MPRNews reported<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\nThe senior lineman responded well to the surgery, was stabilized and woke up nine days later.<\/p>\n
Around the same time, 16-year-old Richard was on her way to work at a grocery store when she was involved in a car crash and suffered a massive head injury, Kare11 reported.<\/p>\n
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She remained in a coma as news crews converged on the hospital for a press conference after Zarembinski woke up.<\/p>\n
Richard\u2019s mother, Esther Wilzbacher, spoke with Zarembinski and he told her that she was going to be alright.<\/p>\n
The 16-year-old woke up days later and eventually the two young patients met, talking for a few minutes and taking a picture, as Richard sat in her hospital bed.<\/p>\n
\u201cSaid a couple kind words to Isabelle and that was it for six years,\u201d Zarembinski said, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n
The two teens were rushed to Regions Hospital, where they were in comas after suffering brain injuries. @zachzarembin\/Instagram<\/p>\n
Besides the shared trauma, the two had from their hospital stints, there were \u201cpractical considerations\u201d for them to marry, as they both had parts of their skulls removed to relieve swelling. @zachzarembin\/Instagram<\/p>\n
Wilzbacher and Zarembinski\u2019s mom, Tracy, remained in touch as their children recovered, only meeting up in 2024 for dinner between the two families.<\/p>\n
During the meal, Zarembinski asked Richard for her number and the two began dating.<\/p>\n
Besides the shared trauma, the two had from their hospital stints, there were \u201cpractical considerations\u201d for them to marry, as they both had parts of their skulls removed to relieve swelling.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s opposite sides of our brain,\u201d Richard told Kare11. \u201cSo, it\u2019s kind of like we complement each other in that way. Things that I\u2019m bad at, he\u2019s good at.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lovebird\u2019s parents were excited for the engagement, but wouldn\u2019t take credit for getting their children together.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just blessed to have a front row to their miracle,\u201d Wilzbacher said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A happy couple who first met seven years ago when they both awoke from comas got engaged inside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[25628,17047,1948,5800,9,11,10,6711,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-44671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-coma","9":"tag-engagement","10":"tag-hospitals","11":"tag-minnesota","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-proposals","16":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}