3. Walter Williams
The case of 78-year old Walter Williams, from Mississippi, is a testament to how luck and sheer will can combine to stare the Grim Reaper in the eye and flip him the bird. In 2014, the septuagenarian was confirmed to be clinically dead by a nurse in charge of his care.
A coroner was dispatched to Williams’ home to collect the body and, after verifying that there were no signs of life, the medics prepared to transfer the still-warm corpse to a body bag. However, all bets were off when the plucky pensioner began to kick his legs and struggle against the bag. Upon listening to his chest, the nurse discovered a heartbeat which had most definitely not been present previously. Though it has still not been determined how Walter came back from beyond the brink, experts believe that his heart may have been jump-started by a defibrillator embedded in his chest.
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