Sarah Mandel’s Video Before Dying Goes Viral (Exclusive)

On June 1, New York City psychologist and author Sarah Mandel posted a video on social media that stunned even members of her own family.

In the message, Mandel, who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2017, announced her own death, just weeks away from her 43rd birthday.

“If you’re reading these words right now, I have died,” states a caption on the video, which featured a mix of personal videos and photos. “I wrote this message the week I was told I had weeks to months to live.”

“Only a year ago, I never in a million years would have thought I would want my death announced on social media,” she continued writing in the captions.

But “life is unpredictable and full of surprises,” she wrote, and she had discovered that the support she received from “old friends, new friends and strangers” helped her face even the “toughest days of this cancer ordeal.”

“We all need our hands …