Damien O’Carroll is a miracle man

DAMIEN O’CARROLL was living the dream in Australia until the nightmare happened.

Damien O’Carroll is a miracle man

On March 10, 2008, he was driving his jeep home from work in Perth when he crashed. He has no memory of it.

Two months later, he woke from a coma and didn’t know where he was. A nurse told him that he was in the Royal Perth Hospital. He had suffered a devastating brain injury, affecting his speech, memory, cognitive processing and ability to walk. His right hip was so damaged that one leg was shorter than the other. He had broken a collar bone when his safety belt locked on impact.

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