Man Who Was Electrocuted & Pronounced Dead Tells His Story | TODAY

Michael Pruitt, 20, was working at a construction site with his stepdad when the current from a live wire hit the metal ladder he was carrying and he was electrocuted. After officially being declared dead, doctors at his local hospital were able to bring him back to life. He shares his story with TODAY.

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[stormchasingirl]

Kudos to the nurse and the paramedics and ER team on the high quality CPR!

[thebeautifulone]

I seriously thought he was gonna talk about walking into the Light....

[vanessabunnie]

when i was 15yrs old, i tried committing suicide. i took 20 pills. i was so close to death. my whole body swelled up. i got bumps all over my body. my throat was startin to close up and i could barely even breathe. i knew i was seconds away from death. i was gasping for air. i got scared and regretted it right away. i wished ive never done it. for the first time in my life, i cried out to God and told him i dont wanna die. i jus need help. plz help me. plz help me. i wept. within seconds, i felt this warmth, love and peace surround me. i knew for a fact it was God. within seconds, he healed my whole body. i could breathe. swelling was gone. he instantly delivered me from suicidal thoughts and depression after strugglin with it for 6yrs. psychiatrists and psychologists and takin their medicine never helped. the only thing that WORKED was when i cried out to God and asked him for help. he instantly saved me and delivered me and performed miracles on me. he gave me a new outlook on life. for once in my life i actually wanted to live and not die. that was something odd for me cuz for 6yrs i wanted to die so bad. my mom had cancer and shes the reason why i tried taking my life cuz i didnt wanna lose her. i lost her at 16yrs old and lost my dad at 17yrs old. i didnt kno Jesus until i was 24 n a half yrs old. im 25 now n my relationship with Jesus is so strong. hes helped me change into a whole diff person. ppl actually see the miraculous change in me. if it wasnt for Jesus, id be dead right now. The only healer u need is Jesus. hes our healer. Go to Jesus for healing. im living proof 😊💖 Jesus loves u😊💖 he wants u to repent and forsake ur sins, be born again and place ur faith n trust in him. start havin a personal relationship with Jesus and obey him 😊💖

[Firezuko]

“They literally have to be good shoes if u dies in them and can still wear them” Hardest flex 💪🏾✍🏾🔥

[charliecharlton]

Lucky guy with a great attitude but wow he has strange dress sense 😉

[lindahinojosa]

Praise God for giving him a second chance.

[cathyt]

Michael you are a very blessed young man. God has something big waiting for you to do. A miracle for sure. 🙏❤️

[suhugo]

He seems like a really good kid. So happy for him and his family

[auntienem]

Someone give this kid a modeling contract. He is amazing!!! What a positive attitude!!!

[soggybeanburrito]

My uncle died and came back to life and it truly is a miracle

[EchadLevShtim]

I died too but the doctors didn't bring me back, I just mysteriously came back to life and then hours later came out of coma and did what he did, extubated and started trying to escape the hospital. It was really weird because when my heart stopped/stopped breathing, I was suddenly outside looking at my dead body on the ground, then I traveled into different realms and had a conversation with this other Me who sent me back. They called me Two Witness. Later on I looked it up and found it in the bible, so it compelled me to quit 20 years of alcoholism and get baptized. It could be a crazy DMT experience but my sleeping mind lead me down a crazy rabbit hole I never knew was even there before. I use to make fun of believers, but now I see it differently than who I was before. Another thing was there wasn't any fear of dying and I use to have these nightmares about suffocating to death and they went away afterwards. Like I already knew in the future I was going to quit breathing and it was preparing me to face it. Future seeing is something I am all too familiar with, as well as this merging with this other self.

[kita]

Give praise to the Lord, for He is good, His love endures forever.

[AlejandraBecerraR]

That’s why we all need to know CPR! You never know that we can make the difference for someone’s survival rate

[Metalfacejoel]

"I was dead for 20 minutes so I got a Yugioh tattoo"
Weird flex but ok.

[Simsrockslol]

i’m really curious if he was this strange before the accident

[amyashley]

The doc decided she had to bring him back because he has a nice bod? 😂

[ndjesuslives]

This young man needs to thank Jesus for his life. 🙏

[iolanisjourney]

"You know they are good shoes when you die in them and they are still good" this kid is awesome. You are right you are destined for great things in your future.

[rosannsupino]

Wonderful. This kid came back from dying....a miracle.... and there are still nasty comments. Really???

[ladyblazette]

One of my friends was electrocuted when putting up a billboard for work, he has burns over his torso and arms but is face unscathed! He really lives life to the fullest. Also, the medical teams who put their heart and soul into their jobs, I cannot fathom how much pressure they are under in a circumstance such as this!