Project Afterlife (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 4 - Shot in the Dark and Heart of Darkness - full transcript

I WAS STARTING TO GO,
"GOSH."

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS.

MAYBE I WAS DEAD.

WHEN MY HEART STOPPED BEATING,

ALL OF MY CARES ABOUT THIS WORLD
WENT AWAY FROM ME.

I WAS DEAD.

THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY

THEY HAVE VISITED THE AFTERLIFE,

CHALLENGING OUR UNDERSTANDING
OF DEATH.

MOTIVATED BY THEIR OWN
EXPERIENCES

PULLING VICTIMS
BACK FROM THE GRAVE,



FOUR INVESTIGATORS
NOW SEEK TO SOLVE

THE MYSTERIES OF RESURRECTION.

THIS IS GONNA
HELP UNLOCK SOMETHING

THAT HASN'T BEEN KNOWN
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

REGARDLESS OF RELIGION,
THE PERSON WAS DEAD,

AND THEY CAME BACK TO LIFE.

WE'RE PURSUING THIS TO SHOW

THAT THE IMPOSSIBLE IS,
IN FACT, POSSIBLE.

DEATH DOESN'T REALLY HAVE
THE FINAL SAY-SO.

WHY DID YOU DEFY THE ODDS?

THIS IS "PROJECT AFTERLIFE."

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

IS EVERYBODY WHO DIES --

IS EVERYBODY HAVING
AN AFTERLIFE EXPERIENCE?



DO PEOPLE HAVE A CHOICE
TO COME BACK ONCE THEY'RE DEAD?

IS THERE A DECISION
THAT THEY MAKE?

NOBODY ON THE PLANET

REALLY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU DIE,

WHICH IS WHY THESE PEOPLE
AND THESE CASES

ARE SO IMPORTANT,

BECAUSE THEY'VE EXPERIENCED
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LEARN.

WE GOT A GREAT CASE HERE --
TONY DAVIS.

FOUND HIMSELF IN THE WRONG PLACE
AT THE WRONG TIME.

RANDOM ACT OF GANG VIOLENCE.

HE GOT SHOT FIVE TIMES,

ONE OF THEM RIGHT THROUGH
HIS FEMORAL ARTERY.

THE FEMORAL ARTERY

IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
BLOOD VESSELS IN YOUR BODY.

I MEAN, IT'S THE FEMORAL ARTERY
AND THE AORTA.

THOSE TWO INJURIES,

WHEN THEY'RE TORN
OR RUPTURED,

YOU'RE TALKING DEATH
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES,

UNCONSCIOUSNESS
IN SECONDS.

HERE'S ANOTHER INTERESTING CASE
OF RESURRECTION.

THIS IS CYANNE MARTIN.

SHE DIED
ON THE OPERATING TABLE

DURING AN
OPEN-HEART SURGERY.

HER MOTHER
AND HER GRANDMOTHER

BOTH WENT INTO
A PRAYER-LIKE TRANCE...

...BOTH TIMES
THAT SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE DIED.

WE HAVE TWO GREAT STORIES
TO DIG INTO,

AND I LOOK FORWARD
TO HEARING ALL OF THE DETAILS

ON THE CASES
WHEN YOU GUYS GET BACK.

I'M ON MY WAY
TO EAST LOS ANGELES

TO MEET WITH
52-YEAR-OLD TONY DAVIS.

IN 2003, GANG VIOLENCE
TOOK THE LIFE

OF THIS RISING STAR
IN THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE,

BUT SOMETHING BROUGHT HIM BACK.

HE ASKED ME TO MEET WITH HIM
AT VISTA HERMOSA PARK,

A SECLUDED SPOT
OVERLOOKING THE CITY.

TONY, THANKS FOR MEETING ME HERE
TO SHARE YOUR STORY.

THANKS, RODGER.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, MAN.

WHY THIS PLACE?

THIS IS
THE CITY OF ANGELS.

OUT THERE
IS WHERE I DIED.

TAKE ME BACK
TO THAT NIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, I WAS ON MY WAY
FROM HOME

TO PICK UP MY WIFE
FROM WORK.

BACK IN 2003,
MY LIFE WAS GOOD.

I WAS A GOSPEL RECORDING ARTIST.

I LOVED MY WIFE, CHRIS, DEARLY.

I REMEMBER THAT DAY SO CLEARLY.

IT WAS A MONDAY NIGHT.

I WAS ON MY WAY
TO PICK UP CHRIS FROM WORK.

SHE WAS WORKING AS A CAREGIVER
IN A CLIENT'S HOME.

USUALLY,
WHEN I PULL UP TO THE HOUSE,

CHRIS IMMEDIATELY COMES OUT
AND GET IN THE CAR,

AND WE LEAVE.

BUT THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT,
FOR SOME REASON,

SHE STAYED THERE
INSIDE THE HOUSE.

AS I SLOWLY PULLED UP
TO THE HOUSE,

THAT'S WHEN THE BULLETS
BEGAN TO RING OUT.

THE FIRST BULLET
HIT MY LEFT DOOR.

I HEARD IT PINK.

AND THEN,
THE OTHER BULLETS FOLLOWED,

HITTING THE RADIATOR AND...

I HEARD, LIKE, A SEEPING SOUND
GOING FROM THE BACK TIRE.

MY FIRST INSTINCT

WAS TO DROP DOWN TO THE FLOOR
OF THE VEHICLE,

BUT THEN, I'M THINKING,
"I NEED TO KEEP GOING,"

YOU KNOW?

SO I IMMEDIATELY
HIT THE GAS REAL FAST

TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THE WAY
OF THE BULLETS,

AND I KEPT GOING
AS FAST AS I COULD.

SO YOU'RE JUST
DRIVING ALONG,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
BAM, BAM, BAM!

THEY'RE SHOOTING AT YOU?
YEAH, YOU KNOW?

I'M THINKING THAT SOMEBODY'S
SHOOTING AT SOMEBODY ELSE

BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE
ANY ENEMIES LIKE THAT.

BUT THEN,
I THOUGHT ABOUT CHRIS!

I WAS VERY CONCERNED
THINKING THAT,

"MAN, I HOPE CHRIS
DIDN'T GET SHOT."

I PULLED OVER
ABOUT THREE BLOCKS OVER.

I RAN BACK OVER TO THE HOUSE.

SHE SAID,
"I HEARD THE BULLETS RINGING OUT

IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE,
AND THE POLICE IS ON THEIR WAY."

WHAT HAPPENED?
THEY JUST...SOMEBODY JUST --

THEY JUST SHOT AT THE CAR.
THEY SHOT UP THE CAR.

WHO SHOT UP THE CAR?

I-I DON'T KNOW!
I JUST DIPPED.

I-I TRIED TO GET AWAY
AND THEN...

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
WE HEARD A KNOCK AT THE DOOR.

THEY SAID, "WE GOT A 911
REGARDING THE SHOOTING."

I SAID, "YES, YES.

MY CAR JUST GOT SHOT."

DO YOU KNOW
WHERE YOUR CAR IS?

IT'S JUST
A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY,

AROUND THE CORNER,
JUST, UM...

AND THEY SAID, "LET'S GO OVER
TO SEE THE VEHICLE."

AND THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR,
AND THEY SAID, "A 9mm DID THIS.

AND WE HAVE AN IDEA OF A KNOWN
GANG MEMBER IN THIS AREA.

WE'RE GONNA GO
AND DO AN INVESTIGATION,

AND WE'LL BE BACK."

SO, THE COPS,
THEY LEFT YOU THERE?

UNFORTUNATELY, YES.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

ABOUT 10,
MAYBE 15 MINUTES LATER,

I WAS SITTING ON THE CURB.

I WAS CALLING OTHER PEOPLE,

YOU KNOW, LIKE, "MAN,
SOMEBODY JUST SHOT MY CAR!"

ALL OF A SUDDEN,

I HEARD BULLETS BEGIN
TO RING OUT FROM BEHIND ME.

I TURN TO RUN,

AND THAT'S WHEN THE FIRST BULLET
HIT MY LEFT LEG.

AND TWO MORE BULLETS
DID THE SAME.

AND I JUST FELL DOWN
TO THE GROUND.

THAT'S WHEN THINGS SEEMED
TO WENT INTO A SLOW MOTION.

AND, UM...

I LOOKED UP,
AND THERE'S A YOUNG KID,

YOUNG BOY...

STANDING BEHIND A TREE
AND BEGAN TO COME TOWARDS ME.

AND HE HAD A GUN
POINTED TOWARDS MY HEAD.

AND I'M SITTING THERE,
LIKE, "WHY?

WHAT HAVE I DONE..."

WHY'D YOU SHOOT ME?

"...TO MAKE YOU SHOOT ME
LIKE THIS?"

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME.

"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW MY NAME.

WHAT HAVE I DONE
TO MAKE YOU SHOOT ME LIKE THIS?"

OUT OF NOWHERE, I SAID...

"I COMMAND YOU, YOU ARE NOT
GONNA SHOOT THAT GUN AGAIN."

HIS HAND, LIKE, TREMBLED.

AND HE JUST LOWERED THE GUN.

AND I FELL TO THE GROUND,
AND I LAID THERE IN MY BLOOD.

I KNEW I WAS GONNA DIE

BECAUSE IT WAS TOO MUCH BLOOD.

BLOOD WAS EVERYWHERE.

ONE OF THE BULLETS HIT
THE MAIN ARTERY IN MY LEFT LEG.

THE BULLET HAD PIERCED
THE FEMORAL ARTERY.

FOR THE NEXT 5 MINUTES,

TONY'S HEART BEAT ABOUT
ALL OF HIS BODY'S BLOOD

THROUGH THE FATAL WOUND.

I FELT MY HEART SLOW DOWN
UNTIL IT STOPPED.

MY HANDS FELL TO THE GROUND.

BAM.

I WAS DEAD.

WHILE RODGER UNCOVERS
TONY'S REMARKABLE CASE

OF RESURRECTION
AFTER SUDDEN VIOLENCE,

I'M HEADED
TO THE CALIFORNIA COAST,

WHERE ONE WOMAN'S
BRUSH WITH DEATH

BEGAN BEFORE SHE COULD TALK.

43-YEAR-OLD CYANNE MARTIN

WAS BORN
WITH A SERIOUS HEART CONDITION

WHICH IS CALLED
BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE,

AND IT CAUSES THE HEART
TO STRUGGLE TO BEAT ENOUGH BLOOD

THROUGH THE REST OF THE BODY.

THIS CONDITION
LEFT HER DEAD TWICE,

BUT EACH TIME, SHE CAME BACK.

MEDICAL SCIENCE DOESN'T EXPLAIN
THESE RESURRECTIONS,

SO I'M HERE TO UNCOVER THE
DEEPER CAUSES OF HER REVIVAL.

HI, CYANNE.

HI.

IT'S WONDERFUL
TO MEET YOU.

YOU TOO.

SO, TELL ME,
WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?

I LOVE THE BEACH.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN
A SPECIAL PLACE GROWING UP.

SO I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE BORN
WITH A HEART CONDITION.

CAN YOU
TELL ME ABOUT THAT?

I'VE HAD A HEART CONDITION
ALL MY LIFE.

WHEN I WAS 3,
I HAD MY FIRST SURGERY,

AND I FLATLINED
ON THE OPERATING TABLE.

DO YOU REMEMBER
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE

WHEN YOU WERE 3?

I REMEMBER
BEING BROUGHT BACK.

APPARENTLY,
MY GRANDMA WAS ACTUALLY THERE

AND,
FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD,

WENT INTO SOME SORT
OF A MEDITATIVE TRANCE

AND WAS WITH ME
IN THE SURGERY.

WAS SHE CLAIRVOYANT?

WAS SHE ABLE
TO PHYSICALLY BE WITH YOU?

HER MIND OR HER SPIRIT
JUST WENT SOMEWHERE.

SO, YOU DIED
WHEN YOU WERE 3

AND THEN AGAIN
LATER IN LIFE?

YES.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.

TAKE ME TO THAT SECOND TIME
THAT YOU DIED.

WELL,
I HAD JUST TURNED 30.

BY THE TIME I TURNED 30,

I NEEDED TO HAVE
A THIRD OF MY HEART REPLACED.

CYANNE, SHARI,
HOW ARE WE DOING TODAY?

GOING INTO THIS SURGERY,
I WASN'T EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

SO I KNOW
WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE,

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
IS YOUR AORTIC VALVE IS FAILING.

CYANNE'S CHILDHOOD CONDITION

HAD WORSENED
TO A NEAR-CATASTROPHIC STATE.

DISEASED TISSUE
HAD SPREAD THROUGHOUT HER HEART,

REQUIRING A RISKY TRANSPLANT

WITH LESS THAN A 40% CHANCE
OF SURVIVAL.

HERE'S YOUR CHEST.

WE'RE GONNA GO RIGHT
IN THROUGH THE CENTER THERE.

WHEN I HEARD THAT NEWS

THAT THEY WANTED TO TRANSPLANT
AN ENTIRE THIRD OF MY HEART,

IT WAS --
IT WAS VERY OVERWHELMING.

I FIGURED I WOULD RATHER DIE
THAN HAVE ANOTHER SURGERY.

ONCE THE MASK
GOES ON YOUR FACE,

WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO

IS JUST COUNT BACKWARDS
VERY SLOWLY FROM 20.

GOING IN, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
IF I WANTED TO LIVE.

I JUST...

I WAS EXHAUSTED.

AS I WAS LYING IN THE BED

AND THE ANESTHESIA
STARTED KICKING IN,

AND I STARTED LOOKING AROUND,

AND THERE WAS
FAIRIES EVERYWHERE,

WHICH I FIGURED I WAS
HALLUCINATING OR SOMETHING.

SO, YOU LITERALLY SAW FAIRIES
BY YOUR BEDSIDE.

YES.

WERE THEY SMALL?

WERE THEY BIG?

WERE THEY FRIENDLY?

THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY,
PLAYFUL, NURTURING.

THEY WERE
DIFFERENT SIZES.

THEY LOOKED REALLY SPARKLY
AND HAPPY.

THEY ALL HAD WINGS.

THEY WERE ALL, LIKE,
SURROUNDING ME, HOVERING ABOVE.

THE LAST CONSCIOUS THOUGHT
I HAD THAT DAY

WAS IN THE BED,
SURROUNDED BY THE FAIRIES

AND VERY HAPPY.

SUCTION.

THEN, EVERYTHING
JUST WENT BLACK.

SHE'S FLATLINING.
HOW'S HER VITALS?

VITALS ARE LOW.

10cc OF EPI.
SUCTION.

RIGHT THERE. ALL RIGHT,
WE'VE GOT A BLEEDER RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE LOSING HER.

I DIED
ON THE OPERATING TABLE AGAIN.

IN 2003, GOSPEL SINGER
TONY DAVIS WAS SHOT FIVE TIMES

AT CLOSE RANGE BY AN L.A. GANG.

STRUCK IN HIS FEMORAL ARTERY,

HE BLED OUT ON THE STREET
AND DIED.

SO, YOU DIED FROM THE GUNSHOTS.
THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THEY LEFT 10 BULLET HOLES
THROUGH MY BODY.

I DIED FOR 30 MINUTES.

I HAD AN OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE
WHERE I SAW HEAVEN.

WHEN MY HEART STOPPED BEATING,
I BEGAN TO FEEL REAL COLD...

...AND IT WAS LIKE
I WAS BEING CONSUMED

IN THIS COLD, DARK PLACE.

AND I BEGIN TO FLOAT
TOWARDS THESE CLOUDS,

BEAUTIFUL, RED-LOOKING CLOUDS.

AND I NOTICED THAT THE CLOSER
I GOT TO THESE CLOUDS,

THE MORE PEACE, LOVE,
AND JOY I FELT.

I WASN'T CONCERNED ABOUT CHRIS,
MY FAMILY, MY MOTHER.

ALL OF MY CARES ABOUT THIS WORLD
WENT AWAY FROM ME.

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THERE WAS A WINDOW,

A HUGE WINDOW THAT OPENED,

AND THROUGH THAT WINDOW,
I SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY

WAY OFF INSIDE THE CLOUDS.

AND THERE WAS THESE LIGHTS
GOING BACK AND FORTH,

THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS
OF THEM,

JUST GOING ALL THROUGH THE CITY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE KIND
OF COLORS BEFORE IN MY LIFE.

I SAW SOME PEOPLE WALKING
AND TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

I HEARD LAUGHTER.

I FELT SO MUCH LOVE
COMING OUT OF THE CITY,

AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS JUST
PULLING ME IN TO JUST BE HOME.

LIKE, "YOU'RE HOME."

WOW.

YOU SAID YOU SAW
PEOPLE IN THERE.

I SAW THE IMAGES OF PEOPLE
THROUGH THIS HAZE OR FOG.

IT LOOKED LIKE CLOUDS,
AND IT WAS SO HAPPY.

IT WAS SO MUCH JOY
AND PEACE AND LOVE.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

ALL OF A SUDDEN,
THIS VOICE SAID TO ME,

"IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT."

IT WAS LIKE, "WAIT A MINUTE.

I KNOW THAT VOICE,
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT VOICE.

WHO IS THAT?"

IT WAS LIKE SOMEBODY I KNEW
FROM YEARS AGO

WHEN I WAS A KID OR SOMETHING.

IT WAS LIKE I KNEW
IT WAS THE VOICE OF GOD.

GOD TOLD ME,
"YOU NEED TO GO BACK."

AND I SAID,
"NO, I'M NOT GOING BACK.

I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK."

AND HE SAID AGAIN,
"YOUR WORK IS NOT YET DONE.

GO BACK."

AND I'M LIKE,
"NO, NO, DON'T DO THIS TO ME.

THERE'S NO WAY I'LL GO BACK
TO THAT WORLD.

TO ALL THAT?
NO! I LOVE THIS PLACE.

LET ME STAY."

AND THE THIRD TIME
IS WHEN HE SAID MY NAME.

"TONY, YOUR WORK
IS NOT YET DONE.

GO BACK."

AND THEN, I HEARD A BLOW.

IT WAS LIKE THE WIND.

AND I BEGAN TO DRIFT BACKWARDS.

AND I WAS TRYING
TO GRAB SOMETHING.

MY HANDS
WERE GOING THROUGH CLOUDS.

I'M TRYING TO GRAB SOMETHING
TO STAY THERE.

AND I FELT LIKE I WAS LEAVING

THE PEACE, THE JOY, THE LOVE
THAT WAS THERE.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
I WENT INTO A DARKNESS.

AND THEN, I FELT MYSELF
TAKING A DEEP BREATH.

I BREATHE.

AND I OPEN MY EYES.

AND I SAW THAT I WAS BACK
INTO THIS WORLD.

SO, YOU FEEL THIS WIND
JUST BLOW YOU BACKWARD?

THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I FELT.

YOU THINK IT WAS GOD HIMSELF
BREATHING LIFE INTO YOU?

I BELIEVE HE BLEW
THE BREATH OF LIFE

BACK INTO MY BODY.

THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT I BELIEVE IT WAS.

NOW, YOU WAKE UP.

YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL BED.

YEAH.

AFTER BEING DEAD

FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR

AND ON LIFE SUPPORT
FOR OVER EIGHT MORE,

TONY HAD BEEN
BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE.

AND WHEN
I OPENED MY EYES...

I SAW CHRIS.

AND SHE SAID,
"BABE, I LOVE YOU."

SHE SAID, "GOD GONNA
KEEP YOU HERE WITH ME."

TONY, WHY DO YOU THINK

YOU WERE BROUGHT BACK
AND GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE?

I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS

BECAUSE OF THE PRAYERS
OF MY WIFE, CHRIS.

TONY BELIEVES HIS WIFE
BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE.

WAS IT HER PRAYERS
THAT BROUGHT HIM BACK

OR SOMETHING ELSE SHE DID
WHILE HE WAS DEAD?

I'M ON MY WAY TO TONY'S CHURCH
TO MEET HER AND FIND OUT MORE.

HEY, CHRIS.
NICE TO MEET YOU.

HI.
YOU TOO.

FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD
BY TONY,

YOU PLAYED QUITE A VITAL ROLE
IN RAISING HIM FROM THE DEAD.

CAN YOU TAKE ME BACK
TO WHAT HAPPENED?

YES. I WAS WAITING FOR HIM
TO PICK ME UP FROM WORK.

THAT NIGHT,
I STAYED IN THE HOUSE.

I USUALLY COME OUT OF THE HOUSE
AS SOON AS HE PULLS UP,

BUT FOR SOME REASON,
GOD KEPT ME IN THE HOUSE.

HOW FAR AWAY ARE YOU?

WHEN HE PULLED IN FRONT
OF THE FACILITY,

SOMEBODY START SHOOTING.

TO ME, AT FIRST,
IT SOUNDED LIKE FIRECRACKERS.

A FEW MINUTES AFTER
I HEARD THE GUNSHOT,

TONY CAME OVER TO THE HOUSE.

HE WAS UPSET.

TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENED!

I NEED YOU TO CALL THE POLICE.
CALL THE POLICE.

THEY SHOT UP THE CAR.
IT'S ALL SHOT UP.

I CALLED THE POLICE.

PLEASE, PLEASE HURRY.

HURRY.
GET HERE FAST.

AND THE POLICE CAME.

A WHILE LATER...

AND I RUN OVER TO THE STREET
WHERE TONY WAS.

HE WAS LAID OUT
IN A POOL OF BLOOD.

THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE.

WHEN I SAW THEM
PUMPING HIS CHEST,

I KNEW HE WAS DEAD.

30-YEAR-OLD CYANNE MARTIN

IS UNDERGOING
MAJOR HEART-REPLACEMENT SURGERY

WHEN SHE SUDDENLY FLATLINES.

SHE'S FLATLINING.

HER ENTIRE BODY FAILS,

AND SHE REMAINS LIFELESS
FOR OVER 20 MINUTES

UNTIL DOCTORS CAN MOVE HER
ONTO TOTAL LIFE SUPPORT.

DOCTORS THEN RACE
TO FINISH THE HEART TRANSPLANT.

EVERY MINUTE
SHE SPENDS ON LIFE SUPPORT,

CYANNE'S CHANCES
OF FULL RECOVERY DIMINISH.

DOCTORS AREN'T CERTAIN IF
HER HEART WILL EVER BEAT AGAIN.

SO, CYANNE, YOU DIED.
YEAH.

AND WHAT'S THE FIRST THING
THAT YOU REMEMBER HAPPENING?

ALL I REMEMBER
IS JUST BEING TERRIFIED.

IT WAS JUST DARKNESS.

THE MOMENT I DIED,

MY EYES FELT LIKE
THEY WERE OPEN,

BUT THERE WAS DARKNESS
EVERYWHERE.

IT WAS JUST...BLACK.

IT WAS REALLY SCARY,
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS.

I WAS STARTING TO GO,
"GOSH."

MAYBE I WAS DEAD.

THE DARKNESS SUBSIDED,

AND IT WAS THIS AMAZINGLY
BRIGHT, BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

IT WAS LIKE
THERE WAS PIXIE DUST EVERYWHERE.

AND I WAS OVERWHELMED
BY JUST LOVE,

AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER FELT
THAT FULL OF LIFE

WHICH IS IRONIC
'CAUSE I WAS NOT ALIVE.

AS I WAS...LOOKING AROUND,

IT WAS LIKE
THERE WAS JAZZ SOMEWHERE.

AND IT WAS WEIRD

BECAUSE JAZZ MUSIC WAS NEVER
SOMETHING I REALLY LISTENED TO.

I WAS ASSUMING
THAT THIS HAD TO BE HEAVEN,

AND THEN THIS LIGHT
STARTS SHINING THROUGH THE MIST.

THEN, I KIND OF KNEW
THAT I WAS DEAD.

SO I STARTED WALKING
TOWARDS THE LIGHT.

THERE WERE THESE TWO SHADOWS,

AND THEY STOPPED ME
IN MY TRACKS.

WERE YOU SCARED?

WHAT -- DID YOU THINK
THEY WERE ANGELS?

I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT THEY WERE,

BUT THE LONGER I LOOKED
AT THEM, AS THEY GOT CLOSER,

THEY LOOKED FAMILIAR.

IT WAS THE WEIRDEST THING.

I JUST REALIZED
THAT THEY WERE MY GRANDMOTHERS.

THE FIRST WOMAN
I RECOGNIZED PRETTY QUICKLY.

SHE WAS THE YOUNGER VERSION
OF MY GRANDMOTHER DORIS,

WHO PRAYED FOR ME WHILE I WAS
IN SURGERY AT 3 YEARS OLD.

SHE WAS GORGEOUS.

SHE LOOKED A LOT YOUNGER,
LIKE, MAYBE 30.

I WAS LOOKING
AT THE OTHER WOMAN,

AND SHE LOOKED
KIND OF LIKE MY DAD.

IT WAS VERY QUICK THEREAFTER

THAT I FIGURED OUT
THAT WAS GRANDMA POLLY.

SHE COULDN'T STOP DANCING.

IT WAS...

MAYBE THAT'S WHY
THE JAZZ WAS PLAYING.

BUT I JUST -- I WAS OVERCOME
WITH MORE EMOTION

BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHERS
WERE THERE.

THEN, MY GRANDMOTHER DORIS
SPOKE,

BUT SHE DID NOT MOVE HER MOUTH.

I INTERVENED
WHEN YOU WERE 3.

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK
I WOULD'VE QUIT ON YOU NOW?

BUT THE WAY THEY WERE
COMMUNICATING, IT WAS...

TELEPATHIC.

MY GRANDMA DORIS
WAS SO, SO DIRECT.

YOUR MOTHER
DIDN'T RAISE A QUITTER.

YOU WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE.

I WAS ARGUING THAT I HAD
NOTHING TO GO BACK TO.

WHY GO BACK?

AND THAT'S WHEN MY GRANDMA POLLY
CUT ME OFF AND POINTED DOWN.

I LOOKED DOWN.

THE MIST KIND OF
OPENED A LITTLE BIT,

AND I WAS...

IT WAS ME DOWN THERE,
AND THEY WERE OPERATING,

AND THEY WERE IN MY CHEST.

CYANNE HAS NOW BEEN
CLINICALLY DEAD

FOR NEARLY FOUR HOURS,

AND DOCTORS ARE BEGINNING
TO LOSE HOPE.

WE'RE LOSING HER.

THAT JUST CONFIRMED
TO ME THAT IT WAS MY TIME TO GO

BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE
FIGHTING TO KEEP ME THERE.

BUT, I MEAN, IF THEY'RE HAVING
THAT MUCH OF A STRUGGLE,

I MEAN, GOING BACK, WHAT WOULD
THAT REALLY ACCOMPLISH?

AND...THEN, IT WAS DARK.

AND THEN, I WAS AWAKE
IN THE RECOVERY ROOM.

I WAS FRUSTRATED
'CAUSE I WAS READY TO GO.

BUT THERE DEFINITELY HAS BEEN
A LOT TO BE BACK FOR.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT
THERE'S SOMEONE

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING
BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE?

FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD,
MY MOM PLAYED THIS HUGE ROLE.

WHY AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY,

HOW DID CYANNE COME BACK?

WAS IT HER INNER WILL
TO SURVIVE?

DID HER FAMILY,
BOTH ALIVE AND DEAD,

PUSH HER SPIRIT TO RETURN?

TO GET ANSWERS, I NEED
TO SEEK OUT HER MOTHER, SHARI,

AND FIND OUT WHAT SHE DID

WHILE HER DAUGHTER
WAS DEEP IN THE AFTERLIFE.

HI, SHARI.

HI. HOW ARE YOU?
I'M JOHNNY.

SO I GOT TO HEAR CYANNE'S
RESURRECTION STORY.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE
YOU PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL PART

IN HER COMING BACK
FROM THE DEAD THAT DAY.

YEAH.

BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE

CYANNE'S BEEN EXPERIENCING
A HEART CONDITION

SINCE SHE WAS VERY LITTLE.

RIGHT.

HER FIRST SURGERY
WAS WHEN SHE WAS 3 YEARS OLD.

THE ONLY THING
THAT WOULD GO WRONG

IS THAT IT WOULD FAIL,
AND SHE WOULD DIE.

SO SHE WENT INTO SURGERY,

AND WE WERE ALL
OUT IN THE WAITING AREA.

MY MOTHER WAS PRAYING.

SHE JUST KIND OF LEANED FORWARD,
CLOSED HER EYES,

AND HER HEAD BOWED,
ALMOST LIKE A TRANCE.

THEN, SHE LIFTED HER HEAD
AND SAID, "EVERYTHING'S FINE."

SHE'S FINE.

SHE SAID, "I WAS IN THE ROOM,
AND EVERYTHING'S FINE.

SHE'S GONNA BE WONDERFUL."

THE SURGERY'S OVER.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I WAS IN THE ROOM.

AND ABOUT 20, 30 MINUTES LATER,
THE DOCTOR CAME OUT,

AND HE SAID THE SAME THING.

HI.
SHE'S GOING TO BE FINE.

THE SURGERY WENT WELL.

THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

ALMOST AS IF SHE SAW
THIS TAKING PLACE AS IT HAPPENED

OR MAYBE EVEN
BEFORE IT HAPPENED.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.
WOW.

SO SHE SURVIVED THE SURGERY
WHEN SHE WAS 3.

TAKE ME TO THE DAY
WHEN CYANNE WAS 30

AND SHE HAD TO HAVE
THIS SECOND MAJOR PROCEDURE.

IN THE WAITING ROOM THAT DAY
WAS MYSELF, MY SISTER,

A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE,
AND MY HUSBAND.

THEY TOLD US THAT IT'D PROBABLY
BE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX HOURS.

IT ENDED UP BEING
MORE LIKE EIGHT OR NINE.

CARLOS WAS PACING.

THAT'S HIS WAY OF HANDLING,
YOU KNOW, STRESS.

I'M A WALKER.

SO I WALK, OKAY?

I WALK AND PRAY
AND WALK AND PRAY.

YOU'RE IN
AN INTERNAL STATE OF...

PRAYER AND PANIC.

THE DOCTORS TOLD HER THAT HER
CHANCES OF DYING WERE VERY HIGH.

SHE'S FLATLINING.

I VISUALIZED MYSELF
INSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM.

- WHAT'S HER VITALS?
- VITALS ARE LOW.

LOSING HER.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE
THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN

A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE
TO WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOTHER

ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO?
YES.

GOSPEL SINGER TONY DAVIS

DIED AFTER GUNSHOT WOUNDS
RIDDLED HIS BODY,

FATALLY SEVERING
THE MAIN ARTERY IN HIS LEFT LEG.

AFTER EXPERIENCING
INCREDIBLE VISIONS

ON THE OTHER SIDE,

HE MIRACULOUSLY
CAME BACK TO LIFE.

TONY BELIEVES HIS WIFE, CHRIS,

WAS CENTRAL
TO THIS APPARENT MIRACLE.

SO I'M INVESTIGATING
WHAT ACTIONS SHE TOOK

WHILE TONY
WAS DEEP IN THE AFTERLIFE.

SO HE'S LAYING THERE.
YES.

HIS CLOTHES HAVE BEEN CUT OFF.
YES.

AND THEY'RE
WORKING ON HIM.

AND THEY'RE
WORKING ON HIM.

DID YOU THINK THERE WAS A CHANCE
YOU COULD DO SOMETHING?

THE ONLY THING I COULD DO
AT THE TIME WAS PRAY.

I SAW HIM LAID OUT
IN THIS POOL OF BLOOD.

THERE WAS BLOOD EVERYWHERE.

I KNEW HE WAS DEAD
AT THAT TIME

BECAUSE I SAW THEM
PUMPING HIS CHEST.

COME ON. COME ON.
COME ON.

CHECK.

NO PULSE.

THEY TOLD ME
THEY WERE WORKING ON HIM

TO BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE.

THEY PUT HIM IN AN AMBULANCE,

AND I ASKED TO GO, AND THEY --
THEY WON'T LET ME GO.

THEY TOLD ME
THEY HAD TO WORK ON HIM

UNTIL HE GET TO THE HOSPITAL.

I FELL ON MY KNEES AGAIN
AND STARTED CRYING.

I NEVER FELT THAT WAY
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

IT'S LIKE A PIECE OF YOUR LIFE
BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU.

PLEASE,
SEND A MIRACLE TO US!

THERE WAS NOTHING
I COULD DO BUT PRAY

AND ASK GOD
TO BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE.

I JUST PRAYED.

DON'T TAKE HIM
FROM ME.

I'M BEGGING YOU.
PLEASE.

YOU MUST'VE BEEN TEMPTED
TO LOSE HOPE AT SOME POINT.

NO.

I KNEW I COULDN'T GIVE UP

'CAUSE IF I GAVE UP,
GOD WOULD'VE TOOK HIM AWAY.

I COULDN'T LOSE
MY HUSBAND.

ACCORDING
TO THE MEDICAL REPORT,

TONY WAS WITHOUT ANY VITAL SIGNS
FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR.

HIS DOCTORS PUSHED WELL BEYOND
THE USUAL TIME FRAME

FOR REVIVING A DEAD PATIENT.

BUT JUST AFTER THEY GAVE UP HOPE
AND TIME OF DEATH WAS CALLED...

...TONY SOMEHOW
CAME BACK TO LIFE.

- CALL THE TRIAGE TEAM.
- I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

HE WAS IMMEDIATELY
PUT ON LIFE SUPPORT

AND RUSHED TO EMERGENCY SURGERY

TO REPAIR HIS SHATTERED ARTERY
AND BULLET-RIDDLED BODY.

BUT WITH THE MASSIVE AMOUNT
OF BLOOD LOSS,

DOCTORS FEARED THE WORST.

TONY MAY STILL NOT SURVIVE
SURGERY, AND IF HE DOES,

HE MIGHT NOT HAVE
ANY COGNITIVE BRAIN FUNCTION.

WHEN I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL,
I'D FOUND OUT HE WAS ALIVE.

OKAY,
HE'S IN THE O.R. RIGHT NOW,

SO YOU GO AHEAD
AND HAVE A SEAT.

OKAY.

I WAS GLAD,

BUT THEY WERE TELLING ME
BAD NEWS AFTER BAD NEWS

AFTER BAD NEWS.

ONE OF THE BULLETS
HAD SHATTERED HIS ARTERY.

HE HAD INTERNAL BLEEDING.

HE COULDN'T BREATHE ON HIS OWN.
A MACHINE WAS BREATHING FOR HIM.

WHILE TONY'S
BEING KEPT ALIVE BY MACHINES,

CHRIS BEGINS HER OWN
SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.

I START PRAYING FOR HIM.
I CALL EVERYONE THAT I KNEW.

I LET THEM KNOW
THAT TONY'D BEEN SHOT,

AND THEY CAME TO THE HOSPITAL,
AND THEY PRAYED FOR HIM.

THE NURSE -- THEY HAD TOLD ME

THAT HE ONLY SUPPOSED TO
HAD BEEN IN THERE FOR TWO HOURS,

AND IT TOOK SEVEN HOURS
AND A HALF FOR THE OPERATION.

I PRAYED MORE AT THAT TIME
THAN I EVER PRAYED IN MY LIFE.

THE DOCTOR CAME OUT,

AND THE DOCTOR TOLD ME
THEY HAVE SOME NEWS.

THERE'S GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS.
OKAY.

THE GOOD NEWS IS
THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE.

THANK YOU.

THE BAD NEWS IS

THEY ACCIDENTALLY CUT A PIECE
OF HIS VOCAL CORD,

SO HE WON'T BE ABLE
TO TALK ANYMORE.

THE PLASTIC ARTERY
THAT THEY PUT IN HIS LEG

WASN'T WORKING RIGHT.

THE BLOOD WASN'T FLOWING RIGHT
IN HIS LEG.

THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WAS GONNA
CUT HIS LEG OFF.

NO! NO!

SO THEY TOLD YOU
HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SING

OR WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO TALK,

AND THEY WERE GONNA
HAVE TO CUT HIS LEG OFF.

YEAH, THEY TOLD ME
HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TALK.

THEY WILL PUT A MICROPHONE
ON THE SIDE OF HIS NECK,

AND HE HAS TO TALK
OUT OF THAT MICROPHONE.

BUT YOU
DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT?

NO,
I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT.

I JUST KNEW THAT WE SERVE A GOD
THAT CAN RESTORE PEOPLE.

SO I KNEW HE WAS GONNA
BRING HIM BACK.

I WENT IN THE ROOM,
AND I START PRAYING WITH HIM.

LIKE, "GOD, PLEASE
BRING HIM BACK TO LIFE."

I CAME, AND I PUT A BIBLE
BY HIS HEAD,

AND I TOOK SOME ANOINTED OIL.

I ANOINTED HIM WITH OIL

IN THE HOPE THAT GOD
WOULD HEAL HIM.

I PUT IT ON HIS FOREHEAD,
AND I PUT IT ON HIS FEET.

YOU ACTUALLY
ANOINTED HIM WITH OIL?

YES.

HOW DID YOU KNOW
TO DO THAT?

WE GO TO NURSING HOMES,
HOSPITAL,

AND WE DO THAT TO PEOPLE
THAT ARE SICK IN THE HOSPITAL.

SO YOU AND TONY
HAD ACTUALLY DONE THIS BEFORE

AND SEEN PEOPLE HEALED?

YES.

THE REASON
I PUT IT ON HIS FEET

IS BECAUSE THEY SAID
THEY WERE GONNA CUT HIS LEG OFF.

I BELIEVED
THAT ANOINTING HIS LEG

WOULD BRING HIS LEG
BACK TO LIFE.

COME ON, TONY.

TONY?

HOW'S THE CAR?
BABY.

WHAT?

THE FIRST THING HE ASKED ME
WHEN HE WOKE UP

WAS WHERE HIS CAR WAS.

HOW'S THE CAR?

DON'T WORRY
ABOUT THE CAR.

HE LOVED THAT CAR.

BABY.
YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.

GOD GAVE HIM EVERYTHING

THAT THE DEVIL
TOOK AWAY FROM HIM.

HIS VOICE, HIS LEG --
GOD RESTORED IT BACK.

HOW HAPPY WERE YOU WHEN HE ASKED
HOW HIS CAR WAS DOING?

I WAS VERY HAPPY.

YOU'RE IN A HOSPITAL,
ABOUT TO DIE,

AND YOU GONNA ASK
WHERE YOUR CAR IS?

I KNOW
YOU GONNA BE OKAY.

THAT'S AMAZING.
YES.

WHY DO YOU THINK
TONY WAS GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE?

SO THAT HE COULD
COME AND TELL PEOPLE

THAT MIRACLES DO HAPPEN.

IN MY MANY YEARS
OF STUDYING SPIRITUAL PHENOMENA,

CHRIS AND TONY'S CASE
CERTAINLY STANDS OUT

AS ONE OF
THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY.

THEIR UNWAVERING FAITH
IN A HIGHER POWER

AND IN EACH OTHER

TRUMPS THE ODDS
ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

BUT FOR ME,
THE MOST INSPIRING LESSON

IS THE POWER OF LETTING GO.

WHAT'S THE BIGGEST THING
YOU GUYS LEARNED FROM THIS?

FORGIVENESS.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T
FEEL LIKE FORGIVING SOMEONE

THAT HAS DID SOMETHING
DEVASTATING IN OUR LIVES,

YOU KNOW?

WE WANT TO HOLD ON
TO THAT THING FOR LIFE.

TONY, WHY DO YOU THINK
YOU WERE RESURRECTED THAT DAY?

BECAUSE OF THE PRAYERS
OF MY WIFE.

SHE PRAYED FOR ME.

THERE IS NO DOUBT
IN MY MIND.

I KNOW THAT THE POWER OF PRAYER
CAN RAISE THE DEAD.

I'M PROOF.

DID THEY EVER CATCH
THE GUYS?

IT DOESN'T MATTER
TO ME.

I FORGIVE,
AND LIFE GOES FORWARD.

* LORD, YOU ARE *

* YOU'RE MY EVERYTHING *

* LORD, YOU ARE... *

TONY HAS NOT ONLY MOVED ON.

HE'S BACK SINGING AND SHARING
THE LESSONS HE HAS LEARNED

FROM THIS INCREDIBLE ORDEAL.

HIS STORY HAS OPENED MY EYES

TO JUST HOW FAR
THE POWER OF RESURRECTION CAN GO

AND HOW CLOSELY THE EXPERIENCES
IN THE AFTERLIFE

ARE LINKED TO THE FAITH
OF THOSE WE LOVE.

I VISUALIZED MYSELF
INSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM.

I WAS UP IN A CORNER, WATCHING.

30-YEAR-OLD CYANNE MARTIN

DIES ON THE OPERATING TABLE
FROM COMPLICATIONS

DURING INTENSIVE
HEART-REPLACEMENT SURGERY,

THE SECOND TIME
IN HER LIFE SHE'S FLATLINED.

AS MEDICAL STAFF
TRY DESPERATELY TO REVIVE HER,

CYANNE CROSSES
INTO THE AFTERLIFE...

...EXPERIENCING VISIONS
OF HER DEAD GRANDMOTHERS.

TO FIND OUT HOW CYANNE
WAS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE,

I NEED TO FIND OUT
WHAT HER MOTHER, SHARI,

DID DURING THOSE FATEFUL HOURS.

SO, DO YOU BELIEVE

CYANNE DIED
AND CAME BACK TO LIFE THAT DAY?

YES, I BELIEVE SHE DIED
AND CAME BACK TO LIFE.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU PLAYED
AN INSTRUMENTAL PART

IN HER COMING BACK
FROM THE DEAD THAT DAY.

YEP.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE
THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN

A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE
TO WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOTHER

ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO?
YES.

YES.
I THINK IT WAS SIMILAR.

AT THE TIME OF CYANNE'S SURGERY,

MY MOTHER WAS NOT AROUND,
BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT HER

AND HOW SHE PRAYED FOR CYANNE
WHEN SHE WAS 3.

AND SO I THOUGHT, "WELL,
I'M GONNA PRAY LIKE THAT, TOO."

AND SO I BOWED MY HEAD,
CLOSED MY EYES,

AND SAID MY OWN
THOUGHTS OF PRAYER.

AND I FELT MY MOTHER

AND I HAD THE SAME EXACT
EXPERIENCE THAT MY MOTHER DID.

I DIDN'T THINK TWICE ABOUT IT.

I JUST SAID, "DO IT."

SO I PUT MYSELF
IN A MEDITATION.

YOU HAVE TO
CLOSE YOUR EYES AND VISUALIZE,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
YOU'RE PRAYING.

AND YOU PUT IT TOGETHER.

AND I COULD SEE
IN THE OPERATING ROOM,

AND I COULD SEE
HOW THINGS WERE GOING,

AND I PRAYED FOR A GOOD WHILE.

WE KNEW GOING IN

THAT THEY WERE GONNA
HAVE TO STOP HER HEART

AND HER LUNGS.

THAT WAS THE SCARY PART.

AND IN THINKING OF CYANNE,
I KNOW SHE LIKES FAIRIES.

SO I WAS THINKING, "OKAY,
I'M GONNA PUT MYSELF IN THE ROOM

AND BRING
SOME OF THOSE VISIONS WITH ME."

SHARI, TELL ME ABOUT
THIS PRAYER THAT YOU PRAYED

THAT DAY IN THE SURGERY.

I JUST KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT
WHERE SHE WAS,

AND I VISUALIZED, MEDITATED
WHERE SHE WAS IN THE ROOM.

AND THERE WAS, LIKE,
EXTRA LITTLE LIGHTS IN THERE.

CYANNE REALLY LIKES FAIRIES,

AND I KNOW
SHE BELIEVES IN FAIRIES.

SO I TRIED TO VISUALIZE
SOME FAIRIES IN THERE.

SO THIS IS AMAZING.

CYANNE TOLD ME
THAT SHE SAW FAIRIES

RIGHT BEFORE SHE WENT
INTO A COMPLETE DARKNESS.

AND SHE DESCRIBED THEM
IN DETAIL.

YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU COULD
VISUALIZE THESE FAIRIES

IN THE ROOM?

YES, I VISUALIZED MYSELF
INSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM.

SO, WOULD YOU SAY THAT
THAT WAS PART OF THE WAY

THAT YOU WERE HELPING HER
FIND COMFORT?

YES.

BY VISUALIZING THESE FAIRIES
NEXT TO HER BEDSIDE?

YEAH. YEAH.

I THOUGHT THAT
WOULD BE COMFORTING TO HER.

I KNEW THAT WOULD BE COMFORTING,
ACTUALLY, SO...

HOSE TO THE RIGHT.

WHEN I WAS IN THE ROOM,

IT WAS JUST LIKE I WAS
UP IN A CORNER...WATCHING,

KIND OF LOOKING DOWN AND OVER.

THE ROOM WAS FULL OF PEOPLE
AND INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES.

I SAW CYANNE
ON THE OPERATING TABLE

WITH THE ATTENDING DOCTOR
AND THE ASSISTANT DOCTOR

AND SEVERAL NURSES.

I SAW LITTLE FAIRIES, LIKE,
KIND OF, LIKE, FIREFLY-SIZED.

I WAS JUST TELLING THEM TO,
YOU KNOW,

HELP HER THROUGH THE ORDEAL.

ANGELS,
WATCH OVER MY BABY.

WATCH OVER HER FOR ME.

HALLUCINATIONS
HAVE BEEN RECORDED ON OCCASION

DURING SURGERIES

AND ARE OFTEN
ATTRIBUTED TO SEDATIVES

OR ENHANCED NEURAL ACTIVITY.

BUT THE FACT
THAT CYANNE'S MOTHER

ALSO SHARED THE SAME VISION
POINTS TO SOMETHING DEEPER.

EVERYTHING'S
GONNA BE OKAY.

IS THERE, LIKE,
SOME KIND OF TIPPING POINT

WHERE YOU HAVE ENOUGH
SPIRITUAL ENERGY HAPPENING

WHERE IT JUST GETS TO THIS
OVERWHELMING PLACE THAT,

YOU KNOW, TIPS THE SCALES
OF LIFE BACK INTO YOUR FAVOR?

FOR MORE
"PROJECT AFTERLIFE," GO TO...

SO, SHARI, DO YOU FEEL LIKE
YOUR VISUALIZATION

OF THESE ANGELS AND FAIRIES
HELPED CYANNE THAT DAY?

I BELIEVE THAT
VISUALIZING THAT,

GAVE HER THE STRENGTH
THAT SHE NEEDED.

KNOWING THAT FAIRIES,
IF YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES,

IS THERE,
THAT'S STRENGTH.

SO, YEAH.

I DEFINITELY THINK
IT HELPED HER.

THE MEDICAL REPORT SHOWS THAT,

AROUND THE SAME TIME
SHARI AWOKE FROM HER TRANCE,

CYANNE'S BODY
FINALLY ACCEPTED THE NEW HEART.

WHEN THE DOCTOR CAME OUT...

ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY.

...HE SAID THAT SHE'S GONNA
BE IN RECOVERY FOR A WHILE,

SHE WAS GONNA BE FINE...

AND THAT EVERYTHING WAS FINE.

CYANNE AND HER PARENTS' STORIES
ARE FASCINATING EXAMPLES

OF THE STRENGTH OF BELIEF
AND VISUALIZATION

IN MAKING CONNECTIONS
BETWEEN THE WORLD OF THE LIVING

AND THE REALM OF THE DEAD.

MORE THAN A DECADE
AFTER THAT FATEFUL DAY,

NOT ONLY IS CYANNE
ALIVE AND WELL,

BUT SHE HAS MADE
A COMPLETE RECOVERY.

SO, CYANNE,
HOW HAS YOUR LIFE CHANGED

SINCE COMING BACK
FROM THE DEAD?

I'M CLOSER TO MY FAMILY,

AND I DEFINITELY
HAVE A SPIRITUAL LIFE,

WHICH IS DIFFERENT
THAN I EVER HAD BEFORE.

I DIDN'T USED TO HAVE
A SPIRITUAL LIFE,

I THINK, AT ALL.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE
TO SOMEONE WHO WAS DYING?

I'D JUST TELL THEM
TO BE STRONG

AND LOOK AT THEIR LIFE

AND SEE WHAT IT IS
THEY WANT TO DO WITH IT.

AND HOW ABOUT YOU,
CYANNE?

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART

IS NOT CLOSING YOURSELF OFF
TO THE POSSIBILITIES,

WHICH IS
WHAT I USED TO DO.

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE,
AND IF YOU'RE SEEING IT,

THEN THERE'S SOME SORT
OF CONNECTION THERE.

SO NOW THAT
YOU'VE EXPERIENCED

BEING RESURRECTED
FROM THE DEAD,

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS
CAN HAPPEN FOR OTHER PEOPLE?

I THINK SO.

I MEAN, I THINK --

I DIDN'T EVEN BELIEVE,
AND IT HAPPENED FOR ME.

SO THAT'S NOT
NECESSARILY A PREREQUISITE.

I MEAN, IF I CAN COME BACK,
THEN I THINK ANYBODY CAN.

CYANNE'S REMARKABLE CASE

SHOWS THAT ONE DOESN'T
HAVE TO BELIEVE IN RELIGION

OR THE AFTERLIFE
IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE IT

AND THAT FAMILY CONNECTIONS
CAN TRANSCEND SPACE AND TIME

TO MAKE RESURRECTION POSSIBLE.

THERE'S SO MUCH HERE,
THAT I CAN'T WAIT

TO GET EVERYONE'S
EXPERT OPINION

ON WHY AND HOW
CYANNE WAS REBORN.

SO, JOHNNY,
HOW DID THINGS GO OUT THERE

WITH MEETING
MS. CYANNE MARTIN?

HER CASE IS INCREDIBLE.

DURING CYANNE'S SURGERY
WHEN SHE WAS 3,

HER GRANDMOTHER
WENT INTO A PRAYER-LIKE TRANCE.

SO THEN, BY AGE 30,

HER MOTHER GOES INTO
THE SAME PRAYER-LIKE TRANCE

THAT HER GRANDMOTHER
HAD GONE INTO

ALMOST 30 YEARS
BEFORE THAT.

BOTH TIMES,
THEY WERE IN THE ROOM WITH HER

WHILE THE SURGERY
WAS GOING ON.

THAT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE.

IS IT POSSIBLE
TO CONNECT PSYCHICALLY?

AND I THINK,
FROM THIS CASE,

WE CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A WAY
TO BE A PART OF A SITUATION.

FOR HER MOTHER
TO BE ABLE TO SEE

THAT EVERYTHING
WAS GONNA BE ALL RIGHT,

IT'S ALMOST LIKE SHE SAW
A FUTURE EVENT

BEFORE IT OCCURRED.

IT LOOKS LIKE, IN THE CASE
OF CYANNE AND HER MOTHER,

BOTH SAID THEY FELT
THE OTHER'S PRESENCE

RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME

THAT THE OTHER REPORTED
THE SAME OCCURRENCE.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE COVERED
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

I THINK THIS IS PRETTY UNIQUE
TO THIS SITUATION.

ALL RIGHT, RODGER,
TELL US ABOUT TONY DAVIS.

ALL RIGHT.
TONY DAVIS IS INCREDIBLE.

THIS GUY IS NOT ONLY ALIVE,

BUT HE IS BOUNCING
WITH ENERGY.

I THINK
THERE'S A FEW FACTORS IN HERE

THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

ONE, HIS WIFE, CHRIS,
WAS EXTREMELY PERSISTENT

IN HER EFFORTS --
IN HER PRAYERS

AND GETTING OTHER PEOPLE
TO PRAY.

I MEAN,
SHE DID EVERYTHING.

AND I ALSO BELIEVE
THAT TONY HAD WORK ON EARTH

THAT HE
NEEDED TO FINISH.

YOU KNOW, I FIND IT AMAZING
THAT HIS WIFE,

EVEN AFTER HE CAME BACK,

SHE STILL DIDN'T GIVE UP
ON HIS CONDITION.

YEAH.
SHE ANOINTED HIM WITH OIL,

AND SHE BELIEVED THAT THAT
HAD A CRUCIAL ROLE

IN WHAT
WAS GOING ON.

ANOINTING WITH OIL.

WE'VE HEARD ABOUT
THIS TYPE OF THING

IN SEVERAL OTHER CASES,
AS WELL.

THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

CYANNE DIDN'T
WANT TO COME BACK.

TONY DIDN'T
WANT TO COME BACK.

BUT BOTH OF THEM
WERE FORCED TO COME BACK.

THEY GOT TO A PLACE WHERE
THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE ON,

BUT THEY COULDN'T
GO ANY FURTHER.

AND THEY WERE TOLD,
"NOPE.

YOUR LIFE IS NOT DONE.
YOU MUST GO BACK."

ANOTHER THING THAT WAS
INTERESTING IN THIS CASE

IS THE TRAUMA DOCTORS,

THAT THEY FELT LIKE SOMETHING
WAS COMPELLING THEM

TO CONTINUE WORKING ON TONY,

EVEN PAST
THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF TIME

THAT YOU WOULD TYPICALLY
WORK ON SOMEBODY

IN HIS CONDITION.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE

THE IMMEDIACY OF PEOPLE
THINKING ABOUT RESURRECTION

COULD BE A VERY
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR HERE.

WELL, MAKES YOU WONDER,

IS THERE, LIKE,
SOME KIND OF TIPPING POINT

WHERE WE HAVE ENOUGH
SPIRITUAL ENERGY HAPPENING

WHERE IT JUST GETS TO THIS
OVERWHELMING PLACE THAT,

YOU KNOW, IT TIPS THE SCALES
OF LIFE BACK INTO YOUR FAVOR?

I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
IS STARTING TO COME TOGETHER.

WE'RE STARTING TO GET
A CLEARER AND CLEARER PICTURE.

SO THE MORE CLUES
THAT WE GATHER,

THE CLOSER WE'RE GETTING
TO THE ULTIMATE GOAL,

WHICH IS THIS QUESTION,
"WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE,

AND CAN THE DEAD BE RAISED?"