There are some details that make the story sound incorrect - minutes would give time for more attempts, for example.
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Near the beginning of the post is this: ...ROUGHLY paraphrasing into English...
So I can see how “seconds” could become “minutes”.
Even if this story turned out to be bogus, my faith in Him remains unshaken. He can and does perform miracles all of the time.
... and He does not require lasers to make them happen. :)