Man lies paralyzed in the middle of highway for 36 hours!

[WDWHound]

From CNN.com
A motorist injured in a crash lay paralyzed in the middle of a freeway with a broken neck for 36 hours before he was rescued.

Ed Theisen's body was blocked from view by Gulf Freeway traffic barricades in this Houston suburb. The 46-year-old survived a night alone on the concrete, unable to move or summon help.

"Someone riding in the back of a pickup truck spotted him and called police," Debora Rodeffer-Theisen, his wife, said Monday after her husband emerged from surgery. "The officer poked him with a nightstick thinking he was a dead body, but he was there and he was very much alive."

Heres a link to the full story.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Southwest/03/30/motorist.ordeal.ap/index.html

What a nightmare! I can even begin to imagine what this poor guy went though.

 

[Kimberle]

Wow! Many prayers for him & his family. They must have been frantic.

 

[UncleKyle]

WOW

 

[Rajah]

I wonder where that was? It's sad to think I may have driven by him and not noticed him, either. That's very close to my route to and from work.

 

[nana2tots]

Can you believe that? It is a miracle he survived, God bless him! I know he had to of been scared to death. Glad he is doing o.k.!!!!!! disneykid

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

I don't get it! He was exchanging info with the other driver? Why didn't the other driver notice where he went, or look for him? That part seems a bit odd don't you think? either way, it is an amazing story of perserverance!

 

[Stepharoonie!]

 

[Planogirl]

I heard that the poor man fell suddenly and the other driver didn't see him do so for some reason. Both the driver and the police presumed that he had taken off. Either way it's odd and I can't begin to imagine how scary it was.