Man becomes one of 15 people to recover from locked-in syndrome

A man has become one of only 15 people in the world to recover from locked-in syndrome. Shaun Wilde, 44, was in a vegetative state for three months and could only communicate with family and doctors by blinking at a letter board.

He was unable to eat, drink or talk, but was still breathing and conscious as he was trapped in his frozen body after a blood clot in his brain stem caused a severe stroke.