It’s seldom that a person experiences their vital signs reduced to almost nothing and live to talk about it. With almost three decades spacing the incidents, Olds Wal-Mart employee Jesse Fuller has done that twice.[...]

His memories of the [first] incident are understandably vague, but the Fuller’s last vacation together was when he was four years old.[...] 

“There was this guy who got into a fight with his girlfriend,” Jesse says. “He stole a tow truck, and didn’t look where he was going when he pulled out of a gas station.”  The angered man in the tow truck broadsided the Fullers, killing Jesse’s parents and sister.

Jesse slipped into a coma, that he drifted in and out for five months, including his fifth birthday.[...]  But with the aid of his godparents, who eventually adopted him, for about five months following his release, Jesse learned to eat and walk again. [...]

The local man’s most recent survival came at the Didsbury Memorial Complex two weeks ago.  He was at the swimming pool with his son, and decided to use one of the swing-ropes to launch himself into the pool.[...]  His next memory came while stretched out on the pool deck.[...]  Jesse was rushed to the Didsbury Hospital, before then bolting to a Calgary hospital via ambulance.

…since the collision, Jesse had been consistently reminded by Christians and non-Christians,”you must be here for a reason.” Jesse thought about this.

“These are things where you look back and realize that it’s a turning pointing your life. You know, that was something definite that I know God had to be involved in.

Really?  You really think that God was involved?  Maybe you were just really lucky, hmmm?

“I think it’s something important. Not that I’m anything special, I just hope people can grab something from my story.”

Yup.  Take a deep breath BEFORE you let go of the rope.  Lesson learned.  Thank you.