Are coincidences a fluke happening or divine intervention?

People who are in a heightened emotional state such as being under stress or grieving are more likely to experience coincidences. — 123rf.com

In February 1973, Dr Bernard Beitman found himself hunched over a kitchen sink in an old Victorian house in San Francisco, United States, choking uncontrollably.

He wasn’t eating or drinking so there was nothing to cough up, and yet for several minutes he couldn’t catch his breath or swallow.