Disabled
teen recovered after glowing image appeared on monitor
A
14-year-old girl with a history of serious health issues lay dying of pneumonia
in a hospital room. But as her mother waited for the girl to take her last
breath, an image of bright light appeared on a security monitor. Within an
hour, the dying girl began a recovery that doctors are at a loss to explain.
But Colleen
Banton, the girl's mother, has an explanation. “This was an image of an angel,”
she told NBC News in a story reported Tuesday on TODAY. She credited the
apparition with saving the life of her daughter Chelsea.
No hope
The
incident happened in Charlotte, N.C., in September. Chelsea had been born five
weeks prematurely with developmental disabilities and had battled serious
health problems all her life. She is particularly susceptible to the types of
pneumonia infections that had taken her to death’s door.
Told that
there was no hope for Chelsea, Colleen Banton had just instructed doctors to
take her daughter off life support and allow nature to take its course when the
apparition was seen.
It would be
another two months before Chelsea finally left the hospital to return home,
where she is about to celebrate her 15th birthday as well as Christmas. Her
mother is convinced that Chelsea was saved by divine intervention.
“It’s a
blessing,” she told NBC News. “It’s a miracle.”
Banton took
a picture of the television monitor on which the image appeared. Some who look
at it would describe it as a flare of reflected light. Others — including
nurses who were on duty as well as Banton — say the three vertical shafts of
light are indisputably an angel.
‘They walk
amongst us’
Banton is
hardly alone in her belief in angels.
“I think
angels really do exist,” the Rev. Suzan Johnson Cook told TODAY’s Ann Curry
after watching the report on the Bantons’ experience. “They protect us. They
walk amongst us.”
Cook was
joined by Rabbi Irwin Kula, who looked at angels as more of a metaphor for the
unexplained wonders that life brings.
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| The Rev.Suzan Johnson Cook and Rabbi Irwin Kula discuss the existence of angels with TODAY's Ann Curry. |
Angels do
not play a large role in the Jewish faith, but they have a prominent place in
Christianity, which teaches that an angel told Mary that she was to be the
mother of Jesus.
Cook said
she believes that angels are messengers from God. “They bring the message of
hope,” she told Curry.
According
to some polls, 75 percent of all Americans believe in angels. That level of
belief varies with geography and political affiliation, with more Republicans
than Democrats and more Southerners than Northeasterners believing in the
existence of the heavenly messengers.
The high
level of belief is unique in the developed world. In Canada, Great Britain and
Australia, the same polls say, belief in angels does not exceed 40 percent.
Being open
to wonder
Kula said
whether you believe in angels or not, there is a deeper message in Banton’s
story.
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| Born prematurely, Chelsea Banton has suffered health problems throughout her life. |
Angels,
Kula said, “can be anything.” In that sense, he said, one could say that
someone who just shows up when you most need a hand can be seen as a very real
angel.
“You’re
having a bad day, and a child comes up to you and smiles and right away you
feel better. Is that an angel or is that a child smiling?” Kula said.
Cook had to
wipe away a tear of joy after watching Banton’s story. It is particularly
appropriate, she said, coming at the Christmas season during a year in which
many people are experiencing economic hardship.
“People are
looking for a miracle right now,” Cook said.
Some, like
Colleen Banton, feel they’ve found one.
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