- Jan Grzebski
Jan Grzebski (born in 1942) is a former Polish railroad worker who fell into a
coma after he was hit by a train in 1988. 19 years later, in 2007, Grzebski woke up from the coma. Doctors had not expected Grzebski to survive, let alone emerge from the coma. He credits his survival to his wife, Gertruda Grzebska, who cared and prayed for him. Grzebski was a father of four at the time of the accident. He now plans to meet his 11 grandchildren. In an interview onJune 1 ,2007 , with the Polish news channelTVN 24 ,wheelchair -bound Grzebski described his recollections of the communist system's economic collapse.He was featured in the
Ripley's Believe It or Not! comic strip for August 27, 2007.ee also
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Good Bye Lenin! ", a 2003 German film featuring a similar case.References
* [http://www.radiozet.pl/index.php?id=6480&archieve= Cud, obudził się po 19 latach śpiączki] Radio Zet
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6715313.stm Pole wakes up from 19-year coma] BBC News
* [http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/02/polish.coma.reut/index.html Democracy stuns Polish coma man] CNN.com
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