7 students who have been in clinical death for 6 hours talk about the experience of death and their return to life

In 2011, seven students who fell from a cold water boat found themselves very quickly in clinical death. 6 hours later, doctors were able to warm their blood and bring all seven back to life. As part of a BBC documentary, the students returned to where they found themselves dead and restored the moment

7 students who have been in clinical death for 6 hours talk about the experience of death and their return to life

The story of the seven Danish students who found their death on a school trip in 2011 is one of a kind, as it is the only documented case in history where doctors were able to resurrect all seven dead at once. A BBC documentary titled "Life After Death: How Seven Children Returned From the Dead" tells the story of schoolchildren found in clinical death after their boat overturned in a frozen lake. The film is accompanied by two of the survivors, Katherine and Casper, who returned to the scene and restored the moments they thought would be the last of their lives.

Katherine, today in her mid-20s, was one of 12 students to take a walk in the frozen lake. Eight years after the accident, she returned to the lake and burst into tears: "I remember it now. It was so frozen, so cold. There was ice on the water. A nightmare." Casper added: "There was severe weather. There were strong winds. The boat overturned in the middle of the sea and all the people fell." Catherine recalled screaming: "When I got out of the water the nightmare began. Everyone was screaming and everything was not real. You see the panic. The teacher said we should swim in, otherwise we all die."

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Catherine and Casper were found to be clinically dead for 6 hours and brought back to life (screenshot, BBC)

Catherine and Casper were found to be clinically dead for 6 hours and brought back to life (Photo: BBC, screenshot)

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The water temperature was only 2 degrees Celsius and the children were hundreds of meters offshore. Casper added: "I couldn't swim. One of my friends came up to me and tried to help me, but after a short time I was in a clinical death because of the water temperature." Casper's heart stopped when he was in the water, along with six other children. Catherine managed to swim to the beach but didn't have the strength to call for help. She suffered from severe hypothermia but tried to seek help, "It was really hard to walk because I had no strength in my legs. I kept falling. At that moment there I thought to myself 'Okay, I'm going to die'." What she didn't know was that one of her friends from school had already run a mile and called for help. When she saw a man running at her from afar, her hope returned to her, "When I saw him I screamed so hard."

Catherine recovers the moments she thought were the last of her life (screenshot, BBC)

Catherine recovers her death (Photo: BBC, screenshot)

"Okay, now I'm going to die" (screenshot, BBC)

Catherine recovers her death (Photo: BBC, screenshot)

By the time the paramedics arrived, the children were already dead for more than two hours. Dr. Michael Jagger Wensh who returned: “We landed there with our helicopter. Someone ran towards us and shouted, 'They're all dead, they're all dead, they're all dead,' but it wasn't lost yet. They were ice cold. When you are in such a situation, you can be revived. They were dead, but they didn't really die. We still had a chance. "Hypothermia stopped their hearts but also managed to slow their metabolic rate, so that their organs could still warm up and get back to work. At 17.5, he recovered and his normal heart rate returned when we reached 26 degrees. " All seven dead students were brought back to life in a similar process, "It's amazing. It's the largest number of hypothermic victims in an accident that we were able to revive at once, with 100 percent success."

Casper was in clinical death for 6 hours (screenshot, BBC)

Casper was dead for 6 hours (Photo: BBC, screenshot)

Caspar stared at a photo taken when he was in a coma: "My father took some pictures while lying in bed. It's strange to see yourself lying dead." No one knew if the children's brains were hurt, but after a few days Casper and the other children woke up and showed positive signs. "The main focus from then on has been the brain. Will the patients recover? We have not seen any abnormalities in their scans and we have been optimistic." Catherine summed up the experience: "It taught me to appreciate life. Knowing what it's worth to fight. I'm really glad I'm alive."