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Question
In ‘Virtually True’ why did the newspaper article “Miracle Recovery” catch Michael’s attention?
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Solution
In ‘Virtually True’, the newspaper article “Miracle Recovery” catches Muchael’s attention because the story in that article was about a boy, whose condition was critical but stable, had recovered from coma. Michael recollected that the boy who was mentioned in the newspaper was in fact Sebastian Shultz whom he had met weeks ago while playing.
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