Marco Ferreira and his wife Wendy Tucker

StoryCorps: Marco Ferreira and Wendy Tucker

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Marco Ferreira talks to his wife, Wendy Tucker, about surviving a near-fatal motorcycle accident in 2008. Read the full description.

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In 2008, Marco Ferreira was a successful lawyer in Los Angeles.

One November day he went out for a ride on his motorcycle. He hit gravel in the road, crashed his bike, and suffered major brain damage.

At StoryCorps in San Francisco, Marco and his wife, Wendy Tucker, talked about how their lives changed after Marco emerged from a six-week coma.

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Piece Description

In 2008, Marco Ferreira was a successful lawyer in Los Angeles.

One November day he went out for a ride on his motorcycle. He hit gravel in the road, crashed his bike, and suffered major brain damage.

At StoryCorps in San Francisco, Marco and his wife, Wendy Tucker, talked about how their lives changed after Marco emerged from a six-week coma.

Broadcast History

NPR's Morning Edition 4/27/12

Transcript

Wendy Tucker (WT): You didn’t walk, you didn’t talk and you couldn’t feed yourself for seven months. Since then, it’s just been getting better all the time. But, you don’t feel like you’re getting better, right?

Marco Ferreira: [Laughs] To be honest, no. My mind, I feel, is so damaged; it’s kind of made my life very hard to live, really. I tried to commit suicide, because I thought that I’d lost so much of my life, why be alive? Why? So, I took a drug overdose, but you took me to the hospital.

WT: Are you ever sorry that I saved your life?

MF: No, not at all. No, you did the right thing. You saved my life and you’re still saving it. Everyday you save it.

WT: So, before your accident you were a little sarcastic [laughs].

MF: Yeah.

WT: You were always the guy known for the quick wit. Do you feel that now you’re kinder in some way than you were before?

MF: Absolutely, I am. A...
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