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[NBC4|VIDEO] After months in the ICU, a 16-year-old from Hemet is finally waking from a coma after he was pushed into oncoming traffic during a robbery over a skateboard.
After the unthinkable crime in February, his family is still struggling both emotionally and financially.
There are simple movements, like lifting his leg, or opening his eyes.
But to the family of Angel Figueroa, these are promising signs that he is slowly making progress.
“Not quite responding or communicating with us but just moving little movements give us a sign of hope you know,” said Belki Brizuela, the victim’s aunt. “There’s hope that he’s going to come out of this.”
Brizuela says only in recent weeks has her nephew started coming out of a coma, nearly nine months after he suffered a traumatic brain injury.
“I couldn’t recognize him he was so swollen. His head was really big. He had so many scars,” Brizuela said. “And bruises everywhere, and cuts.” [FULLSTORY]
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