The Amazing Story of the Man Who Died - and Lived Again - for Divine Mercy

by Lourdes Policarpio

There was excitement and disbelief in the air that morning of 2 March 1993 in Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City. A man by the name of Stanley Villavicencio, who had been clinically dead for three days, “rose from the bed,” took off his dextrose and the endotracheal tube stuck into his nose – and walked away like a normal person. Three days ago, his heart stopped, he had turned blue from head to foot, and his vital organs showed no more signs of life.

The doctors had asked the wife’s permission to take off all the life support apparatus attached to his body because they said there was no more chance of survival. His family therefore made all the necessary preparations for his burial. They made ready a long-sleeved shirt; his mother-in-law volunteered her memorial plan, including her coffin; Queen City Garden Cemetery was contacted.

But Stanley woke up from the dead! Upon seeing him wake up like any normal person, the nurse on duty ran and panicked. His wife was stunned. When his neighbors saw him, they scampered!