Spanish journalist Tessa Romero was clinically dead for 24 minutes and claims she experienced a peaceful, timeless realm. She described floating above her body and feeling “more alive” than ever, challenging her previous skepticism about life after death. Her recovery marked not just a return to life, but a deep emotional and physical healing.
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What happens after we die? This age-old question has fascinated and puzzled humanity for centuries. While science and medicine have made remarkable progress, they still haven’t provided any definitive answers. Now, an astonishing account from Spain is reigniting the conversation around life after death.
Tessa Romero, a 50-year-old sociologist and journalist from Andalusia, Spain, was pronounced clinically dead for 24 minutes after collapsing unexpectedly one morning. As reported by The Sun, she had just dropped off her daughters at school when she suddenly stopped breathing and her heart ceased to beat. Doctors fought for nearly half an hour to revive her—and ultimately succeeded. But what she brought back was more than a pulse; it was a story that would change her life forever.
“I Felt So Alive”: A Glimpse Into the Beyond
During those 24 minutes of clinical death, Tessa says that she experienced something profoundly peaceful and deeply real. According to The Sun, she describes entering a realm “free from pain, sadness, and even the passage of time.” In her own words: “It was like a great weight had been removed from my shoulders.” She recounts floating above a building, observing her own lifeless body below.
“I didn’t know I was dead. I felt so alive just not being seen by anyone around me,” she wrote in her book.
Tessa insists her experience was neither a dream nor a hallucination, but a vivid and conscious encounter with something far greater than herself. She had once dismissed such stories as fantasy—but no longer.
“That world was more real than this one,” she told The Sun. “Time was slower, feelings were deeper, and everything was meaningful.”
