{"id":3304,"date":"2026-04-05T14:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2026-04-05T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:58:30","slug":"i-saw-god-in-a-bright-light-18-year-old-layla-crowells-miraculous-return-from-a-9-day-coma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/?p=3304","title":{"rendered":"I Saw God in a Bright Light&#8221;: 18-Year-Old Layla Crowell\u2019s Miraculous Return from a 9-Day Coma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Horrific Crash:<\/strong> 18-year-old Layla Crowell, a junior at South Lamar High School, was involved in a devastating car accident on Highway 27 in Reform, Alabama, just days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Medically-Induced Coma:<\/strong> Due to the severity of her internal and external injuries, Layla was airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham and placed in a coma for 9 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Divine Encounter:<\/strong> While unconscious, Layla describes seeing a &#8220;bright yellow and white light.&#8221; She told her mother, Kristy Stanford, that she spoke to God and asked Him to let her return to her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Miracle of Life:<\/strong> Against all odds, God answered her prayer. Layla woke up from her coma, proving that miracles still happen in the heart of Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Extensive Physical Injuries:<\/strong> The road to recovery is long. Layla has already undergone 6 major surgeries to repair her:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shattered femur, hips, and pelvis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Severe injuries to both knees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Broken nose and jaw.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bruising on her pancreas and kidneys.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Future Nurse\u2019s Dream:<\/strong> Despite the physical pain, Layla is determined to return to school and pursue her dream of becoming a nurse to help others, just as she is being helped now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Call for Prayers:<\/strong> Her parents, Daniel and Kristy, are asking the community to continue sending their best wishes and prayers as Layla faces months of physical therapy and healing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type &#8216;Amen&#8217; in the comments to support Layla&#8217;s journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Horrific Crash: 18-year-old Layla Crowell, a junior at South Lamar High School, was involved in a devastating car accident on Highway 27 in Reform, Alabama, just days ago. The Medically-Induced Coma:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3304"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3306,"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions\/3306"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storyflicker.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}