Shadows have no substance. We can see shadows; some are really big and scary looking, others are small. However, they all have one thing in common. When you try to capture them, there's nothing there. Death is like that. It doesn't truly exist. It's merely a shadow.
Daniel 1:8 says that Daniel "purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself." He made a decision to follow God's laws, no matter what. He loved God.
Within a short period of time of the accident, a hundred or more people were praying for us. The word went out on Facebook, and soon at least three churches were praying, as well as a prayer group in Cyprus where some missionary friends of ours were ministering.