A former paramedic from New York claims he was shown two possible futures for humanity after a sudden illness triggered a near-death experience and a meeting with his guardian angels.

Bill Tortorella was at an Arizona jewelry and gemstone show in 1994 when he rushed to help a seriously ill woman nearby who had collapsed.

That is when Tortorella said he saw himself leave his body and journey to the afterlife, where he was greeted by three guardian angels who showed him a review of his entire life, before seeing visions of the future.

Tortorella said: ‘One was like the film Mad Max. I remember them showing me a society like that – they would kill for a jug of water. It was so bad.’

‘Then they flipped it around. They flipped it around and they took me to a different plane, a plane of like utopia that was magnificently beautiful,’ he continued.

‘There was a world of craziness, of killing and murder and destruction. And then a world of beauty, where people work in harmony and kindness and service.’

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