Died for Minutes at 19, Revived by an Accidental IV Air Bubble — Now He Claims to Heal with His Hands
At age 19, Chase Skylar DeMayo suffered a heart attack when an air bubble slipped into his IV at Langley Air Force Base Hospital in Virginia, and his heart stopped for several minutes. During the crisis, he says he floated upward, surrounded by light, and entered a garden of colors brighter than anything on Earth. In that garden, he saw Jesus—described as a figure with short brown hair and green eyes—playing with a younger version of himself and receiving a nonverbal, urgent message: return to Earth with a renewed purpose to spread love, laughter, light, and joy. When he finally woke, doctors found no lasting damage, but the experience had already begun to reshape his life.
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A Garden of Light: A Vision of Jesus and a New Mission
The near-death vision was supposed to stay private, but it quietly redirected DeMayo’s life. He later explained that the experience transformed him so profoundly that he retired from the Air Force just months after the encounter. The new mission became clear: guide veterans and others toward hope and purpose, using the compassion his vision inspired.
From Private Experience to Public Purpose: Leaving the Air Force for Healing
DeMayo now believes he can sense others’ emotions and heal with his hands, both physically and mentally. He says he feels a tingling in his palms and sees red marks appear on them when he prays for someone’s healing. He has shared his experiences with his wife and others and documented several instances of red marks appearing while praying for people to recover from various ailments. He describes these events as peaceful, not painful.
The Handful of Healing: Palms Marked When He Prays
The breakthrough came at a veterans mental health retreat in October 2020, when the veteran first noticed the palm tingling during prayer for others. He recalls praying for his grandmother to ease her pain and then seeing visible marks appear on both palms. He has since documented several instances of red marks appearing while praying for healing, and he says these experiences are peaceful rather than painful. He even reports a living sense of Jesus’ presence during a flight, which encouraged him to use his gift more carefully.
Chasing the Light: A Veteran’s Mission to Guide Others Toward Hope
Despite confessing that he once hid the gift to avoid being labeled, DeMayo now embraces it as a calling. He says he no longer fears death and has learned to live with the fragility of life, continuing to communicate with Jesus and angels while offering guidance to fellow veterans and those seeking purpose. He repeats the motto that guides him: “chase the light.” And when asked about the weight of others’ pain, he reflects the lesson he heard from Jesus: “you can’t take everybody’s pain because some people need to experience that pain.”
