATH SEPARATE THEM, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

-NO, HE WASN'T. -THAT'S AMAZING.

WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE A COMMON THREAD HERE.

THERE IS THAT ELEMENT OF COMPASSION.

AND THERE IS THAT ELEMENT OF, "I'M GOING TO STICK WITH YOU.

I'M GOING TO STICK BY YOU NO MATTER THE COST TO MYSELF."

AND IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SCOTT'S LIFE.

SO, JESSE, TELL ME ABOUT JEFF MARKIN,

THE SAVED MAN WHO CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD.

WHAT IS JEFF DOING NOWADAYS?

JEFF MARKIN'S DOING GREAT.

HE IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN HIS CHURCH.

HE'S REMARRIED.

HE IS IN TOUCH WITH HIS KIDS.

DR. CRANDALL IS CONTINUING TO GIVE LECTURES

IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY.

BOTH OF THESE MEN HAVE CONTINUED ON

AND HAVE HAD TRANSFORMED LIVES.

SO WHAT WAS THE KEY TO RESURRECTION?

THE KEY IN THIS SITUATION, I BELIEVE,

WAS ONE MAN'S COMPASSION

IN THE FACE OF MEDICAL PERSECUTION SCRUTINY,

THAT HE RISKED HIS LICENSE, HE RISKED HIS CAREER,

TO GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING THAT HE FELT LED TO DO.

IT'S INCREDIBLE THAT HE DID THAT.

I MEAN, IT WOULD BE EASY FOR US TO OVERLOOK THE FACT

THAT HE'S A DOCTOR, AND HE WORKS IN A SITUATION

WHERE HE SEES PEOPLE DYING ALL THE TIME.

COMPASSION IS A CHOICE.

WE'VE GOT TO CHOOSE TO LET THAT COMPASSION IN

AND TO LET IT GUIDE US AND LET IT PROPEL US

AND COMPEL US TO DO THINGS THAT WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO.

FOR DR. CRANDALL TO GO BACK IN THERE AGAIN,

THAT TAKES COURAGE. THAT TAKES COMMITMENT.

AND FOR HIM TO BRING JEFF BACK,

THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.

YEAH. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.

DR. CRANDALL, SINCE THEN,

HAS BEEN INVITED TO MEDICAL LECTURES.

MANY DOCTORS CONVERGE,

AND HE'S BEEN INVITED TO PRESENT THE JEFF MARKIN CASE.

WHAT IS AMAZING ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING

WAS DARNISHA WAS ABLE TO MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION

TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, AFTER SHE HEARD THE VOICE,

AND THEN, LOOKING AT JEFF'S SITUATION,

BEING IN THE SAME SITUATION,

WANTING TO MAKE A DECISION TO COME BACK.

IT SHOWS ME THAT THEIR WILL

WAS STILL ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THEIR DEATH EXPERIENCE.

AND THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHEN DOES OUR FREE WILL END?

YOU KNOW?

-WHEN DOES IT END? -YEAH.

I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT ENDED AT DEATH.

BUT I'M STARTING TO SEE MAYBE IT DOESN'T.

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