The man who slept for 19 years

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July 3 -- In 2003, almost 20 years after suffering a severe brain injury during a car accident, Terry Wallis suddenly emerged from what doctors call a "minimally conscious state"  somewhere between being awake and being in a vegetative state.

Now, researchers believe the "miracle" that allowed the 42-year-old to rejoin the world was actually a very slow process in which his brain grew new connections to heal its injured parts.



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