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Family discover daughter, 15, is alive in her coffin during wake

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In El Jocote, Quiché Department, Guatemala, Yuleidy Ixcotoyac was found alive in her coffin during a wake eight hours after being declared dead by her father without any medical examination. The 15-year-old girl had lost consciousness while being driven to a medical center and was placed in a coffin at home for the wake. Her mother noticed movement inside the coffin, prompting family members to help Yuleidy out, where she described experiencing severe chest pain before losing consciousness. Community members celebrated what they considered a miraculous event, with no official medical explanation provided by Guatemalan health authorities.

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On October 10, Yuleidy Ixcotoyac, a 15-year-old girl from El Jocote in Guatemala's Quiché Department, fell unconscious while being driven to a medical center by her father, who is an evangelical pastor named Abraham Ixcotoyac. Without consulting a doctor or obtaining a death certificate, the family prepared for Yuleidy’s funeral and placed her body in a coffin eight hours after she lost consciousness. During the wake at around 2:30 pm that afternoon, mourners gathered when Lesvia Ríos, Yuleidy's mother, noticed faint movement inside the coffin and realized her daughter was still alive. Shocked loved ones helped Yuleidy out of the coffin as she sat up and opened her eyes; they offered her water and cared for her until emergency services arrived. The community quickly shifted from mourning to celebrating what they considered a miraculous event, with the family crediting divine intervention for Yuleidy's recovery.

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A 15-year-old girl has been found alive in her coffin eight hours after being considered dead. asserted

girl → find → coffin

Yuleidy Ixcotoyac, 15, lost consciousness while her father drove her to a medical centre in the early hours of October 10. Abraham Ixcotoyac, an evangelical pastor, stopped the car, checked for a pulse and breathing, and concluded she had died after finding neither. asserted

she → lose → neither

The family obtained a coffin without a doctor examining her or issuing a death certificate and returned home to begin the wake. asserted

doctor → obtain → wake

Mourners gathered at the house in El Jocote, Quiché Department, Guatemala, at around 2.30pm that day. asserted

Mourners → gather → 2.30pm

Her mother, Lesvia Ríos, leaned over the coffin in tears and noticed movement inside. The family was stunned when the schoolgirl opened her eyes and sat upright in the coffin. asserted

schoolgirl → lean → coffin

Lesvia told local media: 'I kept saying she was alive; she wasn't dead. asserted

she → tell → media

Yuleidy Ixcotoyac, 15, was picked up out of her coffin after waking up at her own funeral Family members rushed to look after her after she woke up 'When I was crying on top of her casket, we opened the window and she was moving, she was waking up and suddenly she sat up.' Shocked loved ones offered her water and helped the teen out of the coffin as the moment was filmed and spread online. asserted

moment → pick → coffin

The girl later described the moments before she collapsed. asserted

she → describe → moments

'My heart started hurting really badly; it felt heavy and then I blacked out, like I fainted,' she explained. asserted

she → start → ?

'I have no way to thank God for everything he has done in my life.' asserted

he → have → life

She added: 'It was a miracle.' asserted

It → add → ?

Her father confirmed she never reached a clinic. ' asserted

she → confirm → clinic

I pulled over, parked my car and went to her and saw the situation that she had simply ceased to exist, she died on the way,' he said. asserted

he → pull → way

'I saw that she was no longer breathing and I couldn't feel her pulse on her wrists. asserted

I → see → wrists

She did not go to hospital. asserted

She → go → hospital

A doctor did not examine her before family believed she was dead Shocked loved ones offered her water and helped the teen out of the coffin Community members who had assembled for the funeral switched from grief to celebration within seconds, with the family calling the recovery a divine intervention. She is said to be conscious and recovering at home, although she mentioned her hands were still trembling. asserted

hands → examine → home

Guatemalan health authorities have issued no medical findings on the episode. asserted

authorities → issue → episode

Family discover daughter, 15, is alive in her coffin during wake

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