It’s been only a few weeks since Mike and Saundra Burton learned that angels don’t just exist in heaven. Some live among us.
During a weekend family vacation to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, they headed to the ocean with other relatives. Things took a swift turn while they were there.
Saundra said she looked out at the water and saw her husband swimming one moment and then floating face down the next.
“I thought he was playing to get us closer to him so he could throw us in the water. When I continued to look I said something is not right,” she said. “It’s a sight I don’t ever want to see again.”
Mike, a swimmer, said he believed a rip current took him down.
“I jumped the first two, but the third was bigger than I thought it was. When I tried to turn to the side it hit me in the side of the head and knocked me out,” he said. “I could still hear the doctors. I just couldn’t respond. I guess you’re hearing is the last thing to go.”
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