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a woman claims she had a spiritual experience that changed her life and the idea of death. she claims she died and went to heaven and spent time with god. if you have heard of near-death experiences, this is eerily familiar. that is something that one author says could make it true. here s abc s linzie janis. reporter: 36-year-old crystal mcveigh was in the hospital ing with treated for a rare pancreatic disease three years ago when she was accidentally given more pain medicine than her body could handle. basically i died of drug overdose. reporter: her heart stopped. in the nine minutes doctors worked to revive her she said she was at the gates of heaven talking with god. i was standing in the most beautiful tunnel of light. there was no words. it was effortless communication between us. reporter: in her book,
waking up in heaven, the schoolteacher and mother of four explains why she considered herself an unlikely candidate for such an experience. i was sexually abused many years in my life. it wasn t that i didn t believe in god but i questioned his existence. my whole life. what kind of god could allow this kind of abuse happen? all of that fell off in the presence of god. reporter: while she was there, mcveigh says two times god gave her the choice to return to her body. she declined the first offer but then i heard my mother scream my name, and i stopped and i said can i tell her that i m okay? and he said, the choice is up to you. i didn t want to come back to my life, but i turned around and i was right back in my body. reporter: her experience rings true with a man with a similar and famous story. neurosurgeon evan alexander, the man behind the best seller proof of heaven. the story and the fact is consistent with other near-death experiences, i would believe and t