A 32-year-old woman identified as Courtney Santiago claimed she died and came back to life. Santiago said she was dead for around 40 seconds.

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Who is Courtney Santiago?

Courtney Santiago is 32 years old woman. She claimed to have had a near-death experience. The incident took place when she underwent a breast MRI scan in July 2022. She regularly does breast MRIs’ due to a gene that puts her at risk of breast cancer.

As she was in the process of a routine MRI, after the IV was inserted, her body reportedly went into shock. Her heart rate and blood pressure took a sharp dip and lost consciousness.

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Courtney shared her experience in a video on TikTok, where she said, “There was no concept of time whatsoever, just the feeling of complete peace.”

“I wasn’t worried about leaving behind my body, my life, my son or my family and friends- none of that felt important,” she said. 

“She slipped into a ‘dream state,’ where she was standing on the beach in front of a man whom she had never met but felt like she had known forever.”

Courtney while talking about her near-death experience said “The man told her everything was okay and that it wasn’t her time to go yet.”

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In a video, the 32-year-old said after she woke up and gain consciousness, she was unable to talk and her body felt stiff. As later tests revealed she had a condition called vasovagal syncope, where patients lose consciousness or faint after overreacting to certain triggers. As the trigger activates, there is a sharp decline in heart rate and blood pressure.

However, Courtney claimed, “I’m 100 percent certain what I saw was the ‘in-between’ and was much more than a fainting episode”.

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Weeks prior to the incident, she had a breakup and lost a friend, which could be the reason for the episode.