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A burst of brain activity. your brain in overdrive. a new study by university of michigan researchers says a hyper-alert brain after someone's heart stops may yield clues about near-death experiences. you probably heard the stories of people say they went to heaven and came back after going into cardiac arrest. here's what a massachusetts school bus driver told our dr. sanjay gupta about her near-death experience in the 2009 cnn special "cheating death." >> pulled right out of my body. my body was here. and i just floated away. >> what did you see? >> what did i see? i saw -- it was very peace...