Woman Breaks 20-Year Silence ; Drunk-Driving Victim's Recovery 'Extremely Unusual'
The Columbian › February 14, 2005
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HUTCHINSON, Kan. For 20 years, Sarah Scantlin has been mostly oblivious to the world around her the victim of a drunken driver who struck her down as she walked to her car. Today, after a remarkable recovery, she can talk again.
Scantlin's father knows she will never fully recover, but her newfound ability to speak and her returning memories have given him his daughter back. For years, she could only blink her eyes one blink for "no," two blinks for "yes" to respond to questions that no one knew for sure she understood.See the full content of this document
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Woman Breaks 20-Year Silence ; Drunk-Driving Victim's Recovery 'Extremely Unusual'
"I am astonished how primal communication is. It is a key element of humanity," Jim Scantlin said, blinking back tears.
Sarah Scantlin was an ...See the full content of this document
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