{"id":13059,"date":"2026-03-10T13:12:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/?p=13059"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:12:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:12:56","slug":"what-dannion-brinkley-says-happened-during-his-28-minutes-of-clinical-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/what-dannion-brinkley-says-happened-during-his-28-minutes-of-clinical-death\/","title":{"rendered":"What Dannion Brinkley Says Happened During His 28 Minutes of Clinical Death"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dannion Brinkley: Surviving Lightning and the Edge of Death<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few people have stared death in the face like Dannion Brinkley. In 1975, the former U.S. Marine experienced a life-altering event that would change the way he viewed life, death, and consciousness forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On September 17, 1975, Brinkley was speaking on the telephone when lightning struck nearby. The electrical surge traveled through the phone and directly into his body, throwing him backward with a violent force. \u201cIt went into the side of my head above my ear, it went down my spine,\u201d he later recalled. The strike was so powerful it welded the nails of his shoes to the floor and filled the room with blinding fire. Brinkley was paralyzed, burning, and unresponsive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency responders rushed him to a hospital, where medical staff declared him dead for <strong>28 minutes<\/strong>. Yet in that time, Brinkley\u2019s awareness didn\u2019t vanish. Instead, he described a vivid separation from his body, observing events from above, including the frantic efforts of doctors working to revive him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This NDE Will Give You Goosebumps - Dannion Brinkley Struck By Lightning &amp; Visits City In Heaven\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sfObAQI6Kcw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Continue reading on next page&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He recalled moving through a tunnel toward a bright, structured environment he called the <strong>\u201cCrystal City.\u201d<\/strong> There, he experienced a life review, watching key moments from his life unfold in a panoramic 360-degree perspective. \u201cYou watch it from a second-person point of view,\u201d he explained, reflecting on how his actions impacted others. During this extraordinary experience, he said he heard a question: <em>\u201cIn the life you just reviewed, what difference did you and God make?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brinkley\u2019s story didn\u2019t end there. He reported two more near-death experiences later in life: once during open-heart surgery in 1989, where he felt reunited with spiritual guides, and again during brain surgery, reinforcing his belief in a spiritual purpose. Each encounter, he said, revealed insights about life, mortality, and compassion. \u201cWhen you learn you don\u2019t die, when you learn you\u2019re a spiritual being, you\u2019re not going to go to hell, that\u2019s enough to inspire you to change,\u201d he reflected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lightning strikes are rare\u2014CDC data estimates the odds at less than one in a million per year\u2014but Brinkley\u2019s story proves how unpredictable life can be. His experiences have fascinated the public for decades, sparking discussions about survival, consciousness, and the possibility of life beyond physical death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether seen as extraordinary trauma, a spiritual journey, or both, Brinkley\u2019s account remains a powerful testament to resilience. A moment that could have ended his life instead became a story of transformation, reflection, and insight that continues to inspire today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Have you ever had an experience that changed your outlook on life? 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