Saturday, March 31, 2012

90 Minutes in Heaven

90 Minutes in Heaven is the story of a man named Don Piper who died in a car crash with a semi truck agianst the barricades on the side of the road and came back to life 90 minutes later. While he was dead he witnessed heaven. He said he saw a lot of his grandparents and friends that had passed away. He heard the singing of angels and is was the most beautiful music he's ever heard. He said they were perfectly in tune. He also said everything around him was white as it could be. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. Right before he thought he was about to see God, something brought him back to reality. He came back to life with Dick Onerecker, a baptist priest, behind him singing. Dick hurried and got the medics they rushed him to the hospital. It was a miracle that Don survived. Four inches of his femur bone was missing and his left arm was barely attatched to his body. He was in the hospital for more than a year and a half. He live because he never gave up and never did lose his positive attitude and never wanted to die. He could have given up and told the doctors to pull the plug but he wanted to live for his family. He helped others throughout the rest of his life. whether it was inspiration or service, Don continued to be the best person he couuld. He knew it would be hard to live the rest of his life with his inruries but he endured a ton of pain to help others.
This book is very inspiring and you can learn a lot from Don's story. He must have loved his family a ton because he was willing to come back to earth after he witnessed heaven. He could have chosen to give up when he was in the hospital. Instead he chose to endure a huge amount of pain so he could live and spend more time with his family.
I loved this book. It was a cool story and i just couldn't stop reading. Believe it or not it had tons of cliff hangers and experiences that kept you on the edge of your seat. It was a book that you could learn a lot from it and have a good time reading it at the same time. I enjoyed this book and highly recommend it.

4 comments:

fluteninja503 said...

Wait, hold the phone.. this if nonfiction?! Did Don write it himself? And dude, that is wicked cool. Just sayin

Cheney #3 said...

It is nonfiction and Don did write it himself. It was wierd to think about and wonder how it is real.

LeBron James6 said...

Nice job chip! I might read it during the summer or something. Sounds good my friend!

LeBron James6 said...

BTW these type of stories are awesome!