Jan Grzebski (1942 – 12 December 2008)[1] was a Polish railroad worker who fell into a coma in 1988 and woke up in 2007. He actually stayed in a coma for four years but only fully recovered 19 years after.[2]
Biography
editGrzebski was left in a coma after being hit by a train in 1988.[3] He began to wake from his coma in 1992.[4] Doctors had not expected him to survive, let alone emerge from the coma. He credited his survival to his wife, Gertruda Grzebska, who cared and prayed for him. He was a father of four at the time of the accident. While disabled he gained eleven grandchildren. In an interview on 1 June 2007 with the Polish news channel TVN 24, Grzebski described his recollections of the communist system's economic collapse. "When my family spoke to me, I could actually hear them but I could not talk back. I could not send them a signal to tell them that I was still alive." He died in 2008.
See also
edit- List of people who awoke from a coma
- Good Bye Lenin!, a 2003 German film featuring a similar case.
References
edit- ^ "Zmarł Jan Grzebski - Wiadomości - Polska Lokalna w Interia.pl - Wiadomości, informacje lokalne : Warszawa, Kraków, Poznań". polskalokalna.pl. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- ^ "'The 19-year coma' story rubbished". TheGuardian.com. 5 June 2007.
- ^ "Pole wakes up from 19-year coma". 2 June 2007.
- ^ Leidig, Mike (5 June 2007). "'The 19-year coma' story rubbished". The Guardian.
- Cud, obudził się po 19 latach śpiączki Radio Zet
- Pole wakes up from 19-year coma BBC News
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