Mother who was 'dead' 27 minutes scrawls chilling message about afterlife

Tina Hines awoke from her brush with death to scrawl a chilling message to her loved ones: 'It's real.' 

She had always been healthy and was looking forward to a hike near her home in Phoenix, Arizona,  with her husband, Brian, last February, but Tina collapsed as the couple was heading out. 

Brian dropped to the ground beside his wife who had turned a grim purple, he told AZfamily.com, and started giving her CPR. 

The mother-of-four was momentarily revived, but Brian had to bring her back once more before paramedics arrived and took over. 

In the harrowing ambulance ride and at the hospital, the team kept losing Tina, who was resuscitated a total of six times before she came to in the hospital. 

For a collective 27 minutes, Tina was effectively dead, she and her family told AZfamily.com.  

At the hospital he was intubated and unable to speak, but as soon as she awoke, Tina gestured for something to write with so she could scribble her cryptic message, which she claims refers to heaven. 

In almost illegible print, Tina Hines scrawled 'it's real,' referring to the vision of heaven she said she had during the 27 minutes she was 'dead' after going into sudden cardiac arrest

In almost illegible print, Tina Hines scrawled 'it's real,' referring to the vision of heaven she said she had during the 27 minutes she was 'dead' after going into sudden cardiac arrest 

Tina had always been healthy, until she suddenly collapsed in February 2018

As soon as she woke, Tina gestured for a pen and wrote 'it's real' in a notebook

Tina had always been healthy, until she suddenly collapsed in February 2018 (left). As soon as she woke, Tina gestured for a pen and wrote 'it's real' in a notebook (right) 

'It was so real, the colors were so vibrant,' Tina told AZfamily.com. 

She described seeing a figure she says was Jesus standing before black gates, behind which a bright yellow light was glowing. 

When her loved ones asked the still-intubated Tina what was real, she simply 'nodded' upward. 

Tina is very be alive today to tell her remarkable story. 

About 90 percent of people who go into sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting die. 

Tina's husband, Brian (right), administered CPR and may well have saved her life

Tina's husband, Brian (right), administered CPR and may well have saved her life 

But her husband's CPR likely made the difference between life and death for Tina. 

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