Who knows? Maybe this guy’s recovery is sort of a ‘Christmas miracle’
(Editor’s Note: This post was originally posted last year. It is being brought to the top of the blog as a function of a plugin I use which takes “old” posts and features them again for readers who may be new to the site. That’s why there are seasonal references here to Christmas.)
I fell off my bike a lot when I was a kid — which is nothing much, especially compared to the New York City window washer who plummeted about 500 feet down the side of a skyscraper and is now alert and able to talk with his family. And now neat: He first started talking again on Christmas Day, 18 days after his horrible accident.
Such a fantastic story, and I’m just now hearing about it? I recall the day CNN showed the accident, with the crumpled scaffolding lying in the Manhattan street. The man’s brother died in the accident, and Alcides Moreno, 37, was on a ventillator for almost three weeks. But on Christmas Day, he spoke to his wife for the first time since the accident. The story says he’s facing further surgery and rehabilitation, but he’s expected to recover and even walk again.
“If you are a believer in miracles, this would be one,” said the hospital’s chief of surgery, Dr. Philip Barie.
Those were the doc’s words, not mine. So maybe miracles do happen. And how nifty for Moreno and his family that it was on Christmas Day.
Every time I try to remain a cynical skeptic about so many things, something like this comes along.
Ah, well, what do I know? I’m just a guy who reads the papers.
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January 5th, 2008 at 2:22 am
I saw that on CNN too and I believe it’s a miracle. His wife spoke of their faith and how she was with him throughout this ordeal. I’m sure that he has something important to do with his life or maybe just the reports of a miracle were it!