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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."

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**

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.

**

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...

**

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.

**