Boy, 16, Has Near Death Experience at Medjugorje

From DATELINE ZERO – Dominik Juros, a young Slovakian of 16, drowned and nearly died while at a Youth Festival in Medjugorje this past August. In fact, his heart had stopped for a short while. He wasn’t able to breathe without assistance. The doctors placed him in an induced coma and had many of Juros’s vital bodily functions taken over by medical devices.

His parents were not with him at the time, but were back in their room watching television. They were later informed, and had to meet him at the hospital.

After hearing what had happened, all the young people at the Festival started praying fervently for him. On August 5th, surrounded by his family and with a lot of prayers, Dominik showed signs of awareness — including squeezing his mother’s hand.

He fully woke up on August 7th. According to an account related by his family, Juros claimed that his soul exited his body. His parents were shocked to hear him describe how they were in their room watching television at the moment that his body was being pulled from the water. According to the story posted atmedjugorje.ws, Dominik “knew what they were doing and where they were going.”

He also began to cry after he regained consciousness, and begged his parents to forgive him for being troubled and rebellious. “He grabbed the hand of his mother and asked her to pray with him, and to pray a lot. He wanted to confess his sins, so they asked a priest to come.”

He reports that he saw much more than his parents watching television. From the article:

According to Dominik, while he was between life and death, he felt threatened by “dark figures” present in the hospital, some standing at the door and others causing havoc in the room, accusing him. These figures were constantly trying to prevent his mother from praying at his bedside.

Dominik’s face lit up when he felt the presence of a person full of light, peace and joy, who he thinks was the Blessed Mother. When someone entered his room carrying some water, he knew that it was Holy Water and thought “Oh, blessed water! That will help me now!” He said he could perceive the prayers of his family as peaceful, positive, very helpful and full of life.

Dominik was able to see Purgatory. There he saw two young people, from a neighboring town, suffering. He saw that they had burned a car and later were killed in an accident. He saw Angels, splendid beings dressed in white, with beautiful faces. He said he saw Jesus face to face and said that Jesus had the most beautiful eyes.

When his family was praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy at his bedside, he asked them, “Can you smell that wonderful fragrance?” “What fragrance?” His mother asked. “The blood of Jesus! It has a wonderful fragrance!” He answered.

He was later transferred to a hospital in Slovakia, where he began walking and talking freely. Four weeks later, he was back in school. According to the article, “his Slovakian doctor reports that Dominik’s recovery is shocking, considering what he endured.”