my near death experience

From: danny giacomini (dannyinjersey62@optonline.net)
Story type: Near Death Experience
Location: intersection of route 22 and westend ave, north plainfield new jersey
Source: Form Submission
Date submitted: Sun Mar 23 13:27:29 2008

Hello, I`ve been reading so many good experiences that people have shared on this site, that I thought - now's my time to share what happened to me. I`m a 45 year old man now, but when I was 14, I was involved in a horrible car accident, I was hit by a pannel truck, as I was on a bicycle crossing at a very busy intersection on route 22 in North Plainfield.

The exact date was - wed, jan18,1978, and on this day, my life, and my spiritualism had changed forever! I, as I said, was riding my bike across this intersection, and I was as always, very carefull to let all the cars go before I proceded accross the highway intersection. This day however, something horrific would happen, and cause me to experience what I did.

First of all, prior to this day, I swear to you, I had NEVER even heard anything about these so called life after death experiences, so my experience, was the first that I had known about, also, I never once, felt the need to tell people about this experience, and try to get them to believe in what I was saying was true. I KNEW it was true, I KNEW, that this was the most realest thing that had ever happened to me, and I had always been a believer in God prior to this accident, but I believe God wanted me to experience this, cuz of all the family problems and the abuse I was going thru at that time, and using my accident, I believe God used my accident, so that when my heart stopped, and I was clinically dead, he could allow me to experience what he wanted me to understand, and that was the most precious, and the most important experience of my life, so let me get back to the story. Im sorry, but I first had to make sure everyone knew what was the beginning of my story.

ok, well, I found myself, on that day, crossing this highway intersection on my bicycle, and I remember preceeding from the corner of the curbing, as I hadnt seen anymore cars crossing over. Well, all I can remember, was starting to ride my bike accross the intersection, the next thing, I woke in what was then Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield N.J. I woke in the i.c.u., with tubes hanging from me, and my left leg and hip being held up in traction, my jaw was crushed, but so was my whole left side crushed. I was told by the police, that when the truck hit me, he struck me on my left side, and I was thrown 100 feet thru the air, and I hit the divider in the center of the highway, rolled off into oncoming traffic, and the police were amazed I wasnt run over a 2nd or 3rd time.

anyway, a young nurse, got out of her car, and ran over to me, and put something under my head, cuz I was losing so much blood, I wish I could thank her, God bless her for what she did for me. So, again, I woke in the hospital i.c.u., and was told I had been in a coma for the last 3 months, and my whole left side was paralyzed, and the doctors told my parents I`d never walk again. well they were wrong, cuz thru my faith in God, I was able to walk again, and do just about everything else again, but now in my life, Im having alot of problems with my spine, well thats another story.

As the ambulance was racing me to the hospital that day, I had lost 8 pints of blood, and my heart stopped, I had died for a few moments. I swear, by the name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, that what I will now explain, was the most realest experience of my life, and I feel so blessed, having had this experience, that it was worth the horrible accident I went thru, to experience what I saw, and as I said, this experience was the realest thing I`ve ever been thru, more realer then my own name.

All the sudden, I guess after my heart had stopped, I remember walking in this very dark area, I remember crying out to God, to please help me, where am I Lord? what happened? and as I tryed to speak out to God, I found myself walking towards (and again, I had NEVER heard anything close to this experience, prior to my accident) this most magnificent wall of lite! the lite, totally surrounded this wall, which was like a rectangular wall, but it was as if I was seeing the Gate to eternity, or Heaven. But, as I walked, or rather my feet werent touching the ground, but something was just moving me ahead, closer, and closer to this great wall! and the closer I got to this great wall, I noticed the closer I had got, everything inside of me, that was negative, or the things I was always terrified of, like my father abusing me at that time, these things were lifted rite out of inside of my soul!!

I felt the most overwhelming amount of REAL LOVE, then I had ever felt before, and I knew it was the Lord showing me his love he had for me, and what was awaiting me when my life was over 1 day, and for the next few moments, as I stood before this great wall of lite, I remember not wanting to leave this place of God, and as I begged to God, please dear Lord, please, let me stay here with you, please dear Lord! the next thing, I heard this strong voice say to me -"danny? It`s not your time yet" and as I heard this, and I knew it was from God, I knew, that ment I`d be goin back to my home on earth, and I`m tellin ya now, I was so scared of living anymore, especially after I had just went thru the most Godly, and the most spritual experience of my life!

The day I woke in the i.c.u. in the Hospital, I remember my mom and dad standing by my bedside, but I could not remember who these people were, or any of my freinds or relatives, but the only thing I could remember, rite after waking up out of that coma, was the Godly experience I had just went thru!! and I believe, and I will always believe till the day I die, that the Lord allowed me to experience what he wanted me to see, that day, and he used that horrible accident I went thru, cuz he knew my heart would stop on that day, and thats when he used that accident to show me that he is there for me, and when this life is over my freinds out there, he, the Lord God, will be there with his arms open to you, as long as we all keep our faith, and trust in him, the Lord jesus, NOT this world! this world is evil, but again, thats another story.

I just hope sharing my experience has helped some people, cuz as I said a few times already, that Godly experience, was the realest thing that ever happened in my life, and It was no way a dream, not a dream at all. It was to consistant, and too exact, to ever be confused with a dream. I know, more then my own name, how true my story is, and I`ve never felt the need to ever try and convince anyone out there to believe me, or my experience, but I hope the people who read my story will believe it as the true word of God, and 1 more thing, I`ve never felt that amount of true love, ANYWHERE, FROM ANYONE, in my life, as the love that God was allowing me to feel, his love for us, is like no other love, I just wish I could explain myself better, anyways, thank you all for allowing me to tell my story, and God bless you all,

danny