Perhaps your spirit guides were able to influence him, directly or through his spirit guides. Earlier today you commented to me about your appreciation for the "non-physical" and the "unendedness" of life. I write about all that with some frequency. Happy to provide you with some links but I'll wait to see if you ask and see if by what you might say I can narrow down what to send. One piece by Rebecca Romanelli often comes to mind re these type of situations you wrote about: https://medium.com/illumination-curated/guardian-angels-saved-my-life-5c4c840bafbd