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Did an angel save girl from dying in hospital?

Disabled teen recovered after glowing image appeared on monitor

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By Mike Celizic

TODAYShow.com contributor

updated 9:02 a.m. CT, Tues., Dec . 23, 2008

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.

“Albert Einstein said there are two ways to look at the world: as if everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle,” he said.

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.

Born prematurely, Chelsea Banton has suffered health problems throughout her life.

“The real question is: Can we be open to wonder?” the rabbi told Curry. “Even at the very last moment, the very darkest moment, can we actually be open to the new possibilities that are always there?”

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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wow awesome story! i hope the angels come to me too soon enough!

They will when we are at lost for everything in our lives our hopefor changes causes a change reaction the electrify the heavens andbrings faith and charity into our lives. These miracles are blessingsthat are stored in our lives throught out the yrs and have finallygiven back to us in miracles.

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and they often come not as glowing beings but look just  like you and me but seem to drag us out of whatever we got ourselves into.....or help us out when we have fallen down and can't seem to get back up.

The Angels

May angels rest beside your door,

May you hear their voices sing.

May you feel their loving care for you,

May you hear their peace bells ring.

May angels always care for you,

And not let you trip and fall,

May they bear you up on angel's wings,

May they keep you standing tall.

May they whisper wisdom in your ear,

May they touch you when you need,

May they remove from you each trace of fear,

May they keep you from feeling greed.

May they fill you with their presence,

May they show you love untold,

May they always stand beside you

And make you ever bold.

May they teach you what you need to know

About life here and here-after.

May they fill you always with their love

And give you the gift of laughter

A gathering of angels can enlighten the whole world.

A house call from an angel can heal a broken heart.

An angel appears to be just like everybody else, only more so.

An angel can fly directly into the heart of the matter.

An angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision. -- St. Thomas Aquinas

An angel is a heavenly host.

An angel is someone who raises your spirits! A TRUE FRIEND

An angel is someone you feel like you've known forever, even though you've just met.

An angel is someone you're always happy to bump into.

An angel's art is his heart.

An angel's love is weightless.

Angels always lead you down the right path.

Angels always try to paint a rosy picture.

Angels and ministers of grace defend us. -- William Shakespeare

Angels are always memorable because they never forget what really matters.

Angels are bright lights in the midst of our lives.

Angels are never too distant to hear you.

Angels are speaking to all of us...some of us are just listening better.

Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels

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They become angels when they are sent. For the name angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit; you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger. -- St. Augustine

Angels are students in Heaven and teachers on Earth.

Angels are the gatekeepers to the soul.

Angels are very down to earth.

Angels believe in miracles. I say Angels ARE Miracle

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Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.... --G.K. Chesterton

Angels can fly even though they are well grounded.

Angels can't read music, they wing it.

Angels come in all shapes, sizes and colors.

Angels don't make too much noise when they flap their wings.

Angels don't run away from life, they fly towards it.

Angels don't sing the blues.

Angels dream beautiful visions of the world.

Angels encourage everyone in the right direction...up.

Angels have a hidden agenda....LOVE.

Angels have more meaning than just as characters in stories from the distant past. In fact, they are members of a cast who make appearances in our lives every single day.

Angels hide nothing and see everything.

Angels know how to light the way.

Angels know how to pull the right strings.

Angels like to do what they want, just for the heaven of it.

Angels may not come when you call them, but they'll always be there when you need them.

Angels occupy the loveliest corners of our thoughts.

Angels of a feather, flock together.

Angels often work behind the scenes.

Angels paint with sound and sing with color.

Angels promote closeness and foster tenderness.

Angels say "halo" to everyone.

Angels stay on top of things.

Angels travel lightly.

Angels walk softly and carry a big presence

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Anyone can be an angel... to you.

Anyone who helps you grow is an angel.

Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowlingly entertained angels. -- Hebrews 13:2

Everyone has their own angel.

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