Tuesday, May 03, 2005

BBC NEWS | Americas | Fireman's recovery stuns doctors

BBC NEWS | Americas | Fireman's recovery stuns doctors: "US doctors are trying to find out why a severely brain-damaged man has suddenly started to speak after nearly 10 years.

Donald Herbert, 43, a firefighter, was badly injured in a house fire in 1995 and was deprived of oxygen for several minutes before being rescued.

He was in a coma for more than two months, and since then he has been blind, barely able to speak and unable to recognise family and friends.

But at the weekend he spoke lucidly with his wife and family for 14 hours."

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