What do you think of this man who after 19 years in a coma wakes up? There are many questions I feel need answers. Why did the family not give up? Why after 19 yrs. did he finally wake up out of the coma?Is this a miracle? Wow I give credit to the family for not giving up on this man. I do know he is paralized but he now has a daughter 19 he never really got to know. They must be elated. God Bless this man and his family.

Here's a link to an article about this man Arkansas Man Says First Words After 19-Year Coma

It sounds as though to me that he's been awake all but three months since his accident in 1984. From what I'm gathering he's been able to communicate the last 19 years with grunts and blinks, and the breaking news is more his ability to verbally communicate rather than any type of "awakening." The article provided by Jaime mentions him reacting to an earlier medical bill and to Chevrolet commercials. The family is also reported to have taken him to family functions regularly throughout the nearly two decades he remained silent. I imagine they couldn't give up on somebody they loved when they were able to respond and acknowledge them, albeit limited.

I think it's great that he will be able to communicate better with them now and get to truly know his daughter, who was a mere six weeks old at the time of his accident. The culture shock aside (detailed extensively) I imagine he'll be glad to participate in the outside world again, and I'm sure his daughter is elated at having the chance to know her father.

Could you imagine being comatosed since 1984 though? Michael Jackson was KING back then, not to mention BLACK. If you woke up now and saw a picture of him...

Truley a miracle. His family loved him so much that they didn't want to give up on him & believed God wuld take care of him.

Let's see...1984? He'd probably ask if the Russians have nuked us yet & invaded the rest of Europe, explaining computers & the internet will be a blast to him, who's gonna explain why we are in a "war on terror"and who is president (he may need a traqulizer for that one)