Man who died for 10 minutes reveals what it felt like when he came back to life
A 42-year-old man from Britain, Matthew Allick, has spoken about what it was like to die and then be brought back to life after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest.
Matthew, who was generally healthy, began to feel unwell at the end of August 2023. He experienced shortness of breath and swelling in his feet, but assumed the changes were because of his new night-shift schedule. The seriousness of his condition became clear when he was unable to climb a single step at work. Realizing something was very wrong, he asked a friend to call an ambulance.
At the hospital, Matthew told a doctor that although he hadn’t felt much pain before, it suddenly became unbearable. He described it as “11 out of 10” and then “13,” before collapsing. His heart stopped completely due to a pulmonary embolism—a...
