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. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. 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 on June 1, 2007, with the Polish news channel TVN 24, wheelchair-bound Grzebski described his recollections of the communist system's economic collapse. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. TVN24 is Poland's first 24-hour News channel, launched on 9 August 2001. A wheelchair is a wheeled Mobility device in which the user sits
| “ | When I went into a coma there was only tea and vinegar in the shops, meat was rationed and huge petrol queues were everywhere. Now I see people on the streets with cell phones and there are so many goods in the shops it makes my head spin. |
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He was featured in the Ripley's Believe It or Not! comic strip for August 27, 2007. Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so
See also
- Good Bye Lenin!, a 2003 German film featuring a similar case. Good Bye Lenin! is a German Tragicomedy Film, released internationally in 2003.
References
- Cud, obudził się po 19 latach śpiączki Radio Zet
- Pole wakes up from 19-year coma BBC News
- Democracy stuns Polish coma man CNN. com