11 Celebrities Who Have Spoken Out On Their Near-Death Experiences

01of 11 Chad Michael Murray Michael Tullberg/Getty Then 15 years old, the actor faced a life-threatening situation when his intestines twisted and doctors didn’t realize he was bleeding internally. Murray’s football-shaped physique actually prevented the medical team from making an accurate diagnosis. “This sounds so stupid - and trust me, I’m not on an ego trip when I say this - but because I was in physical good condition, my abdomen was tight and when I started bleeding internally, my stomach didn’t expand,“Murray said on SiriusXM’sThe Jess Cagle Show....

March 16, 2025 · 7 min · 1390 words · Gerald Pearson

11-Year-Old Wisconsin Boy Dies During Make-a-Wish Trip to Lego Store at Mall of America

Photo: Gofundme An 11-year-old Wisconsin boy tragically died during his Make-a-Wish trip. The young boy, who had terminal brain cancer, had flown from his home to Minneapolis to fulfill his wish when his health took a turn for the worse. According to the news outlet, Choroszy’s brother Jake also flew in from South Dakota for the special visit. “On Monday, we did a lot of shopping and he was doing really good,” his mother, Tammy Wildish, said....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 335 words · Juan Turner

12-Year-Old Boy Paralyzed Moments After Leaving Hospital Where Doctors Thought He Was 'Exaggerating' Symptoms

A 12-year-old boy was paralyzed due to a rare neurological disorder after doctors initially dismissed his symptoms. Maysen, from Australia, had been in “excruciating” pain for days, unable to eat and dealing with “intense headaches.” On July 31, his mother, Jessica Bye, rushed him to Bacchus Marsh Hospital before they were transferred to Sunshine Hospital via ambulance. While there, she said Maysen didn’t receive proper medical attention,Yahoo News Australiareports. “They said they think his symptoms don’t add up and that they think he’s exaggerating,” she told the outlet, claiming that staff appeared to “brush off” his symptoms....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 564 words · Jorge Elliott

16-Year-Old Girl Killed in Apparent Dispute Over Sweet-and-Sour Sauce Outside McDonald's

A 16-year-old-girl was fatally stabbed in an apparent dispute over sauce outside a McDonald’s in Washington, D.C.Photo:WUSA9news/YouTube WUSA9news/YouTube A 16-year-old girl has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of another 16-year-old female outside of a McDonald’s in Washington, D.C., in what authorities said was a dispute over sweet-and-sour sauce. In a press release,Metro Policesaid that authorities early Sunday morning responded to a report of a juvenile at a hospital who was being treated for stab wounds....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · Travis Howard

17 Million Gallons of Sewage Spill Into Ocean, Leading to Beach Closures in California

Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant.Photo: DAVID MCNEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock A cluster of California beaches was closed on Monday after nearly 20 million gallons of unfiltered sewage from a local plant spilled into the ocean. A"mechanical failure"at Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant led to the “massive discharge” of 17 million gallons of untreated sewage on Sunday through pipes extending one mile and five miles offshore, according to Los Angeles County Public Supervisor Janice Hahn and theLos Angeles County Department of Public Health....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Michael Harris

19-Month-Old Twins Who Drowned in Backyard Pool 'Always Wanted to Be Together,' Godmother Says

Locklyn and Loreli Callazzo.Photo: The Callazzo Family Nineteen-month-old twinsLocklyn and Loreli Callazzodid just about everything together. They slept in the same bed and “didn’t even like having their own seats to sit in,” their godmother, Dawn Lemons, tells PEOPLE in a recent phone interview. “They wanted to always be together.” On the morning of March 16, the toddlers' lives ended together when they drowned in the backyard pool at their family’s home in Oklahoma City....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 829 words · Carl Blackburn

2 Arrested in Alleged 'Racially Motivated' Plot to Attack Maryland Power Grid

Two people, including a suspected Neo-Nazi leader, were arrested for allegedly planning to attack the Maryland power grid in what authorities describe as a “racially motivated” plot, according to multiple reports. According toThe Washington Post, Brandon Russell and Sarah Clendaniel were taken into custody on charges of conspiring to destroy an energy facility in Baltimore, Md. It was unclear if the pair have retained attorneys or entered pleas to the charges against them....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 572 words · Alan Newman

2 People Killed After Man Allegedly Opens Fire on Random Drivers and a Bus in Seattle

Photo: Seattle Police Department Two people are dead and two more injured after a man allegedly went on a deadly rampage in Seattle Wednesday. According to the Seattle Police Department, just after 4 p.m., the man opened fire on several vehicles, including a Metro bus before carjacking a Prius and colliding with another driver in the Sand Point neighborhood. Police believe the man chose his targets at random. “We believe it’s a random, senseless act,” Deputy Police Chief Marc Garth Green told reporters during a briefing after the incident....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 613 words · Linda Thompson

22-Year-Old Marine Killed in Afghanistan Airport Attack Was Always Thinking of Someone Else

Hunter Lopez.Photo: Lopez Family Those principles translated to faithfully safeguarding his fellow Marines and unhesitatinglyaiding the people of Afghanistanin the waning days of America’s decades-long war there,which ended this week. “Hunter would not be able to live with himself if he walked away without helping as many as he could,” says his mother, Alicia Lopez. “And he wanted to make sure that the Marines he was with would come home — that was his mission....

March 16, 2025 · 4 min · 754 words · Michael Perry

24 Year Old in Jacksonville for Video Game Tournament Shoots 11 Others — but No Word Yet on Why

Photo: Laura Heald/AP/REX/Shutterstock A 24-year-old from Baltimore has been identified as the gunmanwho opened fire during a video game tournamentin Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday — killing two others and shooting nine more, PEOPLE confirms. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams announced the shooter’s identity as David Katz about six hours after the gunfire, which was reported at 1:34 p.m. In addition to the two fatal victims, the 11 surviving victims were all in stable condition, Williams said....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Pamela Harris

24-Year-Old Norwegian Woman Dies of Rabies After Rescuing Dog on Vacation in the Philippines

Photo: Getty A Norwegian woman died on Monday aftercontracting rabiesduring a vacation to the Philippines in February. On her trip, Birgitte Kallestad rescued a puppy she found on the side of the road and took it back to the resort where she was staying at the time, according to theWashington Post. There, the dog started to bite her, although she did not think the wounds were serious. A health worker, Kallestad simplywashed the cuts without seeking additional medical treatment, her family shared in a statement given to Norway’s state-owned broadcaster NRK, according toUSA Today....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 355 words · Lindsey Nelson

3 Sherpa Climbers Missing After an Avalanche Swept the Guides into a Deep Crevasse on Mt. Everest

Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Three Sherpa climbers disappeared into a deep crevasse on Mt. Everest Wednesday. Rescuers on foot and in a helicopterhoped to locate them, Yubraj Khatiwada of Nepal’s Department of Mountaineering told the Associated Press. However, the climbers — identified as Lakpa Rita Sherpa, Pemba Tenzing Sherpa and Dachhiri Sherpa from Thame village of Khumbu — arenot expected to be found, according to theHimalayan Times. “Three Sherpa climbers fell into some 50 meters below in a crevasse after the ice serac damaged the climbing route,” an official from the mountain’s base camp told the publication....

March 16, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Alvin Santiago

5 Days After Charging Boyfriend with Her Murder, Police Find Body of Missing Calif. Woman

Missy Hernandez.Photo: Fresno County Sheriff’s Office Five days after charging Missy Hernandez’s boyfriend with her murder, and 40 days after the 30-year-old woman went missing, authorities recovered her body in the waters of the California Aqueduct, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. Hernandez, also known as Missy Perez and the mother of an 11-year-old daughter, had not been seen since the night of Dec. 7, when she left an art show in downtown Fresno with the alleged killer, whom police identified as her boyfriend, Ramon Jimenez....

March 16, 2025 · 3 min · 632 words · Joshua Ramirez