Hey Pandas, What's Your Near Death Experience? (Closed)

When I was in 2nd grade we had a shooter who snuck in through a window that was open while everyone was at lunch he waited in the custodial closet waiting and plotting who and when he should kill finally after lunch he began his spree and killed 12 people before he was finally shot down by police 3 of my friends died there blood-soaked body was now on there ground I got shot in the thigh I survived but to this day this still haunts me

I went swimming as a child. I dunked under water and I kicked myself off the wall, like I'd seen on the Olympics... only I did it in the wrong place. I shot forward under water, my arms by my side, and my head crashed into the ladder for getting in and out of the pool.
I remember a sparkle lights across my vision then seeing nothing, complete blackness. Semi-conscious, I breathed in. Pain filled my chest, like a thousand cold knives inside of me. Panicking, I knew something was wrong but couldn't work out what it was and I needed to breathe again. The second breath wasn't as painful but filled with sheer panic. The third, I didn't feel a thing.
The panic disappeared, I felt nothing anymore.
The next thing I know, I feel a cracking my chest and a strange rhythmic feeling that seemed to last a long time, but it was somehow calming, it felt reassuring.
Disorientated I regain consciousness, my Lungs on fire, my throat hurting and the biggest headache of my life.
A stranger had pulled me out of the water and performed CPR as I wasn't breathing.
I later learned that he had been doing CPR for about 30 mins. When the paramedics arrived, he stayed until I was awake, then disappeared. Nobody knew who he was.

When I was about 8 years old I nearly choked on a hard boiled sweet. It got lodged in my throat and I couldn't breathe. My older brother saw me, grabbed me by the ankle swung me upside down and then whacked me so hard between the shoulders that the sweet came flying out. He then just lowered me gently onto the couch told me to be careful and then went out.
Later on that afternoon I told my mum what had happened. I was still a little sore from his whack between the shoulders and as Mark (my brother) and I at the time had a typical older brother younger sister relationship where we often fought but we always made up, I thought he was being mean to me. Mum said " You were choking and a person can choke to death in minutes if what is lodged it their throat isn't removed immediately. Your brother saved your life. You could be dead now if he hadn't done what he did." That stunned me. I went into the living room where he was listening to music. I said to him "mum said you saved my life today, thanks for that. But why when we fight sometimes would you do that.?" "Well, he said." you may be one of the World's most annoying little sisters, but I wouldn't want you dead." Thanks bro. I love you too. And I still do.

It happened twice

Once I was about 9 years old and nearly died of food poisoning. If my mom was not a doctor i could've died.

Another time i was like 5 and i was in india, in an elevator at the airport. The power went out and the elevator dropped 100 feet. I am now mortally afraid of elevators

I once almost died by choking on a Dorito

Nearly got kidnapped.In second grade some dudes were saying that "my dad told them to pick me up from class"
Kept telling them my dad would be here.
They wouldn't budge.
Had to run to my classroom and thankfully my teacher was still there.

One time I was in chicago I was hit by a car and it blasted me 20 feet away it took 10 minutes for the paramedics to get there I almost bled out my femur fibula both arms and my left foot broke. but im fully recovered and everything is alright.

my dad almost made me watch cats

so i didn't really die but my heart melted when my cousins dog look at at me with the saddest face ever when i did not give him my brisket, he looked like he could have died (p.s of course i gave him a piece i am not a monster)
(p.p.s thank you for reading this far)
(p.p.p.s can i get a upvote)

Tripped on an escalator when I was 5 and nearly died of blood loss.

I nearly choked on a Christmas tree lightbulb as a child.

So my old school did this thing where if you were good all year, you got to go to a theme park for free (minus food and souvenirs). I'm not a huge roller coaster fan, but the water park had some relatively mild waterslides that I'd be willing to try, but the thing I was most excited about was the wave pool.

Now, I was a peculiar child. I was short (under 5 foot) and stout back then (still kinda am), but I was a huge daredevil when I wanted to be (I once bit a bite out of styrofoam on a dare and ate two rocks because they looked like Fruity Pebbles, to name a few examples), so I was determined to get the most out of the wave pool.

After arriving at the park, I immediately rushed over to the water park, itching to ride some gnarly waves. I changed into my suit, put on some sunscreen, and speed-walked to the pool.

During the trip, you were supposed to stay in a group of three or more friends so you didn't get stolen or die. Sadly, my friends abandoned me because I hate roller coasters, so I brought my chaperone mom with me to the pool.

I jumped in the pool, buzzing with excitement about the wave pool. I swam over to where the (significantly bigger) kids were, and immediately decided they were wimps and I wasn't, so I swam even further out, almost touching the fans that made the waves. Note that there was a lifeguard maybe 10 or 15 feet from where I was floating.

At that point, I was swimming in 8-foot water, almost twice my height, so I was really treading water hard to stay afloat. The waves started, and I was doing pretty ok for the first few.

But. I have contacts, so I have to keep my eyes closed or else they fall out, or use goggles, which weren't allowed in the wave pool. After riding a 3-foot wave, I closed my eyes for a second to flush water out of my eyes. But they were closed for a second too long...

A 3.5-foot wave washed over me, and I panicked. "Okay, me," I thought, "what should you do now? You have three options: thrash wildly until someone notices (most efficient option), use your superhuman abilities to burst out of the waves, or admit defeat and welcome death."

I chose... kind of a mix of the three. I was thrashing around, trying to get above the waves, but I was also okay with the fact that this is probably how it ends. I've lived a good life, I've loved, I've lost, and I will greet death with open arms. Now, this is where it gets weird.

Just as I was about to take my last breath, someone grabbed me by the shoulders and yanked me out of the water.

After I shook my head to get the water out, someone asked, "Are you ok?" I wasn't really able to talk, my mouth and nose were full of water, so I just nodded. Now, remember I have contacts, so my eyes were closed the whole time, so I didn't see who it was.

I opened my eyes after a minute and saw... no one. There was no one in front of me, asking if I'm ok, no Adonis glowing in the light of the sun, no one.

I looked to my left, and there was only a girl who smiled at me and didn't look like she knew me. I looked to my right and there were some big dudes wrestling in the now-calm waters. The waves lasted two to three minutes, so for the waves to be completely gone after I came up would mean I was underwater for at least 1 1/2 minutes.

I looked up and to the right at the lifeguard: she sat there, completely dry, just staring at the pool, not noticing the 11-year-old who was trying to grapple with what just happened.

I immediately swam as fast as my tired little arms could go toward shallow water, where my two (*cough* jerk *cough*) friends were, trying to find me after abandoning me for more fun activities.

I swam past them and up to my mom, who was eating funnel cake. I grabbed a piece with my well-chlorinated fingers and said "I almost drowned but someone saved me and disappeared before I could look at them."

She dismissed it as the imagination of a young human, but it was very much real.

So that's the story of how I almost drowned at a theme park!

I was 4 or 5 years old i choked on a piece of sausage and my whole face went purple with some blue and before my eyes i saw the stairs to heaven

1] Falling head first onto a broken window, easily could have slashed my throat.
2} Leap frogging over an iron bollard, cutting my leg from knee to groin (I was 7)
3} Unprovoked attacked by 3 men, having my head kicked in resulting in a broken nose. But could've been far worse.
4] Main one. Perforation diverticulum. Without emergency surgery I would be dead.

There's probably more that don't come straight to mind.

In 2020 when we were getting the election results, i thought trump won. That is it.

When I was about 6, my older brothers and I were digging out holes in the huge snow banks left by the street pole. I was in one and it collapsed on me. I would have suffocated if my brothers hadn’t run in the house and get my Dad.

Fell while doing a bicycle kick in soccer. Broke 2 ribs.

Age of 4, could not swim yet, strolled along a whirlpool and jumped in. Was pulled out by an elderly lady.

Age of 7, pneumonia, antibiotics were not very tasty, mother said "then you don't take em, maybe even better if you take less of that chemical stuff. Can't remember much of these weeks, but I remember our family doctor shouting at my mom about medicine, hospital, police or something. Well... okay?

Age of 32, bought aviary and birds. Developed a severe allergy to bird dust whithin 3 weeks, which was actually diagnosed AFTER I spent 1 week unconscious with life support (everyone knows what an ECMO is, right?) additional 2 weeks in intensive care with really strange and horrifying hallucinations (med withdrawal, lack of oxygen, no feeling for day or night), 1 week in normal care, 2 weeks at home with the birds and 3 weeks in rehab. Yes, THAT LATE. Now I know more about drugs than I ever wanted.

2 years later, it's Corona season. Guess who locked herself up at home. I will stay in here until vaccination.

One time when I was 8 or 9 I tried swallowing my morning vitamin whole. It was not made to be swallowed, and it was in the shape of a star. I got luck and could still breath around the little grooves, but I was alone in the kitchen so I had to cough it up on my own. Not. Fun. (My grandma took it as a chance to say I learned my lesson instead of making sure I was okay. I will never go to her if I am choking on something ever again)

A tree almost crushed my younger sister. My sister was 11 at the time and we were hiking to a campsite wearing big backpacks. I had run up ahead, my sister was a little ways behind me and my parents were further behind us. Al of a sudden we heard a cacophony of loud cracking sounds and saw a large rotting pine tree falling straight towards my sister. She started running as the tree was falling and since she had a large backpack she had to run slower and closer to the ground but she avoided the calamity unharmed. 13 year old me thought that was awesome.

Also I almost got bitten by a copperhead snake. ( which is venomous )