HAWAII, THE BAHAMAS, THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS, THESE ARE
JUST A FEW OF THE EXOTIC
LOCATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE
SCUBA DIVED.
IN THE WATERS OF CRYSTAL
LAKE, MICHIGAN, DEATH LURKED
UNDER WATER.
WE GOT PREPARED, PUT ON
OUR GEAR, AND WE STARTED
WADING OUT INTO THE WATER.
WHAT YOU DO IS, YOU GET TO A
LEDGE.
AT THE LEDGE, IT DROPS DOWN
50 FEET.
Reporter: SCOTT AND
DARNISHA EXPLORED THE BOTTOM
OF THE LAKE FOR 30 MINUTES.
THE LEDGE IS YOUR
MARKER.
IF YOU STAY ON THE LEDGE,
YOU'RE ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT
PLACE, BASICALLY.
BUT THIS DAY WE LOST TRACK
OF THE LEDGE.
AND SO MY HUSBAND LOOKS AT
MY -- TURNS AROUND TO ME,
AND LOOKS A AT THE COMPASS
TO TRY TO GET A BEARING, AND
SEES THAT MY EQUIPMENT IS
NOT WORKING.
I'VE GOT BUBBLES COMING
OUT.
WHEN I SAW THE CONSTANT
STREAM OF AIR BUBBLES COMING
OFF HER AIR HOLES -- NOT HER
BREATHING AIR HOSE, BUT THE
HOSE THAT CONNECTS TO HER
B.C., OR BUOYANTCY VEST.
HE GESTURED TO ME TO GO
TO THE SURFACE SO I COULD
FIX MY COUP LER ANLER.
I WAS TRYING TO FIX THE
COUPLER, AND IT WOULD NOT
REATTACH.
IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
SCUBADIVING, YOU KNOW YOU
ADD EXTRA WEIGHT IN ORDER TO
BE ABLE TO STAY ON THE
BOTTOM.
I WAS CARRYING AT LEAST,
PROBABLY 50 TO 70 EXTRA
POUNDS OF WEIGHT.
AND I WAS FIGHTING AGAINST
THAT TO STAY ON TOP OF THE
WATER.
AT THAT TIME, I TRIED TO
START A CLOCK IN MY MIND TO
KNOW THAT SHE IS GOING TO DO
A SAFETY STOP, WHICH IS
BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE
MINUTES, WHICH IS STANDARD
IN DIVING.
AND THEN SHE'S GOING TO BE
ON THE SURFACE AND CLASP IT
AND THEN HEAD BACK DOWN.
I'M TRYING TO RUN THESE
NUMBERS IN MY HEAD BECAUSE I
KNOW IF IT GOES BEYOND THIS,
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG.
WE NEED TO CALL OFF THE
DIVE.
I WAS STARTING TO GET
WINDED AND TIRED.
I THOUGHT, WELL, BEFORE I
RUN OUT OF AIR, LET ME FILL
UP MY B.C. MANUALLY, WHICH
IS REALLY THE FIRST THING
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO I WENT TO DEPRESS THE
VALVE TO FILL IT UP, AND NO
AIR WOULD GO IN.
I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS
NOT GOING TO WORK.
I STARTED TO REALLY FEEL I'M
IN TROUBLE.
I STARTED PRAYING, GOD,
PLEASE SEND MY HUSBAND TO
THE SURFACE.
PLEASE LET HIM KNOW I NEED
HELP.
Reporter: DARNISHA
STRUGGLED FOR SEVERAL MORE
MINUTES.
SHE HAD NO MORE STRENGTH TO
STAY AFLOAT.
I REMEMBER ONE OF MY
FINAL PRAYERS TO THE LORD
SAYING, OKAY, FATHER, IF
THIS IS YOUR WILL, I'M GOING
TO TRUST YOU TO TAKE CARE OF
EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
TAKEN CARE OF.
THAT WAS THE MOMENT I SHUT
MY EYES.
I SAID, OKAY, LORD, JUST
HELP ME TO SWIM STRAIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHEN I DRIFTED
OFF INTO ETERNITY.
I GOT UP TO THE SURFACE
BUT WAS KIND OF SURPRISED
WHEN AS I WENT UP, THAT I --
THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS NOT
AROUND OR NOT HANGING ON THE
LINE.
I DID A 360 A COUPLE OF
TIMES, LOOKING AROUND.
SO I STARTED LOOKING FOR AIR
BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE.
I WOKE UP ON MY KNEES IN
THIS PLACE THAT WAS -- THE
ONLY WAY THAT I CAN DESCRIBE
IT IS IT WAS A ROOM, BUT IT
HAD NO WALLS.
IT WAS JUST A WIDE, OPEN,
BRIGHT SPACE THAT WAS SO
PEACEFUL.
IT WAS VERY PURE.
IN THE DISTANCE I COULD TELL
THERE WAS THIS GREAT
DESTINATION, THIS GATEWAY,
THIS PLACE THAT PEOPLE WERE
ENTERING INTO.
I REMEMBER FEELING LIKE I
WAS HOME, EVEN THOUGH IT
DIDN'T NECESSARILY LOOK LIKE
MY HOUSE.
IT WAS A PLACE THAT I KNEW I
WAS WELCOMED.
Reporter: DARNISHA SAW
OTHER PEOPLE IN HER VISION,
AND ONE OF THEM IN
PARTICULAR GOT HER
ATTENTION.
WE DIDN'T TALK, THOUGH,
BUT WE COMMUNICATED.
AND IT WAS AS IF SHE WAS
ASKING ME, ARE YOU COMING?
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
SAY.
THE ANXIETY STARTED
INCREASING THERE A LITTLE
BIT MORE.
I STARTED DOING A SPIN.
I STARTED YELLING, YELLING
HER NAME OUT.
Reporter: SCOTT FINALLY
SAW HIS WIFE.
SHE WAS YOU 200 YARDS AWAY.
HE SWAM TOWARDS HER.
I KEPT POPPING BACK UP TO
THE SURFACE TO ADJUST MY
BEARINGS, TO MAKE SURE I WAS
SWIMMING IN THAT DIRECTION.
Reporter: BY THE TIME
SCOTT REACHED DARNISHA, SHE
WAS SINKING TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE LAKE.
EVERYTHING WENT BLACK.
AND I STARTED REACTING LIKE,
WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
I'M HOME.
WHY ARE THEY BOTHERING ME?
AND THAT WAS THE MOMENT THAT
I REMEMBERED WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THE ACCIDENT, AND THAT
I HAD DROWNED.
BEFORE THAT, IN THIS
PEACEFUL PLACE, I DIDN'T
REMEMBER ANY OF THAT.
I REMEMBERED HAVING TO TALK
TO MYSELF AND SAYING, OKAY,
I HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE.
AND I REMEMBER ACTUALLY
HAVING TO SPECIFICALLY MAKE
THE DECISION: DO I STAY OR
DO I COME BACK?
I HEARD CLEARLY, YOU NEED TO
RELAX AND LET HIM BRING YOU
BACK.
AND I SAID OKAY.
AND I INHALED, ALLOWED THE
PROCESS.
AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE THAT
I EVEN FOUND HER IN THAT
LAKE.
SO I HAD HER -- MY ARM
AROUND HER, AROUND HER BACK,
AND JUST POUNDING AS HARD AS
I COULD ON HER CHEST AND
BREATHED INTO HER MOUTH.
AND THAT FIRST BREATH
JUST -- THE FIRST AIR COMING
BACK OUT OF HER LUNGS WASN'T
HER BREATHING YET.
IT WAS JUST HORRIFYING
BECAUSE ALL I COULD HEAR WAS
THE WATER GURGLING IN HER
LUNGS.
Reporter: SCOTT SPOTTED
A BOAT AND HE SCREAMED FOR
HELP.
AS SOON AS THE BOAT CUT
ITS ENGINES, THE FIRST THING
I HEARD WAS PRAYERS OF ALL
THREE PEOPLE ON THE BOAT,
PRAYING AND CRYING OUT TO
JESUS FOR HELP.
AS SOON AS WE GOT HER UP,
SHE COUGHED UP ALL OF THE
WATER OUT OF HER LUNGS AND
STARTED BREATHING.
Reporter: SCOTT AND
DARNISHA WERE TAKEN TO
SHORE.
HE DROVE HER TO THE NEAREST
HOSPITAL, 45 MINUTES AWAY.
AFTER M.R.I. TESTS AND
X-RAYS, DARNISHA WAS TREATED
AND RELEASED THE SAME DAY.
THE REPORT THAT THE
DOCTOR GAVE BACK WAS IT
LOOKS REALLY GREAT.
IT DOESN'T EVEN HARDLY LOOK
LIKE SHE HAD THIS TYPE OF AN
ACCIDENT.
THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE
GOD HAD BEHIND THE SCENES,
THAT WERE WORKING FOR OUR
BENEFIT AND FOR OUR GOOD.
HE DOES NOT EXPECT THAT
OUR WILLPOWER WILL GET US
THROUGH DIFFICULT
CIRCUMSTANCES.
THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT
THERE IS A PROCESS, THAT
THERE ARE EMOTIONAL THINGS
THAT WE'LL HAVE TO WALK
THROUGH, THAT THERE ARE
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE DIDN'T
FORESEE.
HE IS STILL MORE THAN
CAPABLE OF GIVING US GRACE
TO BE ABLE TO GET ON TO THE
OTHER SIDE.
IT IS ABOUT WHATEVER IS
DEALT TO YOU, THAT YOU ARE
ABLE TO WALK THROUGH IT WITH
THE LOVE AND THE GRACE OF
GOD.
AND HE WILL GIVE YOU WHAT
YOU NEED IN ORDER TO MAKE
IT.
