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'Coma' victim found to be conscious
Car-crash victim found mentally awake though presumed to be in coma for 23 years.
Last Modified: 24 Nov 2009 12:00

Rom Houben was imprisoned in his own body for 23 years, unable to communicate.

Doctors thought the Belgian car-crash victim was brain dead - in a vegetative state, when he was actually conscious the whole time.

Al Jazeera's Clayton Swisher reports.
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