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Old 05-03-2005, 10:18 AM   #1
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Ten years after a firefighter was left brain-damaged and mostly mute during a 1995 roof collapse, he did something that shocked his family and doctors: He perked up.

"I want to talk to my wife,"


http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/05/03/firef...s.ap/index.html
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Old 05-03-2005, 11:56 AM   #2
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A nice feel good story!
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Old 05-03-2005, 12:00 PM   #3
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this is why i am against euthanasia. who knows how the brain works and who will recover.
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Old 05-03-2005, 05:13 PM   #4
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Originally posted by jonesy@May 3 2005, 06:00 PM
this is why i am against euthanasia. who knows how the brain works and who will recover.
It's doubtful this man would have been a candidate for euthanasia anyway as he was functional in some ways.
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