Summary

A WOMAN, IN A COMA FOR ABOUT A DECADE, WAS DISCONNECTED FROM HER FEEDING TUBE BECAUSE HER HUSBAND SAID IT WAS HER WISH. NOW A WITNESS HAS COME FORWARD AND SAID THE WOMAN NEVER COMMUNICATED THAT TO HIM. THE WOMAN IS BACK ON A FEEDING TUBE, WHILE THE COURT SORTS THIS OUT. JESSICA YELLIN REPORTS. (NOTE, NO

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 204157
Story Slug Coma - Woman
Location Tampa, Florida
Format PKG
Date 4/27/2001
Archive Time 9:20
TRT :47
Supers Pinellas Park, Florida Jessica Yellin, Reporting Available FOR PKG) FOR PKG) RECAP
Video Description SHOT OF JUDGE, STILL PICTURE OF WOMAN IN COMA, SHOT OF HUSBAND, SOT OF HUSBAND, SHOT OF WOMAN'S PARENTS, LAWYERS IN COURT, SOT OF LAWYER, STILL PICTURE OF WOMAN.
Description A WOMAN, IN A COMA FOR ABOUT A DECADE, WAS DISCONNECTED FROM HER FEEDING TUBE BECAUSE HER HUSBAND SAID IT WAS HER WISH. NOW A WITNESS HAS COME FORWARD AND SAID THE WOMAN NEVER COMMUNICATED THAT TO HIM. THE WOMAN IS BACK ON A FEEDING TUBE, WHILE THE COURT SORTS THIS OUT. JESSICA YELLIN REPORTS. (NOTE, NO
Script LEAD: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CASE OF A COMATOSE WOMAN, RECENTLY DISCONNECTED FROM LIFE SUPPORT, HAVE CONVINCED A JUDGE TO ORDER HER FEEDING TUBE RECONNECTED. TERRI SCHIAVO'S HUSBAND SAYS IT WAS HIS WIFE'S WISH NOT TO HAVE LIFE SUPPORT IN A CASE LIKE THIS. BUT AN EX-GIRLFRIEND OF HIS NOW SAYS HE TOLD HER YEARS AGO HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TERRI WOULD WANT. THE COURT IS TRYING TO SORT IT OUT. JESSICA YELLIN HAS MORE. (TAKE PKG--NO VERBATIM AVAILABLE)
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