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English Speaking Teen Wakes Up From Coma Speaking ‘Only’ Spanish

The human brain is an amazing thing!

Imagine never taking any language courses, or attempting to learn a new language…yet one day, you wake up and you speak another language…fluently! That was the case with one teen recently, after he woke up from a coma.

On September 24, 2016 during a soccer game another teenager accidentally kicked Rueben near his right temple, dealing him a severe concussion. Rueben lay unconscious on the field while teammates and family tried to revive him, but in the end Rueben was airlifted to a nearby hospital.

It was a scary situation for Rueben and his family for the first 24-hours, but he was able to be stabilized, yet he remained in a coma for three days. Read the full article here ▶