2025-09-23 11:26:11
A psychotherapist has claimed that death is not the end – after surviving a horrific fall from a 60ft cliff.
Erica Tait, from New Jersey, was just 22 when she plummeted down The Palisades beside the Hudson River in September 2015.
She suffered devastating injuries including broken ribs, shattered arms, spinal damage, and punctured lungs which left her suffocating.
Speaking on YouTube channel The Other Side NDE, Erica described how she attempted to scale a dried waterfall she had climbed before.
After 20 minutes clinging to damp rocks, she took a “leap of faith” – but slipped and crashed onto boulders below.
Despite her injuries, she briefly regained consciousness, found her phone and called emergency services. Police searched for hours before an off-duty firefighter, following what he described as “intuition,” located her after seven hours trapped.
It was during this time, Erica said, that she had a profound near-death experience. She explained: “The first thing I remember is separating from my physical body, and so I remember looking at my body and recognising that I am not that. There’s something separate from my physical being.
“I learned that I don’t die, that there actually is no death. There’s something that actually survives death – some people can call that a soul or a spirit or consciousness.”
Erica described a “life review” in which she confronted past trauma and realised she had caused harm to others.
She said this moment revealed the principle of karma, sparking what she called a “huge heart expansion” and a deeper compassion for global suffering.
Later, she recalled a “white light experience” filled with “unspeakable love and peace,” where she felt all beings are connected by a single energy.
Erica spent a month in hospital, followed by rehabilitation and six months bedridden.
Though the ordeal left her with lasting injuries, she said it also triggered a spiritual awakening that continues to shape her life and work as a psychotherapist.
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