# 'Miracle' firefighter received experimental drug treatment

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**Created:** [May 7, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/miracle-firefighter-received-experimental-drug-treatment/147179 "2005-05-07T23:22:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e47774/32.png) [@Jako](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jako)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/miracle-firefighter-received-experimental-drug-treatment/147179/1 "2005-05-07T23:22:03Z")

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I was doing a current event for school and came across this one, remarkable story…

> BUFFALO, New York (AP) – Day after day, Donald Herbert sat unmoving in a wheelchair, drooling and barely aware. For the once robust firefighter, 10 minutes without oxygen had turned into nearly 10 years without seeing or speaking.

[http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/05/05/firefighter.recovery.ap/](http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/05/05/firefighter.recovery.ap/)