A Kentucky man who was declared brain-dead woke up as surgeons were in the middle of harvesting his organs.
The Guardian reported that Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II was taken to the Baptist Health Hospital in Richmond, Kentucky, in 2021 due to suffering from cardiac arrest.
Family members were later told by doctors Hoover “lacked any reflexes or brain activity” and was later taken off life support.
Hoover, who was a registered organ donor...