Note: This story was originally featured in the news in October 2015.
A North Carolina woman has authored a book detailing the aftermath of a car accident that claimed her husband’s life and nearly took her son’s, who claims he went to heaven before being revived (video below).
Landon Whitley was 8 years old when the crash occurred in October 1997. He was declared dead three times: once at the scene, once in the ambulance, and once at the hospital, according to Fox News.
Each time, paramedics and doctors successfully revived him. During these moments, Whitley says he experienced the afterlife, which included visions of “streets of gold,” Jesus, angels, and deceased family members.
Whitley’s mother, Julie Kemp, recalled the poignant moment when she informed her recovering son in the hospital that his father had passed away.
“I said, ‘Landon, do you know where your dad is at?'” Kemp told CBN. “And he told me, ‘Yes, I know where he’s at, I saw him in heaven.'”
Then came his remarkable revelation.
“He looked over to me and he says, ‘Oh mom, by the way, I forgot to tell you I saw your other two kids,'” Kemp said. “And I just looked at him because I wasn’t sure what he was talking about. But I had two miscarriages before Landon was born.”
“We had never shared that with Landon,” she continued. “He did not know that we had lost two children before him.”
Whitley expressed that he instinctively recognized them as his siblings.
“I knew that they were my siblings even though no one had ever told me about them,” he told CBN. “Just being in heaven, I guess you know your own or you know who everyone is.”
Following the accident, Whitley now lives with 23 metal plates in his head and partial blindness in his left eye, as reported by Fox News. He hopes that sharing his experience will inspire faith in the Christian God.
“I just want people to realize that Jesus is real, there is a heaven, there are angels, and to follow his word and the bible, and life does get better at the end,” he said.
Julie Kemp’s book, chronicling her and her son’s emotional and spiritual recovery from their personal tragedy, is titled “Faith Has Its Reasons.”
Sources: Fox News, CBN via YouTube
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