[TWIAR] Doctor: Sago survivor awakening from coma

[Williams, Gregory S.]

Randal McCloy Jr, is KC8VKZ 

Gregory S. Williams
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From: "Williams, Gregory S." <GREGORY.S.WILLIAMS-2 at saic.com>
> 
> 
> Randal McCloy 'still has quite a ways to go'
> 
> MORGANTOWN, West Virginia (CNN) -- More than two weeks after surviving a
> coal mine explosion and 40 hours trapped underground, Randal McCloy is
> awakening from his coma, his neurosurgeon said on Wednesday.
> 
> "He is opening his eyes," said Dr. Julian Bailes. "He has purposeful
> movements. He responds to his family in slight ways. He moves all
> extremities."
> 
> Bailes said McCloy remains in a "light coma," and, although doctors are
> optimistic, he still has "quite a ways to go" in his recovery.
> 
> On Tuesday, McCloy, 26, moved out of the intensive care unit at West
> Virginia University Hospitals, his doctor, Larry Roberts said.
> 
> McCloy and 12 other miners were trapped January 2 after an explosion in
West
> Virginia's Sago Mine, and rescuers did not reach them for 41 hours.
Rescuers
> found the body of one of the miners near the location of the explosion;
> McCloy and the bodies of the other 11 were found deeper in the mine.
> 
> The blast killed one miner immediately and carbon monoxide slowly killed
the
> others.
> 
> McCloy suffered a collapsed lung, dehydration and carbon monoxide
poisoning.
> 
> 
> After spending three days at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh,
> Pennsylvania, McCloy returned to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown,
part
> of the University Hospitals system.
> 
> The miners who died were remembered Sunday at a Buckhannon memorial
service
> where more than 1,800 people gathered.(Full story)
> 
> McCloy's wife, Anna, attended the memorial service and was the first of
the
> miners' families to light 13 candles of honor. West Virginia first lady
> Gayle Manchin handed each family a statue of a coal miner.
> 
> Gregory S. Williams
> williamsgs at saic.com
> 
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