Original subtitles

I WAS STARTING TO GO, "OH, GOSH."

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS.

MAYBE I WAS DEAD.

WHEN MY HEART STOPPED BEATING,

ALL OF MY CARES ABOUT THIS WORLD WENT AWAY FROM ME.

I WAS DEAD.

Narrator: 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.

Johnny: 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.

Jesse: WE'RE PURSUING THIS TO SHOW

THAT THE IMPOSSIBLE IS, IN FACT, POSSIBLE.

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

WHY DID YOU DEFY THE ODDS?

Narrator: THIS IS "PROJECT AFTERLIFE."

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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

IS EVERYBODY WHO DIES --

IS EVERYBODY HAVING AN AFTERLIFE EXPERIENCE?

DO PEOPLE HAVE A CHOICE TO COME BACK ONCE THEY'RE DEAD?

IS THERE A DECISION THAT THEY MAKE?

Johnny: NOBODY ON THE PLANET

REALLY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE,

WHICH IS WHY THESE PEOPLE AND THESE CASES

ARE SO IMPORTANT,

BECAUSE THEY'VE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LEARN.

WE GOT A GREAT CASE HERE -- TONY DAVIS.

FOUND HIMSELF IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.

RANDOM ACT OF GANG VIOLENCE.

HE GOT SHOT FIVE TIMES,

ONE OF THEM RIGHT THROUGH HIS FEMORAL ARTERY.

THE FEMORAL ARTERY

IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST BLOOD VESSELS IN YOUR BODY.

I MEAN, IT'S THE FEMORAL ARTERY AND THE AORTA.

THOSE TWO INJURIES,

WHEN THEY'RE TORN OR RUPTURED,

YOU'RE TALKING DEATH IN A MATTER OF MINUTES,

UNCONSCIOUSNESS IN SECONDS.

HERE'S ANOTHER INTERESTING CASE OF RESURRECTION.

THIS IS CYANNE MARTIN.

SHE DIED ON THE OPERATING TABLE

DURING AN OPEN-HEART SURGERY.

HER MOTHER AND HER GRANDMOTHER

BOTH WENT INTO A PRAYER-LIKE TRANCE...

...BOTH TIMES THAT SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE DIED.

WE HAVE TWO GREAT STORIES TO DIG INTO,

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ALL OF THE DETAILS

ON THE CASES WHEN YOU GUYS GET BACK.

Rodger: I'M ON MY WAY TO EAST LOS ANGELES

TO MEET WITH 52-YEAR-OLD TONY DAVIS.

IN 2003, GANG VIOLENCE TOOK THE LIFE

OF THIS RISING STAR IN THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE,

BUT SOMETHING BROUGHT HIM BACK.

HE ASKED ME TO MEET WITH HIM AT VISTA HERMOSA PARK,

A SECLUDED SPOT OVERLOOKING THE CITY.

TONY, THANKS FOR MEETING ME HERE TO SHARE YOUR STORY.

THANKS, RODGER. GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.

WHY THIS PLACE?

THIS IS THE CITY OF ANGELS.

OUT THERE IS WHERE I DIED.

TAKE ME BACK TO THAT NIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, I WAS ON MY WAY FROM HOME

TO PICK UP MY WIFE FROM WORK.

Tony: BACK IN 2003, MY LIFE WAS GOOD.

I WAS A GOSPEL RECORDING ARTIST.

I LOVED MY WIFE, CHRIS, DEARLY.

I REMEMBER THAT DAY SO CLEARLY.

IT WAS A MONDAY NIGHT.

I WAS ON MY WAY TO PICK UP CHRIS FROM WORK.

SHE WAS WORKING AS A CAREGIVER IN A CLIENT'S HOME.

USUALLY, WHEN I PULL UP TO THE HOUSE,

CHRIS IMMEDIATELY COMES OUT AND GET IN THE CAR,

AND WE LEAVE.

BUT THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT, FOR SOME REASON,

SHE STAYED THERE INSIDE THE HOUSE.

AS I SLOWLY PULLED UP TO THE HOUSE,

THAT'S WHEN THE BULLETS BEGAN TO RING OUT.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

THE FIRST BULLET HIT MY LEFT DOOR.

I HEARD IT PINK.

AND THEN, THE OTHER BULLETS FOLLOWED,

HITTING THE RADIATOR AND...

I HEARD, LIKE, A SEEPING SOUND GOING FROM THE BACK TIRE.

[ TIRES SCREECH, AIR HISSING ]

MY FIRST INSTINCT

WAS TO DROP DOWN TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE,

BUT THEN, I'M THINKING, "I NEED TO KEEP GOING,"

YOU KNOW?

SO I IMMEDIATELY HIT THE GAS REAL FAST

TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE BULLETS,

AND I KEPT GOING AS FAST AS I COULD.

SO YOU'RE JUST DRIVING ALONG,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, BAM, BAM, BAM!

THEY'RE SHOOTING AT YOU? YEAH, YOU KNOW?

I'M THINKING THAT SOMEBODY'S SHOOTING AT SOMEBODY ELSE

BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ENEMIES LIKE THAT.

BUT THEN, I THOUGHT ABOUT CHRIS!

I WAS VERY CONCERNED THINKING THAT,

"MAN, I HOPE CHRIS DIDN'T GET SHOT."

I PULLED OVER ABOUT THREE BLOCKS OVER.

I RAN BACK OVER TO THE HOUSE.

SHE SAID, "I HEARD THE BULLETS RINGING OUT

IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, AND THE POLICE IS ON THEIR WAY."

WHAT HAPPENED? THEY JUST...SOMEBODY JUST --

THEY JUST SHOT AT THE CAR. THEY SHOT UP THE CAR.

WHO SHOT UP THE CAR?

I-I DON'T KNOW! I JUST DIPPED.

I-I TRIED TO GET AWAY AND THEN...

ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HEARD A KNOCK AT THE DOOR.

THEY SAID, "WE GOT A 911 REGARDING THE SHOOTING."

I SAID, "YES, YES.

MY CAR JUST GOT SHOT."

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CAR IS?

IT'S JUST A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY,

AROUND THE CORNER, JUST, UM...

AND THEY SAID, "LET'S GO OVER TO SEE THE VEHICLE."

AND THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR, AND THEY SAID, "A 9mm DID THIS.

AND WE HAVE AN IDEA OF A KNOWN GANG MEMBER IN THIS AREA.

WE'RE GONNA GO AND DO AN INVESTIGATION,

AND WE'LL BE BACK."

SO, THE COPS, THEY LEFT YOU THERE?

UNFORTUNATELY, YES.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

ABOUT 10, MAYBE 15 MINUTES LATER,

I WAS SITTING ON THE CURB.

I WAS CALLING OTHER PEOPLE,

YOU KNOW, LIKE, "MAN, SOMEBODY JUST SHOT MY CAR!"

ALL OF A SUDDEN,

I HEARD BULLETS BEGIN TO RING OUT FROM BEHIND ME.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

[ GRUNTS ]

I TURN TO RUN,

AND THAT'S WHEN THE FIRST BULLET HIT MY LEFT LEG.

UGH!

AND TWO MORE BULLETS DID THE SAME.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

AND I JUST FELL DOWN TO THE GROUND.

[ MOANS ]

THAT'S WHEN THINGS SEEMED TO WENT INTO A SLOW MOTION.

AND, UM...

I LOOKED UP, AND THERE'S A YOUNG KID,

YOUNG BOY...

STANDING BEHIND A TREE AND BEGAN TO COME TOWARDS ME.

AND HE HAD A GUN POINTED TOWARDS MY HEAD.

AND I'M SITTING THERE, LIKE, "WHY?

WHAT HAVE I DONE..."

WHY'D YOU SHOOT ME?

"...TO MAKE YOU SHOOT ME LIKE THIS?"

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME.

"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW MY NAME.

WHAT HAVE I DONE TO MAKE YOU SHOOT ME LIKE THIS?"

OUT OF NOWHERE, I SAID...

"I COMMAND YOU, YOU ARE NOT GONNA SHOOT THAT GUN AGAIN."

[ GUN COCKS ]

HIS HAND, LIKE, TREMBLED.

AND HE JUST LOWERED THE GUN.

AND I FELL TO THE GROUND, AND I LAID THERE IN MY BLOOD.

[ CRYING ]

I KNEW I WAS GONNA DIE

BECAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH BLOOD.

BLOOD WAS EVERYWHERE.

ONE OF THE BULLETS HIT THE MAIN ARTERY IN MY LEFT LEG.

Rodger: THE BULLET HAD PIERCED THE FEMORAL ARTERY.

FOR THE NEXT 5 MINUTES,

TONY'S HEART BEAT ABOUT ALL OF HIS BODY'S BLOOD

THROUGH THE FATAL WOUND.

Tony: I FELT MY HEART SLOW DOWN UNTIL IT STOPPED.

MY HANDS FELL TO THE GROUND.

BAM.

I WAS DEAD.

Johnny: WHILE RODGER UNCOVERS TONY'S REMARKABLE CASE

OF RESURRECTION AFTER SUDDEN VIOLENCE,

I'M HEADED TO THE CALIFORNIA COAST,

WHERE ONE WOMAN'S BRUSH WITH DEATH

BEGAN BEFORE SHE COULD TALK.

43-YEAR-OLD CYANNE MARTIN

WAS BORN WITH A SERIOUS HEART CONDITION

WHICH IS CALLED BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE,

AND IT CAUSES THE HEART TO STRUGGLE TO BEAT ENOUGH BLOOD

THROUGH THE REST OF THE BODY.

THIS CONDITION LEFT HER DEAD TWICE,

BUT EACH TIME, SHE CAME BACK.

MEDICAL SCIENCE DOESN'T EXPLAIN THESE RESURRECTIONS,

SO I'M HERE TO UNCOVER THE DEEPER CAUSES OF HER REVIVAL.

HI, CYANNE.

HI.

IT'S WONDERFUL TO MEET YOU.

OH, YOU TOO.

SO, TELL ME, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?

I LOVE THE BEACH.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A SPECIAL PLACE GROWING UP.

SO I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE BORN WITH A HEART CONDITION.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT?

I'VE HAD A HEART CONDITION ALL MY LIFE.

WHEN I WAS 3, I HAD MY FIRST SURGERY,

AND I FLATLINED ON THE OPERATING TABLE.

DO YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE

WHEN YOU WERE 3?

I REMEMBER BEING BROUGHT BACK.

APPARENTLY, MY GRANDMA WAS ACTUALLY THERE

AND, FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD,

WENT INTO SOME SORT OF A MEDITATIVE TRANCE

AND WAS WITH ME IN THE SURGERY.

WAS SHE CLAIRVOYANT?

WAS SHE ABLE TO PHYSICALLY BE WITH YOU?

HER MIND OR HER SPIRIT JUST WENT SOMEWHERE.

SO, YOU DIED WHEN YOU WERE 3

AND THEN AGAIN LATER IN LIFE?

YES. THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

TAKE ME TO THAT SECOND TIME THAT YOU DIED.

WELL, I HAD JUST TURNED 30.

Cyanne: BY THE TIME I TURNED 30,

I NEEDED TO HAVE A THIRD OF MY HEART REPLACED.

CYANNE, SHARI, HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY?

GOING INTO THIS SURGERY, I WASN'T EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

SO I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE,

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS YOUR AORTIC VALVE IS FAILING.

Johnny: CYANNE'S CHILDHOOD CONDITION

HAD WORSENED TO A NEAR-CATASTROPHIC STATE.

DISEASED TISSUE HAD SPREAD THROUGHOUT HER HEART,

REQUIRING A RISKY TRANSPLANT

WITH LESS THAN A 40% CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

HERE'S YOUR CHEST.

WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT IN THROUGH THE CENTER THERE.

Cyanne: WHEN I HEARD THAT NEWS

THAT THEY WANTED TO TRANSPLANT AN ENTIRE THIRD OF MY HEART,

IT WAS -- IT WAS VERY OVERWHELMING.

I FIGURED I WOULD RATHER DIE THAN HAVE ANOTHER SURGERY.

Woman: ONCE THE MASK GOES ON YOUR FACE,

WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO

IS JUST COUNT BACKWARDS VERY SLOWLY FROM 20.

GOING IN, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF I WANTED TO LIVE.

I JUST...

I WAS EXHAUSTED.

AS I WAS LYING IN THE BED

AND THE ANESTHESIA STARTED KICKING IN,

AND I STARTED LOOKING AROUND,

AND THERE WAS FAIRIES EVERYWHERE,

WHICH I FIGURED I WAS HALLUCINATING OR SOMETHING.

SO, YOU LITERALLY SAW FAIRIES BY YOUR BEDSIDE.

YES.

WERE THEY SMALL?

WERE THEY BIG?

WERE THEY FRIENDLY?

THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY, PLAYFUL, NURTURING.

THEY WERE DIFFERENT SIZES.

THEY LOOKED REALLY SPARKLY AND HAPPY.

THEY ALL HAD WINGS.

THEY WERE ALL, LIKE, SURROUNDING ME, HOVERING ABOVE.

THE LAST CONSCIOUS THOUGHT I HAD THAT DAY

WAS IN THE BED, SURROUNDED BY THE FAIRIES

AND VERY HAPPY.

Man: SUCTION.

THEN, EVERYTHING JUST WENT BLACK.

SHE'S FLATLINING. HOW'S HER VITALS?

Woman: VITALS ARE LOW.

10cc OF EPI. SUCTION.

Man #2: RIGHT THERE. ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A BLEEDER RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE LOSING HER. [ FLATLINE ]

I DIED ON THE OPERATING TABLE AGAIN.

Rodger: IN 2003, GOSPEL SINGER TONY DAVIS WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES

AT CLOSE RANGE BY AN L.A. GANG.

STRUCK IN HIS FEMORAL ARTERY,

HE BLED OUT ON THE STREET AND DIED.

SO, YOU DIED FROM THE GUNSHOTS. THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THEY LEFT 10 BULLET HOLES THROUGH MY BODY.

I DIED FOR 30 MINUTES.

I HAD AN OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE WHERE I SAW HEAVEN.

Tony: WHEN MY HEART STOPPED BEATING, I BEGAN TO FEEL REAL COLD...

[ SHAKY BREATHING ]

...AND IT WAS LIKE I WAS BEING CONSUMED

IN THIS COLD, DARK PLACE.

AND I BEGIN TO FLOAT TOWARDS THESE CLOUDS,

BEAUTIFUL, RED-LOOKING CLOUDS.

AND I NOTICED THAT THE CLOSER I GOT TO THESE CLOUDS,

THE MORE PEACE, LOVE, AND JOY I FELT.

I WASN'T CONCERNED ABOUT CHRIS, MY FAMILY, MY MOTHER.

ALL OF MY CARES ABOUT THIS WORLD WENT AWAY FROM ME.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THERE WAS A WINDOW,

A HUGE WINDOW THAT OPENED,

AND THROUGH THAT WINDOW, I SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY

WAY OFF INSIDE THE CLOUDS.

AND THERE WAS THESE LIGHTS GOING BACK AND FORTH,

THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF THEM,

JUST GOING ALL THROUGH THE CITY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE KIND OF COLORS BEFORE IN MY LIFE.

I SAW SOME PEOPLE WALKING AND TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

I HEARD LAUGHTER.

I FELT SO MUCH LOVE COMING OUT OF THE CITY,

AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST PULLING ME IN TO JUST BE HOME.

LIKE, "YOU'RE HOME."

WOW.

YOU SAID YOU SAW PEOPLE IN THERE.

I SAW THE IMAGES OF PEOPLE THROUGH THIS HAZE OR FOG.

IT LOOKED LIKE CLOUDS, AND IT WAS SO HAPPY.

IT WAS SO MUCH JOY AND PEACE AND LOVE.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS VOICE SAID TO ME,

"IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT."

IT WAS LIKE, "WAIT A MINUTE.

I KNOW THAT VOICE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT VOICE.

WHO IS THAT?"

IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY I KNEW FROM YEARS AGO

WHEN I WAS A KID OR SOMETHING.

IT WAS LIKE I KNEW IT WAS THE VOICE OF GOD.

GOD TOLD ME, "YOU NEED TO GO BACK."

AND I SAID, "NO, I'M NOT GOING BACK.

I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK."

AND HE SAID AGAIN, "YOUR WORK IS NOT YET DONE.

GO BACK."

AND I'M LIKE, "NO, NO, DON'T DO THIS TO ME.

THERE'S NO WAY I'LL GO BACK TO THAT WORLD.

TO ALL THAT? NO! I LOVE THIS PLACE.

LET ME STAY."

AND THE THIRD TIME IS WHEN HE SAID MY NAME.

"TONY, YOUR WORK IS NOT YET DONE.

GO BACK."

AND THEN, I HEARD A BLOW.

IT WAS LIKE THE WIND.

[ WIND GUSTING ]

AND I BEGAN TO DRIFT BACKWARDS.

AND I WAS TRYING TO GRAB SOMETHING.

MY HANDS WERE GOING THROUGH CLOUDS.

I'M TRYING TO GRAB SOMETHING TO STAY THERE.

AND I FELT LIKE I WAS LEAVING

THE PEACE, THE JOY, THE LOVE THAT WAS THERE.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I WENT INTO A DARKNESS.

AND THEN, I FELT MYSELF TAKING A DEEP BREATH.

I BREATHE.

AND I OPEN MY EYES.

AND I SAW THAT I WAS BACK INTO THIS WORLD.

SO, YOU FEEL THIS WIND JUST BLOW YOU BACKWARD?

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I FELT.

YOU THINK IT WAS GOD HIMSELF BREATHING LIFE INTO YOU?

I BELIEVE HE BLEW THE BREATH OF LIFE

BACK INTO MY BODY.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I BELIEVE IT WAS.

NOW, YOU WAKE UP.

YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL BED.

YEAH.

Rodger: AFTER BEING DEAD

FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR

AND ON LIFE SUPPORT FOR OVER EIGHT MORE,

TONY HAD BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE.

Tony: AND WHEN I OPENED MY EYES...

I SAW CHRIS.

AND SHE SAID, "BABE, I LOVE YOU."

SHE SAID, "GOD GONNA KEEP YOU HERE WITH ME."

TONY, WHY DO YOU THINK

YOU WERE BROUGHT BACK AND GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE?

I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS

BECAUSE OF THE PRAYERS OF MY WIFE, CHRIS.

Rodger: TONY BELIEVES HIS WIFE BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE.

WAS IT HER PRAYERS THAT BROUGHT HIM BACK

OR SOMETHING ELSE SHE DID WHILE HE WAS DEAD?

I'M ON MY WAY TO TONY'S CHURCH TO MEET HER AND FIND OUT MORE.

HEY, CHRIS. NICE TO MEET YOU.

HI. YOU TOO.

FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY TONY,

YOU PLAYED QUITE A VITAL ROLE IN RAISING HIM FROM THE DEAD.

CAN YOU TAKE ME BACK TO WHAT HAPPENED?

YES. I WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO PICK ME UP FROM WORK.

Chris: THAT NIGHT, I STAYED IN THE HOUSE.

I USUALLY COME OUT OF THE HOUSE AS SOON AS HE PULLS UP,

BUT FOR SOME REASON, GOD KEPT ME IN THE HOUSE.

HOW FAR AWAY ARE YOU?

WHEN HE PULLED IN FRONT OF THE FACILITY,

SOMEBODY START SHOOTING.

[ GUNSHOTS ]

[ TIRES SCREECHING ]

TO ME, AT FIRST, IT SOUNDED LIKE FIRECRACKERS.

A FEW MINUTES AFTER I HEARD THE GUNSHOT,

TONY CAME OVER TO THE HOUSE.

HE WAS UPSET.

TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED!

I NEED YOU TO CALL THE POLICE. CALL THE POLICE.

THEY SHOT UP THE CAR. IT'S ALL SHOT UP.

I CALLED THE POLICE.

PLEASE, PLEASE HURRY.

HURRY. GET HERE FAST.

AND THE POLICE CAME.

A WHILE LATER...

AND I RUN OVER TO THE STREET WHERE TONY WAS.

HE WAS LAID OUT IN A POOL OF BLOOD.

THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE.

WHEN I SAW THEM PUMPING HIS CHEST,

I KNEW HE WAS DEAD.

Johnny: 30-YEAR-OLD CYANNE MARTIN

IS UNDERGOING MAJOR HEART-REPLACEMENT SURGERY

WHEN SHE SUDDENLY FLATLINES.

Man: SHE'S FLATLINING.

HER ENTIRE BODY FAILS,

AND SHE REMAINS LIFELESS FOR OVER 20 MINUTES

UNTIL DOCTORS CAN MOVE HER ONTO TOTAL LIFE SUPPORT.

DOCTORS THEN RACE TO FINISH THE HEART TRANSPLANT.

EVERY MINUTE SHE SPENDS ON LIFE SUPPORT,

CYANNE'S CHANCES OF FULL RECOVERY DIMINISH.

DOCTORS AREN'T CERTAIN IF HER HEART WILL EVER BEAT AGAIN.

SO, CYANNE, YOU DIED. YEAH.

AND WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT YOU REMEMBER HAPPENING?

ALL I REMEMBER IS JUST BEING TERRIFIED.

IT WAS JUST DARKNESS.

Cyanne: THE MOMENT I DIED,

MY EYES FELT LIKE THEY WERE OPEN,

BUT THERE WAS DARKNESS EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS JUST...BLACK.

IT WAS REALLY SCARY, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS.

I WAS STARTING TO GO, "OH, GOSH."

MAYBE I WAS DEAD.

THE DARKNESS SUBSIDED,

AND IT WAS THIS AMAZINGLY BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

IT WAS LIKE THERE WAS PIXIE DUST EVERYWHERE.

AND I WAS OVERWHELMED BY JUST LOVE,

AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER FELT THAT FULL OF LIFE

[CHUCKLES] WHICH IS IRONIC 'CAUSE I WAS NOT ALIVE.

AS I WAS...LOOKING AROUND,

IT WAS LIKE THERE WAS JAZZ SOMEWHERE.

AND IT WAS WEIRD

BECAUSE JAZZ MUSIC WAS NEVER SOMETHING I REALLY LISTENED TO.

[ LAUGHS ]

I WAS ASSUMING THAT THIS HAD TO BE HEAVEN,

AND THEN THIS LIGHT STARTS SHINING THROUGH THE MIST.

THEN, I KIND OF KNEW THAT I WAS DEAD.

SO I STARTED WALKING TOWARDS THE LIGHT.

THERE WERE THESE TWO SHADOWS,

AND THEY STOPPED ME IN MY TRACKS.

WERE YOU SCARED?

WHAT -- DID YOU THINK THEY WERE ANGELS?

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE,

BUT THE LONGER I LOOKED AT THEM, AS THEY GOT CLOSER,

THEY LOOKED FAMILIAR.

IT WAS THE WEIRDEST THING.

I JUST REALIZED THAT THEY WERE MY GRANDMOTHERS.

THE FIRST WOMAN I RECOGNIZED PRETTY QUICKLY.

SHE WAS THE YOUNGER VERSION OF MY GRANDMOTHER DORIS,

WHO PRAYED FOR ME WHILE I WAS IN SURGERY AT 3 YEARS OLD.

SHE WAS GORGEOUS.

SHE LOOKED A LOT YOUNGER, LIKE, MAYBE 30.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE OTHER WOMAN,

AND SHE LOOKED KIND OF LIKE MY DAD.

IT WAS VERY QUICK THEREAFTER

THAT I FIGURED OUT THAT WAS GRANDMA POLLY.

SHE COULDN'T STOP DANCING.

IT WAS...

MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE JAZZ WAS PLAYING.

BUT I JUST -- I WAS OVERCOME WITH MORE EMOTION

BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHERS WERE THERE.

THEN, MY GRANDMOTHER DORIS SPOKE,

BUT SHE DID NOT MOVE HER MOUTH.

Doris: I INTERVENED WHEN YOU WERE 3.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I WOULD'VE QUIT ON YOU NOW?

BUT THE WAY THEY WERE COMMUNICATING, IT WAS...

TELEPATHIC.

MY GRANDMA DORIS WAS SO, SO DIRECT.

YOUR MOTHER DIDN'T RAISE A QUITTER.

YOU WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE.

I WAS ARGUING THAT I HAD NOTHING TO GO BACK TO.

WHY GO BACK?

AND THAT'S WHEN MY GRANDMA POLLY CUT ME OFF AND POINTED DOWN.

I LOOKED DOWN.

THE MIST KIND OF OPENED A LITTLE BIT,

AND I WAS...

IT WAS ME DOWN THERE, AND THEY WERE OPERATING,

AND THEY WERE IN MY CHEST.

Johnny: CYANNE HAS NOW BEEN CLINICALLY DEAD

FOR NEARLY FOUR HOURS,

AND DOCTORS ARE BEGINNING TO LOSE HOPE.

Man: WE'RE LOSING HER.

Cyanne: THAT JUST CONFIRMED TO ME THAT IT WAS MY TIME TO GO

BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE FIGHTING TO KEEP ME THERE.

BUT, I MEAN, IF THEY'RE HAVING THAT MUCH OF A STRUGGLE,

I MEAN, GOING BACK, WHAT WOULD THAT REALLY ACCOMPLISH?

AND...THEN, IT WAS DARK.

AND THEN, I WAS AWAKE IN THE RECOVERY ROOM.

I WAS FRUSTRATED 'CAUSE I WAS READY TO GO.

BUT THERE DEFINITELY HAS BEEN A LOT TO BE BACK FOR.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT THERE'S SOMEONE

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE?

FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD, MY MOM PLAYED THIS HUGE ROLE.

Johnny: WHY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY,

HOW DID CYANNE COME BACK?

WAS IT HER INNER WILL TO SURVIVE?

DID HER FAMILY, BOTH ALIVE AND DEAD,

PUSH HER SPIRIT TO RETURN?

TO GET ANSWERS, I NEED TO SEEK OUT HER MOTHER, SHARI,

AND FIND OUT WHAT SHE DID

WHILE HER DAUGHTER WAS DEEP IN THE AFTERLIFE.

HI, SHARI.

HI. HOW ARE YOU? I'M JOHNNY.

SO I GOT TO HEAR CYANNE'S RESURRECTION STORY.

MM.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL PART

IN HER COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD THAT DAY.

YEAH.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE

CYANNE'S BEEN EXPERIENCING A HEART CONDITION

SINCE SHE WAS VERY LITTLE.

RIGHT.

Shari: HER FIRST SURGERY WAS WHEN SHE WAS 3 YEARS OLD.

THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD GO WRONG

IS THAT IT WOULD FAIL, AND SHE WOULD DIE.

SO SHE WENT INTO SURGERY,

AND WE WERE ALL OUT IN THE WAITING AREA.

MY MOTHER WAS PRAYING.

[ HUMMING ]

SHE JUST KIND OF LEANED FORWARD, CLOSED HER EYES,

AND HER HEAD BOWED, ALMOST LIKE A TRANCE.

THEN, SHE LIFTED HER HEAD AND SAID, "EVERYTHING'S FINE."

SHE'S FINE.

SHE SAID, "I WAS IN THE ROOM, AND EVERYTHING'S FINE.

SHE'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL."

THE SURGERY'S OVER.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I WAS IN THE ROOM.

AND ABOUT 20, 30 MINUTES LATER, THE DOCTOR CAME OUT,

AND HE SAID THE SAME THING.

HI. SHE'S GOING TO BE FINE.

THE SURGERY WENT WELL.

OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

ALMOST AS IF SHE SAW THIS TAKING PLACE AS IT HAPPENED

OR MAYBE EVEN BEFORE IT HAPPENED.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. WOW.

SO SHE SURVIVED THE SURGERY WHEN SHE WAS 3.

TAKE ME TO THE DAY WHEN CYANNE WAS 30

AND SHE HAD TO HAVE THIS SECOND MAJOR PROCEDURE.

Shari: IN THE WAITING ROOM THAT DAY WAS MYSELF, MY SISTER,

A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE, AND MY HUSBAND.

THEY TOLD US THAT IT'D PROBABLY BE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX HOURS.

IT ENDED UP BEING MORE LIKE EIGHT OR NINE.

CARLOS WAS PACING.

THAT'S HIS WAY OF HANDLING, YOU KNOW, STRESS.

Carlos: I'M A WALKER.

SO I WALK, OKAY?

I WALK AND PRAY AND WALK AND PRAY.

YOU'RE IN AN INTERNAL STATE OF...

PRAYER AND PANIC.

THE DOCTORS TOLD HER THAT HER CHANCES OF DYING WERE VERY HIGH.

Man: SHE'S FLATLINING.

I VISUALIZED MYSELF INSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM.

Man: WHAT'S HER VITALS? Woman: VITALS ARE LOW.

LOSING HER.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN

A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE TO WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOTHER

ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO? YES. UH-HUH.

Rodger: GOSPEL SINGER TONY DAVIS

DIED AFTER GUNSHOT WOUNDS RIDDLED HIS BODY,

FATALLY SEVERING THE MAIN ARTERY IN HIS LEFT LEG.

AFTER EXPERIENCING INCREDIBLE VISIONS

ON THE OTHER SIDE,

HE MIRACULOUSLY CAME BACK TO LIFE.

TONY BELIEVES HIS WIFE, CHRIS,

WAS CENTRAL TO THIS APPARENT MIRACLE.

SO I'M INVESTIGATING WHAT ACTIONS SHE TOOK

WHILE TONY WAS DEEP IN THE AFTERLIFE.

Rodger: SO HE'S LAYING THERE. YES.

HIS CLOTHES HAVE BEEN CUT OFF. YES.

AND THEY'RE WORKING ON HIM.

AND THEY'RE WORKING ON HIM.

DID YOU THINK THERE WAS A CHANCE YOU COULD DO SOMETHING?

THE ONLY THING I COULD DO AT THE TIME WAS PRAY.

I SAW HIM LAID OUT IN THIS POOL OF BLOOD.

THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE.

I KNEW HE WAS DEAD AT THAT TIME

BECAUSE I SAW THEM PUMPING HIS CHEST.

Man: COME ON. COME ON. COME ON.

CHECK.

NO PULSE.

THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE WORKING ON HIM

TO BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE.

THEY PUT HIM IN AN AMBULANCE,

AND I ASKED TO GO, AND THEY -- THEY WON'T LET ME GO.

THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO WORK ON HIM

UNTIL HE GET TO THE HOSPITAL.

I FELL ON MY KNEES AGAIN AND STARTED CRYING.

I NEVER FELT THAT WAY IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

IT'S LIKE A PIECE OF YOUR LIFE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.

PLEASE, SEND A MIRACLE TO US!

THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO BUT PRAY

AND ASK GOD TO BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE.

I JUST PRAYED.

DON'T TAKE HIM FROM ME.

I'M BEGGING YOU. PLEASE.

YOU MUST'VE BEEN TEMPTED TO LOSE HOPE AT SOME POINT.

NO.

I KNEW I COULDN'T GIVE UP

'CAUSE IF I GAVE UP, GOD WOULD'VE TOOK HIM AWAY.

I COULDN'T LOSE MY HUSBAND.

Rodger: ACCORDING TO THE MEDICAL REPORT,

TONY WAS WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.

HIS DOCTORS PUSHED WELL BEYOND THE USUAL TIME FRAME

FOR REVIVING A DEAD PATIENT.

BUT JUST AFTER THEY GAVE UP HOPE AND TIME OF DEATH WAS CALLED...

[ GASPS ]

Rodger: ...TONY SOMEHOW CAME BACK TO LIFE.

Man: CALL THE TRIAGE TEAM. Woman: I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

HE WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT ON LIFE SUPPORT

AND RUSHED TO EMERGENCY SURGERY

TO REPAIR HIS SHATTERED ARTERY AND BULLET-RIDDLED BODY.

BUT WITH THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF BLOOD LOSS,

DOCTORS FEARED THE WORST.

TONY MAY STILL NOT SURVIVE SURGERY, AND IF HE DOES,

HE MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY COGNITIVE BRAIN FUNCTION.

Chris: WHEN I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL, I'D FOUND OUT HE WAS ALIVE.

Woman: OKAY, HE'S IN THE O.R. RIGHT NOW,

SO YOU GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT.

Chris: OKAY.

I WAS GLAD,

BUT THEY WERE TELLING ME BAD NEWS AFTER BAD NEWS

AFTER BAD NEWS.

ONE OF THE BULLETS HAD SHATTERED HIS ARTERY.

HE HAD INTERNAL BLEEDING.

HE COULDN'T BREATHE ON HIS OWN. A MACHINE WAS BREATHING FOR HIM.

Rodger: WHILE TONY'S BEING KEPT ALIVE BY MACHINES,

CHRIS BEGINS HER OWN SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.

Chris: I START PRAYING FOR HIM. I CALL EVERYONE THAT I KNEW.

I LET THEM KNOW THAT TONY'D BEEN SHOT,

AND THEY CAME TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THEY PRAYED FOR HIM.

THE NURSE -- THEY HAD TOLD ME

THAT HE ONLY SUPPOSED TO HAD BEEN IN THERE FOR TWO HOURS,

AND IT TOOK SEVEN HOURS AND A HALF FOR THE OPERATION.

I PRAYED MORE AT THAT TIME THAN I EVER PRAYED IN MY LIFE.

THE DOCTOR CAME OUT,

AND THE DOCTOR TOLD ME THEY HAVE SOME NEWS.

THERE'S GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS. OKAY.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE.

THANK YOU.

THE BAD NEWS IS

THEY ACCIDENTALLY CUT A PIECE OF HIS VOCAL CORD,

SO HE WON'T BE ABLE TO TALK ANYMORE.

THE PLASTIC ARTERY THAT THEY PUT IN HIS LEG

WASN'T WORKING RIGHT.

THE BLOOD WASN'T FLOWING RIGHT IN HIS LEG.

THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WAS GONNA CUT HIS LEG OFF.

NO! NO!

SO THEY TOLD YOU HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SING

OR WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TALK,

AND THEY WERE GONNA HAVE TO CUT HIS LEG OFF.

YEAH, THEY TOLD ME HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TALK.

THEY WILL PUT A MICROPHONE ON THE SIDE OF HIS NECK,

AND HE HAS TO TALK OUT OF THAT MICROPHONE.

BUT YOU DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT?

NO, I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT.

I JUST KNEW THAT WE SERVE A GOD THAT CAN RESTORE PEOPLE.

SO I KNEW HE WAS GONNA BRING HIM BACK.

I WENT IN THE ROOM, AND I START PRAYING WITH HIM.

LIKE, "GOD, PLEASE BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE."

I CAME, AND I PUT A BIBLE BY HIS HEAD,

AND I TOOK SOME ANOINTED OIL.

I ANOINTED HIM WITH OIL

IN THE HOPE THAT GOD WOULD HEAL HIM.

I PUT IT ON HIS FOREHEAD, AND I PUT IT ON HIS FEET.

YOU ACTUALLY ANOINTED HIM WITH OIL?

YES.

HOW DID YOU KNOW TO DO THAT?

WE GO TO NURSING HOMES, HOSPITAL,

AND WE DO THAT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK IN THE HOSPITAL.

SO YOU AND TONY HAD ACTUALLY DONE THIS BEFORE

AND SEEN PEOPLE HEALED?

YES.

THE REASON I PUT IT ON HIS FEET

IS BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA CUT HIS LEG OFF.

I BELIEVED THAT ANOINTING HIS LEG

WOULD BRING HIS LEG BACK TO LIFE.

OH, COME ON, TONY.

[ GASPS ]

TONY?

HOW'S THE CAR? BABY.

WHAT?

THE FIRST THING HE ASKED ME WHEN HE WOKE UP

WAS WHERE HIS CAR WAS.

HOW'S THE CAR?

DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE CAR.

HE LOVED THAT CAR.

OH, BABY. YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.

GOD GAVE HIM EVERYTHING

THAT THE DEVIL TOOK AWAY FROM HIM.

HIS VOICE, HIS LEG -- GOD RESTORED IT BACK.

HOW HAPPY WERE YOU WHEN HE ASKED HOW HIS CAR WAS DOING?

I WAS VERY HAPPY.

YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL, ABOUT TO DIE,

AND YOU GONNA ASK WHERE YOUR CAR IS?

I KNOW YOU GONNA BE OKAY.

THAT'S AMAZING. YES.

WHY DO YOU THINK TONY WAS GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE?

SO THAT HE COULD COME AND TELL PEOPLE

THAT MIRACLES DO HAPPEN.

Rodger: IN MY MANY YEARS OF STUDYING SPIRITUAL PHENOMENA,

CHRIS AND TONY'S CASE CERTAINLY STANDS OUT

AS ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY.

THEIR UNWAVERING FAITH IN A HIGHER POWER

AND IN EACH OTHER

TRUMPS THE ODDS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

BUT FOR ME, THE MOST INSPIRING LESSON

IS THE POWER OF LETTING GO.

WHAT'S THE BIGGEST THING YOU GUYS LEARNED FROM THIS?

FORGIVENESS.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T FEEL LIKE FORGIVING SOMEONE

THAT HAS DID SOMETHING DEVASTATING IN OUR LIVES,

YOU KNOW?

WE WANT TO HOLD ON TO THAT THING FOR LIFE.

TONY, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WERE RESURRECTED THAT DAY?

BECAUSE OF THE PRAYERS OF MY WIFE.

SHE PRAYED FOR ME.

THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND.

I KNOW THAT THE POWER OF PRAYER CAN RAISE THE DEAD.

I'M PROOF.

DID THEY EVER CATCH THE GUYS?

IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME.

I FORGIVE, AND LIFE GOES FORWARD.

* OH, LORD, YOU ARE *

* YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING *

* OH, LORD, YOU ARE... *

Rodger: TONY HAS NOT ONLY MOVED ON.

HE'S BACK SINGING AND SHARING THE LESSONS HE HAS LEARNED

FROM THIS INCREDIBLE ORDEAL.

HIS STORY HAS OPENED MY EYES

TO JUST HOW FAR THE POWER OF RESURRECTION CAN GO

AND HOW CLOSELY THE EXPERIENCES IN THE AFTERLIFE

ARE LINKED TO THE FAITH OF THOSE WE LOVE.

I VISUALIZED MYSELF INSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM.

I WAS UP IN A CORNER, WATCHING.

Johnny: 30-YEAR-OLD CYANNE MARTIN

DIES ON THE OPERATING TABLE FROM COMPLICATIONS

DURING INTENSIVE HEART-REPLACEMENT SURGERY,

THE SECOND TIME IN HER LIFE SHE'S FLATLINED.

AS MEDICAL STAFF TRY DESPERATELY TO REVIVE HER,

CYANNE CROSSES INTO THE AFTERLIFE...

...EXPERIENCING VISIONS OF HER DEAD GRANDMOTHERS.

TO FIND OUT HOW CYANNE WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE,

I NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT HER MOTHER, SHARI,

DID DURING THOSE FATEFUL HOURS.

SO, DO YOU BELIEVE

CYANNE DIED AND CAME BACK TO LIFE THAT DAY?

YES, I BELIEVE SHE DIED AND CAME BACK TO LIFE.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL PART

IN HER COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD THAT DAY.

YEP.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN

A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE TO WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOTHER

ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO? YES. UH-HUH.

YES. I THINK IT WAS SIMILAR.

Shari: AT THE TIME OF CYANNE'S SURGERY,

MY MOTHER WAS NOT AROUND, BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT HER

AND HOW SHE PRAYED FOR CYANNE WHEN SHE WAS 3.

AND SO I THOUGHT, "WELL, I'M GONNA PRAY LIKE THAT, TOO."

AND SO I BOWED MY HEAD, CLOSED MY EYES,

AND SAID MY OWN THOUGHTS OF PRAYER.

AND I FELT MY MOTHER

AND I HAD THE SAME EXACT EXPERIENCE THAT MY MOTHER DID.

I DIDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT IT.

I JUST SAID, "DO IT."

[ HUMMING ]

SO I PUT MYSELF IN A MEDITATION.

YOU HAVE TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND VISUALIZE,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU'RE PRAYING.

AND YOU PUT IT TOGETHER.

AND I COULD SEE IN THE OPERATING ROOM,

AND I COULD SEE HOW THINGS WERE GOING,

AND I PRAYED FOR A GOOD WHILE.

WE KNEW GOING IN

THAT THEY WERE GONNA HAVE TO STOP HER HEART

AND HER LUNGS.

THAT WAS THE SCARY PART.

AND IN THINKING OF CYANNE, I KNOW SHE LIKES FAIRIES.

SO I WAS THINKING, "OKAY, I'M GONNA PUT MYSELF IN THE ROOM

AND BRING SOME OF THOSE VISIONS WITH ME."

SHARI, TELL ME ABOUT THIS PRAYER THAT YOU PRAYED

THAT DAY IN THE SURGERY.

I JUST KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE SHE WAS,

AND I VISUALIZED, MEDITATED WHERE SHE WAS IN THE ROOM.

AND THERE WAS, LIKE, EXTRA LITTLE LIGHTS IN THERE.

CYANNE REALLY LIKES FAIRIES,

AND I KNOW SHE BELIEVES IN FAIRIES.

SO I TRIED TO VISUALIZE SOME FAIRIES IN THERE.

SO THIS IS AMAZING.

CYANNE TOLD ME THAT SHE SAW FAIRIES

RIGHT BEFORE SHE WENT INTO A COMPLETE DARKNESS.

AND SHE DESCRIBED THEM IN DETAIL.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU COULD VISUALIZE THESE FAIRIES

IN THE ROOM?

YES, I VISUALIZED MYSELF INSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM.

SO, WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE WAY

THAT YOU WERE HELPING HER FIND COMFORT?

YES.

BY VISUALIZING THESE FAIRIES NEXT TO HER BEDSIDE?

YEAH. YEAH.

I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE COMFORTING TO HER.

I KNEW THAT WOULD BE COMFORTING, ACTUALLY, SO...

Man: HOSE TO THE RIGHT.

WHEN I WAS IN THE ROOM,

IT WAS JUST LIKE I WAS UP IN A CORNER...WATCHING,

KIND OF LOOKING DOWN AND OVER.

THE ROOM WAS FULL OF PEOPLE AND INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES.

I SAW CYANNE ON THE OPERATING TABLE

WITH THE ATTENDING DOCTOR AND THE ASSISTANT DOCTOR

AND SEVERAL NURSES.

I SAW LITTLE FAIRIES, LIKE, KIND OF, LIKE, FIREFLY-SIZED.

I WAS JUST TELLING THEM TO, YOU KNOW,

HELP HER THROUGH THE ORDEAL.

ANGELS, WATCH OVER MY BABY.

WATCH OVER HER FOR ME.

Johnny: HALLUCINATIONS HAVE BEEN RECORDED ON OCCASION

DURING SURGERIES

AND ARE OFTEN ATTRIBUTED TO SEDATIVES

OR ENHANCED NEURAL ACTIVITY.

BUT THE FACT THAT CYANNE'S MOTHER

ALSO SHARED THE SAME VISION POINTS TO SOMETHING DEEPER.

[ HUMMING ]

EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY.

IS THERE, LIKE, SOME KIND OF TIPPING POINT

WHERE YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPIRITUAL ENERGY HAPPENING

WHERE IT JUST GETS TO THIS OVERWHELMING PLACE THAT,

YOU KNOW, TIPS THE SCALES OF LIFE BACK INTO YOUR FAVOR?

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

SO, SHARI, DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR VISUALIZATION

OF THESE ANGELS AND FAIRIES HELPED CYANNE THAT DAY?

I BELIEVE THAT VISUALIZING THAT,

GAVE HER THE STRENGTH THAT SHE NEEDED.

KNOWING THAT FAIRIES, IF YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES,

IS THERE, THAT'S STRENGTH.

SO, YEAH.

I DEFINITELY THINK IT HELPED HER.

Johnny: THE MEDICAL REPORT SHOWS THAT,

AROUND THE SAME TIME SHARI AWOKE FROM HER TRANCE,

CYANNE'S BODY FINALLY ACCEPTED THE NEW HEART.

Shari: WHEN THE DOCTOR CAME OUT...

ALL RIGHT, GUYS. SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY.

[ CHEERS AND LAUGHTER ]

...HE SAID THAT SHE'S GONNA BE IN RECOVERY FOR A WHILE,

SHE WAS GONNA BE FINE...

AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE.

Johnny: CYANNE AND HER PARENTS' STORIES ARE FASCINATING EXAMPLES

OF THE STRENGTH OF BELIEF AND VISUALIZATION

IN MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE WORLD OF THE LIVING

AND THE REALM OF THE DEAD.

MORE THAN A DECADE AFTER THAT FATEFUL DAY,

NOT ONLY IS CYANNE ALIVE AND WELL,

BUT SHE HAS MADE A COMPLETE RECOVERY.

SO, CYANNE, HOW HAS YOUR LIFE CHANGED

SINCE COMING BACK FROM THE DEAD?

I'M CLOSER TO MY FAMILY,

AND I DEFINITELY HAVE A SPIRITUAL LIFE,

WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN I EVER HAD BEFORE.

I DIDN'T USED TO HAVE A SPIRITUAL LIFE,

I THINK, AT ALL.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO WAS DYING?

I'D JUST TELL THEM TO BE STRONG

AND LOOK AT THEIR LIFE

AND SEE WHAT IT IS THEY WANT TO DO WITH IT.

AND HOW ABOUT YOU, CYANNE?

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART

IS NOT CLOSING YOURSELF OFF TO THE POSSIBILITIES,

WHICH IS WHAT I USED TO DO.

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, AND IF YOU'RE SEEING IT,

THEN THERE'S SOME SORT OF CONNECTION THERE.

SO NOW THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED

BEING RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD,

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN FOR OTHER PEOPLE?

I THINK SO.

I MEAN, I THINK --

I DIDN'T EVEN BELIEVE, AND IT HAPPENED FOR ME.

SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PREREQUISITE.

I MEAN, IF I CAN COME BACK, THEN I THINK ANYBODY CAN.

Johnny: CYANNE'S REMARKABLE CASE

SHOWS THAT ONE DOESN'T HAVE TO BELIEVE IN RELIGION

OR THE AFTERLIFE IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE IT

AND THAT FAMILY CONNECTIONS CAN TRANSCEND SPACE AND TIME

TO MAKE RESURRECTION POSSIBLE.

THERE'S SO MUCH HERE, THAT I CAN'T WAIT

TO GET EVERYONE'S EXPERT OPINION

ON WHY AND HOW CYANNE WAS REBORN.

SO, JOHNNY, HOW DID THINGS GO OUT THERE

WITH MEETING MS. CYANNE MARTIN?

HER CASE IS INCREDIBLE.

DURING CYANNE'S SURGERY WHEN SHE WAS 3,

HER GRANDMOTHER WENT INTO A PRAYER-LIKE TRANCE.

SO THEN, BY AGE 30,

HER MOTHER GOES INTO THE SAME PRAYER-LIKE TRANCE

THAT HER GRANDMOTHER HAD GONE INTO

ALMOST 30 YEARS BEFORE THAT.

BOTH TIMES, THEY WERE IN THE ROOM WITH HER

WHILE THE SURGERY WAS GOING ON.

THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONNECT PSYCHICALLY?

AND I THINK, FROM THIS CASE,

WE CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A WAY TO BE A PART OF A SITUATION.

FOR HER MOTHER TO BE ABLE TO SEE

THAT EVERYTHING WAS GONNA BE ALL RIGHT,

IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE SAW A FUTURE EVENT

BEFORE IT OCCURRED.

IT LOOKS LIKE, IN THE CASE OF CYANNE AND HER MOTHER,

BOTH SAID THEY FELT THE OTHER'S PRESENCE

RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME

THAT THE OTHER REPORTED THE SAME OCCURRENCE.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE COVERED SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

I THINK THIS IS PRETTY UNIQUE TO THIS SITUATION.

ALL RIGHT, RODGER, TELL US ABOUT TONY DAVIS.

ALL RIGHT. TONY DAVIS IS INCREDIBLE.

THIS GUY IS NOT ONLY ALIVE,

BUT HE IS BOUNCING WITH ENERGY.

I THINK THERE'S A FEW FACTORS IN HERE

THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

ONE, HIS WIFE, CHRIS, WAS EXTREMELY PERSISTENT

IN HER EFFORTS -- IN HER PRAYERS

AND GETTING OTHER PEOPLE TO PRAY.

I MEAN, SHE DID EVERYTHING.

AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT TONY HAD WORK ON EARTH

THAT HE NEEDED TO FINISH.

YOU KNOW, I FIND IT AMAZING THAT HIS WIFE,

EVEN AFTER HE CAME BACK,

SHE STILL DIDN'T GIVE UP ON HIS CONDITION.

YEAH. SHE ANOINTED HIM WITH OIL,

AND SHE BELIEVED THAT THAT HAD A CRUCIAL ROLE

IN WHAT WAS GOING ON.

ANOINTING WITH OIL.

WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS TYPE OF THING

IN SEVERAL OTHER CASES, AS WELL.

THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

CYANNE DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK.

TONY DIDN'T WANT TO COME BACK.

BUT BOTH OF THEM WERE FORCED TO COME BACK.

THEY GOT TO A PLACE WHERE THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE ON,

BUT THEY COULDN'T GO ANY FURTHER.

AND THEY WERE TOLD, "NOPE.

YOUR LIFE IS NOT DONE. YOU MUST GO BACK."

ANOTHER THING THAT WAS INTERESTING IN THIS CASE

IS THE TRAUMA DOCTORS,

THAT THEY FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS COMPELLING THEM

TO CONTINUE WORKING ON TONY,

EVEN PAST THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF TIME

THAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY WORK ON SOMEBODY

IN HIS CONDITION.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE

THE IMMEDIACY OF PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT RESURRECTION

COULD BE A VERY CONTRIBUTING FACTOR HERE.

WELL, MAKES YOU WONDER,

IS THERE, LIKE, SOME KIND OF TIPPING POINT

WHERE WE HAVE ENOUGH SPIRITUAL ENERGY HAPPENING

WHERE IT JUST GETS TO THIS OVERWHELMING PLACE THAT,

YOU KNOW, IT TIPS THE SCALES OF LIFE BACK INTO YOUR FAVOR?

I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS STARTING TO COME TOGETHER.

WE'RE STARTING TO GET A CLEARER AND CLEARER PICTURE.

SO THE MORE CLUES THAT WE GATHER,

THE CLOSER WE'RE GETTING TO THE ULTIMATE GOAL,

WHICH IS THIS QUESTION, "WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE,

AND CAN THE DEAD BE RAISED?"