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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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.
First thought… what a great speaker and i love the way he thinks!
Glad you are okay !
God is real.
John 3 16 Believe ❤
Great video!
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 !
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. ❤
Soft White Underbelly is a top notch podcast – amazing human interest stories. Thank you, Mark
Wow ❤
For fxxxx sake get to the point. Stop asking stupid questions
He didn't Thank God at all??
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 😊
My 100 Foot Fall & NDE ✝️
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.
“Life’s hard enough”. You said it brother. I bless this man and his message!
KINGSTON!? thats where i am from also… lived in kingston, middletown and ellenville
Is strange. I've listened to so many NDE and almost everyone brings up their spiritual experience and how it affected him in that way but not one thing was mentioned or asked 🤔
No religion or religious concepts are ever mentioned in any of these NDEs. That is very telling and very compelling. It's not about religion at all.
Jesus is Real..Seek Him.
He’s cute … love his new outlook ❤
They wanted you to play defense or quaterback! See it's hard to believe this those 2 positions are worlds apart.
So lucky to be alive imo 💯
this the craziest story for me by far…
Damn give the mfkr some water! Its like the mic is in this mfkrs mouth! All that tongue smacking and swallowing gets so annoying i cant watch this sht!
I've heard so many NDEs, and I find this one specifically believable because this guy is so down-to-earth and almost downplays his NDE experience as if he's not trying to emphasize it or get anyone to believe him.
Dude is so dam lucky to be alive.
Incredible. Glad you survived. Best wishes. Have a great life young man.
Im from the same area in NY… that waterfall is no joke
Amazing story, God is a Healer and He is Good 😊 stay blessed 😇
Too much from interviewer
Очень-очень ПЛОХАЯ ОЗВУЧКА ИИ!!! 😮😮😮😮 ЛУЧШЕ ОЗВУЧКА ЖИВЫМ ГОЛОСОМ ЖИВОГО ЧЕЛОВЕКА!!! А ИИ МЕРТВЫЙ!!! 😮
Jesus is Lord!
It's an interesting story but I think it was just happening in his brain—not real.