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Sir Francis Beaufort, who the Beaufort Wind Scale is named after, nearly drowned in 1791 and described how a feeling of “tranquility succeeded the most tumultuous sensation”. The admiral s description of his NDE was documented and shared by Dr. Christof Koch, who analysed a series of accounts to show how they occur.