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Teen shot with spear gun makes miraculous recovery

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    16-year-old survives horrible accident

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Serious -- went to Florida for a moment -- a teenager is making a miraculous recovery.

After being shot in the head with -- spear -- sixteen year old Yasser Lopez was fishing with friends on June 7 when things went horribly wrong.

One of his -- was loading a spear gun when it fired him look at this -- ray and ask yourself how does anybody survive that.

It went right through his skull.

They'll Keating's this story for us live in Miami so this is -- -- it right.

Yeah the doctor's prognosis for six year old Yasser -- -- -- good he -- rehab this weekend that should take about three months to complete.

He may still be clumsy on the left side of his body in the future but.

He will be able to talk now that went right here one inch above his right -- the -- than what all the way through the right hemisphere of his brain.

Fortunately speech patterns are impacted on the left side the brain.

Added to go to the hospital according to him and his friends there is trying to go catch some fish in a -- in near their house.

When -- spear gun which come out quite powerfully when -- -- the trigger.

Suddenly entered -- skull.

So now how how did you remove it I mean it's just an amazing feat -- -- on the part of these surgeons.

And incredibly delicate operation first of all they had to transport him.

With the -- clamp basically holding the spear in his skull securely.

Flew by helicopter the hospital than they had to use.

Rebar cutters to actually shorten the spears of the good fit -- inside the cat scan to get the brain imagery to see exactly -- all the major vessels are.

Fortunately the spear did not impact any of those.

In other words the doctors say had this spearhead our brain of its own it was picking where to go to do the least amount of damage.

This was the spot Nicholas.

As possible for us to figure out a strategy during the operation to be able to unscrew the tip of the spear.

Instead of having to get this whole -- dragged out through his brain.

So they pulled it.

Out that way three.

I and believe Obama and could as to that's surgeon my goodness I can just imagine what his family went -- Waiting to hear how that land when we wish him on -- -- bill thank you very much.

Thank you said -- there's not a lot of room for -- -- -- -- that that's an -- on that any any part of your brain.

Eat it it's.

Phenomenal that they feel like that's the absolute best way could've done it and back out apparently he's gonna go up by a lottery -- you -- Ryan yeah I think that that -- is lucky thanked me.

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