Michael Tan:
CLASS OF 1983
Gladstone High SchoolClass of 1983
Covina, CA
Michael's Story
Life
5/3/04 0008
In 1988 I was brain-damaged through a motorcycle accident. I'll try to be as honest as possible: my memories of my times in life before my calamity are not perfect, but somewhat "unusually-clear": After High-school I got a G.E.D. to join the Marine Corps. In the Marine's I went to Memphis, TN for "avionic's-school". After school I was stationed at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA.
from San Diego my squadron went to "Okinawa-Japan, Pohang-Korea, and Subic-bay, in the Phillipine-Island's.This may sound terrific...
But after I was honorably discharged I ...Expand for more
found this job coaching football at "Northview High-school, in Covina, Ca. I was told that one day after practice, I was riding my motorcycle home and an elderly lady hit me head-on.
This broke my right upper & lower arm, the tibia & fibula in my right leg, and left me comatose for about 28 day's. Hence I had to be taught how to walk, talk, eat, sleep and drink all over again. So I've actually been in recovery since 88'. They told me that the brain is the slowest part of the body to heal. I think they're right because it's been since 1988 and I still don't feel recovered.
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