Brain-damaged man speaks after 10 years

A firefighter left severely brain-damaged and practically mute almost 10 years ago has stunned doctors by suddenly asking for his wife.

A firefighter left severely brain-damaged and practically mute almost 10 years ago has stunned doctors by suddenly asking for his wife.

Donald Herbert was badly injured in a 1995 house fire when he was buried under debris and starved of oxygen for several minutes.

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