In his talk he claims this was reported by a non Mormon correspondent for a news paper in Hawaii.
The reporter and other correspondents noticed a Marine lying face down in the water, badly wounded. Another Marine, also wounded, with his left arm hanging helplessly by his side, moved toward his wounded comrade and lifted his head to keep him from drowning. The rescuer called for help, but the correspondents called back that there was nothing he could do for the young man.
The correspondent reported that the rescuer, badly wounded himself, made his way to the shore with the seemingly lifeless body of his fellow Marine. The correspondent wrote: "And the one boy bowed his head over the other and said, 'I command you, in the name of Jesus Christ and by the power of the priesthood, to remain alive until I can get medical help.'"
"The correspondent concluded his article, 'The three of us [the two Marines and I] are here in the hospital. The doctors don't know ... [how they made it alive], but I know.'"
REALLY??
One marine FACE DOWN IN THE WATER, as in sucking water into his lungs.. pulled out of the water by another marine with only one good arm.
The newspaper correspondent RECORDS this event??
CFR!
Can anyone please prove that the reporter even wrote this? Monson claimed it was published in Hawaii.
I am calling BS until I see proof of such article.
Prove the article exists and then we will talk about whether a nearly dead man found FACE DOWN IN WATER for minutes can survive regardless of something an unwitting Mormon utters.