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Man feared brain dead now on road to full recovery

A young man who was feared to be brain dead after a car accident has amazed doctors and his family by making a miraculous recovery.

Jordan Phillips was 19 years old when he was involved in the car crash in which he sustained a brain injury.

Mr Phillips was taken to hospital and put into a drug-induced coma. Medics did tests on the teenager's brain and could not find any brain activity.

His parents were warned to prepare for the worst, but Mr Phillips gradually began to show signs of recovery.

Speaking to the Sun, Mr Phillips said: "For ten weeks I could hear everyone, but I couldn't say a thing.

"My biggest victory this year was being able to stand up without falling to the ground. After that I could really learn to walk again."

Mr Phillips is now back living at home and is expected to make a full recovery.

Last month, a neurologist found that a man, thought to be in a coma for 23 years due to a brain injury, was actually conscious, and had been for the entirety of his two-decade hospital stay.

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