“He’s Lucky AF To Be Alive”: 23 Near-Death Stories That Could Have Ended Way, Way Worse

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“I was at a college party and some random townie showed up. We found out later that she was on Vicodin, coke, booze, and some random unmarked pills. I mean, she kinda did die (heart stopped, no breathing), but we brought her back. It took a while, but a couple of people got her pulse back using CPR, but they couldn’t get her breathing again.”

“Everyone was freaking TF out, and nobody knew what to do. Someone else suggested smacking her because they tried everything else, and the ambulance was still too far for us to hear any sirens. I swung my arm all the way back, put my entire body into it, and administered a hail mary medical-grade smack with all the strength I could muster. It was so loud, my ears are still ringing, LOL. But when it connected, she shot straight up, gasping for breath like a horror movie resurrection.”

—u/BlottomanTurk