90 Minutes in Heaven

I started reading 90 Minutes in Heaven just last night and I read all the way to chapter 6 from pages 13-55, it is an inspirational book and I didn't want to put it down. The book starts out about a guy named Don Piper who is a minister and he was on his way out of town to a conference regarding ministry work. After the conference ended early he was headed home, he had two choices of ways to go home, both taking the same amount of time; he chose the path that he hardly takes, one that leads him over a large hill and across a bridge. It had previously rained and was a bit cloudy so he took it slow, he then came upon a semi who had crossed the center line striking Don's car. The semi crushed the car that was driven by an inmate who had volunteered to drive it for the prison, the inmate had two guards following close by. The car driven by Don was completely smashed and he was trapped, as soon as the guards saw what had happened they called for an ambulance to come, when the ambulance came they knew right away that Don was dead, after confirming it they went to help out the other people. The other people refused to go to the hospital so it was then time to try to help out Don, after placing a tarp over his body they went to try to get things cleared off the road to allow traffic to flow again, as it had begun backing up because of the accident. The people that were backed up in the accident just so happened to be two people that had attended the same conference with Don, after waiting patiently they decided to walk up the hill to see what had happened the guy who was a minister said that he could help if they needed him, and that he wanted to pray for the soul that was lost, the ambulance workers said there was no hope for the guy but he still wanted to pray for him. After getting into the car that was badly mangled he began to pray, he said that something pushed him to do it, he then began to sing to Don's helpless body, when he began to sing back he got out of the car so fast and told the EMT's, they were just as shocked, and called on the radio for the jaws of live to get there ASAP. While all this was happening they had called Don's wife and told her what had happened so she rushed to the hospital. Since Don's body was tangled in the car so badly it took a while to get him out, his left leg was shattered in two places and his left arm was dislocated and was over his head in an akward position, he was in bad shape. After getting him out of the car they took him to the hospital the EMT's didn't think he would even make the trip, but he did, once in the hospital they wanted to transport him to another hospital that was better specilized with caring for a patient with his intense injury, but because of the weather they couldn't use the helicopter so they had to drive the long distance to the hospital. Once he got there he saw his wife and he knew that by the look on her face how bad off he was. After being pronounced dead for 90 minutes he was sure that it would only be a matter of time before he was gone for good. All along this way in the book he is talking about his time up in heaven for those crucial 90 minutes, he says that it was very bright light all around him, and there was people that greeted him that he recognized from his time on earth, people that influenced him, his grandfather, a best friend from childhood and other people that he knew. Don said his experience in heaven was anyting beyond words and he tried to explain it as the most wonderful feeling he had ever felt. After reading the first 5 chapters I didn't want to put the book down, it is a pretty amazing book and it makes you realize what you have in life, and that it can be taken so quickly. Hope you enjoyed the beginning of the book as much as I did!!