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Question
Answer the following question briefly.
Why did the news of the 'miracle recovery' shock Michael?
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Solution
Michael was shocked by the news of the miracle recovery for he thought that Sebastian Shultz couldn’t be the boy he had met. Six weeks ago he was badly injured in a motorway accident, his condition in the hospital was described as critical though stable. Sebastian didn’t regain consciousness. His parents were informed that the boy was in a coma.
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