'I saw five angels spirit my daughter away'

The title of this post is from a newspaper headline. The full story is behind a paywall.

However, there is mention of an upcoming documentary to be broadcast (8 pm) on Christmas Eve on BBC Radio 4:

A Bright Yellow Light

Three years ago successful businessman Nadim Ednan-Laperouse was on a flight to a holiday destination with his daughter Natasha when she was taken ill. She had suffered a severe allergic reaction while eating a Pret a Manger sandwich and tragically died on the aeroplane floor in front of her father. The story of what happened has been widely reported and touched many people, as well as leading to the introduction of 'Natasha's Law' following a successful court ruling. Though a big news story at the time, Nadim has never told of the extraordinary religious experience that happened to him on the plane that day. Something very powerful took place which was to change his life and all those around him.

There is a 47sec clip available here... I can't play it as you need to be registered with the BBC...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cmsf

There isn't anything very substantial in that clip. I listened, it is just Nadim speaking, in a very calm and level-headed way, about the understandable difficulties of being believed.

There's some text here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/article...llow-light

They sound more like faeries than angels ...

There's some text here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/article...llow-light

They sound more like faeries than angels ...

Is there really much of a difference?

Did anyone follow this up and listen to it ? Of course, it's one of those experiences that is simply (because of it's nature) inadmissible. But if it happened to any of us; would we refuse to believe it ? If it's just an hallucination, it's a very unusual one for a non religious person (think he mentioned he was an atheist, not sure ?) at least.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cmsf

[Laird]

Did anyone follow this up and listen to it ?

At your prompting I've just done that, tim.

It is a very moving interview. Nadim is obviously a very intelligent and accomplished man, as well as a totally devoted and loving father. Especially in the first half, parts of this interview might bring an emotional person to tears, as Nadim describes the positive dynamics of his family, and sets the scene for what ultimately ends up happening to his daughter on the plane, whilst he watches on powerlessly but nevertheless talking to her constantly so she knows he will never abandon her.

His description of the five angels that he saw is believable, and he goes into some detail as to what he saw. The interview then segues into his conversion from atheist to church-going believer, and how he now feels he has God in his life and is achieving what he achieves only with the help of God.

Well worth a listen, even if only to hear this man's cogent expression, but more importantly for the message and (ongoing) experience that he shares.

Just finished listening to the repeat of this programme live on Radio 4... definitely a weepy  and great to listen to. 

Seemed to fit the criteria of a death bed vision.

I don't have access to BBC on demand, but did her father say that there were 5 paramedics waiting to come on board the plane as soon as they opened the aircraft door after landing at Nice ?

Very moving, to say the least. And yes 5 paramedics.