Overview
- Hines collapsed from a major cardiac arrest at the start of a hike and was reported clinically dead for about 27 minutes.
- Her husband, Brian, performed CPR until paramedics arrived, and she drifted in and out of consciousness en route to the hospital.
- Upon regaining awareness but unable to speak, she wrote the message "It's real," which her family says referred to heaven.
- She later described vivid colors, a profound sense of peace, and seeing Jesus before a glow, and she has since published a book about the experience.
- Coverage notes alternative medical views that surges of brain activity during shutdown can produce hallucinatory episodes, with no independent clinical verification of a supernatural cause presented.