Physical therapist Lee Morrison, of the Curative Rehabilitation Center, helped Richard Londo keep his head up during a recent therapy session. One day two years after her son, Richard, had emerged from a coma after an auto accident, Erika Londo was watching him during therapy when he raised his left hand and waved at her. It was the first glimmer Londo had that her son was aware of anything around him. or even who she was. "It seemed like a miracle," she said. Five years later, Richard Londo, 26, still uses a wheelchair, but is working on walking. He cannot speak and has little movement in his right arm, but he can feed himself, play computer. Erika Londo said she still doesn't know exactly why her son's car plowed into one of the columns holding up the Hoan Bridge on Jones Island on the night of January 31, 1982. None of the three teens in the car remembers it. One boy died, a girl suffered multiple fractures and Richard was left in a coma. After his hospitalization, Richard Londo received several months of therapy at Sacred Heart and then spent time at a series of nursing homes. Recovery was a slow process.
Photo measures 11.75 x 6.75 inches. Photo is dated 04-01-1990.
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