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  2. Martin Pistorius - Wikipedia

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    Martin Pistorius (born 31 December 1975) is a South African man who had locked-in syndrome and was unable to move or communicate for 12 years. When he was 12, he began losing voluntary motor control and eventually fell into a vegetative state for three years. He began regaining consciousness around age 16 and achieved full consciousness by age ...

  3. 'Ghost Boy' tells true story of waking from 12-year coma - AOL

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    In 1988, at just 12 years old, Martin Pistorius' health started to decline. He soon went into a coma-like state for 12 years, but now he's awake and telling an amazing story. Pistorius says while ...

  4. List of people with locked-in syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Martin Pistorius began developing locked-in syndrome when he was 12 years old. He went into a coma for two to three years, after which point he slowly regained ...

  5. List of people who awoke from a coma - Wikipedia

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    Martin Pistorius: 1975 3 years vegetative. 4 years minimally conscious 5 years able to move only eyes. 1999 South African: In 1999, he fully awakened. He recovered to the point that he was able to become a web designer, developer, and author. In 2011, he wrote a book called Ghost Boy, in which he describes his many years of being comatose ...

  6. 'Ghost Boy' Martin Pistorius gives first American television ...

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    Martin Pistorius was just 12 years old when his health unexpectedly and mysteriously started to decline. From there, he went into a coma-like state for 12 years, but awoke to tell an amazing story.

  7. “How Was He Allowed Out?”: Convicted Paralympian Oscar ...

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    Oscar Pistorius, the disgraced South African Paralympian who served nine years in prison for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, has reportedly found a new girlfriend, Rita Greyling, just ...

  8. Oscar Pistorius - Wikipedia

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    Pistorius ran in both nondisabled sprint events and in sprint events for below-knee amputees. Both of his legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old as a result of a congenital defect; he was born missing the outside of both feet and both fibulas. Pistorius' athletic career ended when he was convicted of murder in 2015. [9]

  9. Oscar Pistorius eligible for parole, must meet with victim’s ...

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    Barry and June Steenkamp, Reeva Steenkamp’s parents, are entitled to a victim-offender meeting under South African law. Oscar Pistorius eligible for parole, must meet with victim’s parents ...