When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Martin Pistorius - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Pistorius

    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

    www.aol.com/news/2015-01-14-ghost-boy-tells-true...

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

    www.aol.com/entertainment/2015-01-29-ghost-boy...

    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.

  5. Riga - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga

    Riga (/ ˈ r iː ɡ ə / ⓘ REE-gə) [a] is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia. Home to 605,273 inhabitants, the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga metropolitan area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 860,142 (as of 2023).

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

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_locked...

    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 consciousness but was unable to communicate this to others until he was around 19 years of age.

  7. List of cities and towns in Latvia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns...

    There are 10 cities (Latvian: valstspilsēta, "state city", pl. valstspilsētas) and 71 towns (Latvian: novada pilsēta, "municipality town", pl. novada pilsētas) in Latvia. By Latvian law, towns are settlements that are centers of culture and commerce with a well-developed architectural infrastructure and street grid, and have at least 2,000 ...

  8. Find out which father won in TODAY’s TV dads bracket - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/best-tv-dad-vote-favorite...

    Select your favorite television father in TODAY Show's TV Dad bracket. Tune in each day for the full breakdown of the bracket results.

  9. History of Riga - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Riga

    Latvia declared its full de facto independence on 21 August 1991 and that independence was recognized by Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. In Riga, Soviet street names and monuments were removed. Lenin Prospect once again became Brīvības (Freedom) Boulevard, and the Oškalns train station, named after a prominent Latvian communist became ...