List of people who awoke from a coma
This is a list of people who awoke from a coma after a lengthy period of time.
- Gary Dockery (1954–1997), an American police officer who spent over seven and a half years in a coma after being shot in the forehead
- Jan Grzebski (1942–2008), a Polish railroad worker who fell into a coma in 1988 and woke up in 2007
- Sarah Leanne Scantlin (1966–2016), an American high-school teenager who fell into a coma in 1984 due to injuries sustained from a car accident, and woke up 20 years later in 2004.[1]
- Abdelhak Nouri (born 1997). The then 20-year-old Dutch footballer collapsed during a match. Over a year later, he emerged from a coma.
- Terry Wallis (born 1964). This American man was in a coma for nearly a year after a truck accident, then a minimally conscious state for 19 years.
See also
- Karolina Olsson (1861–1950), a Swedish woman who allegedly hibernated for 32 years
References
- "Find a Grave - Sarah Leanne Scantlin". 20 July 2020.
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