A woman in the United Arab Emirates has woken up after spending 27 years in a coma.
Munira Abdulla, who was 32 when she was injured in a car crash in 1991, is now able to speak again after treatment in Germany.
Ms Abdulla was protecting her four year old son son in the collision in the back of the car by cradling him before the impact - the car was being driven by her brother-in-law.
Omar is now 32 years old, the same age his mother was at the time of the accident, and escaped with minor injuries and bruises to his head.
He says he 'never gave up' hope that she would eventually come around.