Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of Andrew, a man who survived a 100 foot fall of a cliff and had an NDE.
00:00 Former Football Player Andrew’s Story
01:43 From College Football to the Detroit Lions
04:23 The Day Everything Changed at Catskill Falls
07:36 Surviving a 100-Foot Fall
08:42 Near-Death Experience After the Accident
13:48 Broken Neck, Collapsed Lung & Recovery
20:54 Life After Surviving a Near-Fatal Fall
21:44 What the Experience Taught Him About Life
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KINGSTON!? thats where i am from also… lived in kingston, middletown and ellenville
“Life’s hard enough”. You said it brother. I bless this man and his message!
I wouldn’t call it a NDE because for a major majority of it I was conscious, but in 2015 I suffered an awful firework accident.
My friend and I were messing around with some fireworks, we had dismantled a cake, she had told me there was a trick where you could light off each tube individually.
Being the smart teens that we were… We did it. We also used a torch.
I remember a few phases. If I had to break it down, it would be the equivalent of your computer lagging and eventually catching up. There was the reverberating boom that shook me, the intense dizziness, and the feeling of my body going limp and falling over on my side.
I couldn’t hear anything, just the high-pitched whining, blurred vision as I was looking out into the field in the gray sky. I couldn’t do anything, move, think.. I was trapped. It wasn’t until the blood started pouring down onto my face that I was able to regain control of myself and everything whooshed back- yes, like the movies.
I couldn’t talk, I only screamed twice and was unable to speak from that point, as the adult adults surrounded me. Flashed images of my loved ones came up, I remember not knowing what the extent of the damage was to my head, and one of my thoughts was “I’m never going to see them smile again.”
One of the adults was a nurse in training, they took me over to the sink and rinsed out my wound briefly before wrapping it tight enough until we got to the hospital. I was bleeding a lot and covered in my own blood (as head wounds do). The funniest thing was I was I had singed off one eyebrow and my bangs. The entire ride there went by fast, I couldn’t feel anything. Process anything.
As soon as we got into the hospital, they immediately wheeled me to the back and began taking care of me. I remember the intense sense of calm from the shock. I thought the nurse cleaning my wounds was hot, he had a nice tattoo on his right arm, and he was deeply apologetic about having to directly inject lidocaine into my head wound so they could stitch it up.
But I think about the calm a lot. I’ve also had wisdom teeth removed and being under anesthetic.. I processed nothing, yet craved to go back. It was the best sleep ever. I hope for something more beyond this but if it anything like a big “sleep”- it’s okay.
Now I have a very neat, lunar shaped blue scar permanently on my forehead. I usually cover it with bangs, but makes for an interesting story. I am very blessed to not have lost an eye, my nose, anything…
Don’t be dumb with explosives, given 4th of July is coming up.. watch your kids.
My 100 Foot Fall & NDE ✝️
Ur hip will hurt a lot in abt 10yrs(ur still young). U will start noticing it in winter first. If u will need a hip replacement, do it sooner thn later. They last abt 15-20yrs in today’s world. The reason I say sooner is cuz if u don’t, u will compensate by putting extra strain on ur knees…..I speak frm experience. If u can, hve it done at Stanford 😊
He didn't Thank God at all??
For fxxxx sake get to the point. Stop asking stupid questions
Wow ❤
Soft White Underbelly is a top notch podcast – amazing human interest stories. Thank you, Mark
When I watched my grandmother die I saw lights swirling and on and around her. I was in too much shock to even properly appreciate what I saw, I just accepted it as what I “knew” it was. Until we all meet again, whole. ❤
Thank you for sharing your NDE. You certainky were meant to survive and that Dr being in the right place at the right time says it all !
Great video!
Glad you are okay !
God is real.
John 3 16 Believe ❤
First thought… what a great speaker and i love the way he thinks!
Andrew you should interview with Jeff Mara and go more in depth about your NDE while you were unconscious. I’d love to hear more about that.
At 13:18 or so, you sure look vacant and emotionless. Hope you perk up mijo.
Stun grenates 😅 I feel you bro, blesx your soul do good in this world
Im a big "fan" of NDE stories. I had one. And Life has changed. Not instantly, slowly, year by year, meeting people after people. Reading book after book, painting picture after picture. I feel "full" I am not afraid of death, but i know i have to fulfill my "mission", whatever it my be. I know i have been through many lives, learning more and more, each time.
I like this channel. But the nde videos, you don't expand on the spiritual experience he had. I know you are skeptical but the viewers would love to hear more.
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Beautiful.
All I hear is Jesus!! ❤
I've taken care of people who fell 30 feet, and the ones that live, are not normal. So. To me this is a miracle.