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Salon.com Life | Man awakes from 7-year coma Man awakes from 7-year coma

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Sept. 7, 2002 | HONOLULU (AP) -- A man who regained consciousness after being in a coma for seven years has a lot of catching up to do.

When Peter Sana slipped into a coma in March 1995, the murder trial of O.J. Simpson was still going on.

Sana was 27 when he fell into a coma after contracting meningitis, the inflammation of a membrane that encloses the brain and the spinal cord.

Sana has been in a Honolulu nursing home and began responding to commands from his nurse over the last month. The nursing home staff says regular visits from his family over the years played a large role in his recovery. Sana's father visited every day.

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