Victoria Thomas had no idea her life was about to change forever during what should’ve been a normal workout. One minute, the then 35-year-old was lifting weights at a boot camp session, the next she felt dizzy and told a friend it felt like all her energy had just drained from her body. Moments later, she collapsed.

Her heart had stopped. Paramedics were on the scene within minutes and began CPR, but things weren’t looking good. Victoria was clinically dead for 17 minutes, reports The Daily Star .

“When it happened, it went black and there was nothing,” she said. “Then I became aware of looking down at my body. I was floating near the roof and could see myself lying on the gym floor. My first thought was that my legs looked really fat.” Looking back at a photo taken just before she c

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