X-Message-Number: 12237 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 20:09:09 -0400 From: Jan Coetzee <> Subject: Drowned man awakens in Alexandria morgue Cairo, Egypt - A man pronounced dead after drowning off the coast of Egypt's port city of Alexandria regained consciousness after spending three hours in a morgue refrigerator, the Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday. <P> Ali Abdel-Rahim Mohammad, 32, an Arabic teacher, said the last thing he remembers before blacking out is a dizzy spell and seeing a vision of his mother's face while swimming at the Alexandria beach on Monday, Al-Akhbar said. <P> He was awakened by a loud bang and unfamiliar voices. <P> "I found myself locked inside tight walls of metal and whispers of people I didn't recognize,'' Mohammad said. <P> Mohammed grabbed the hand of an attendant who was trying to close the refrigerator drawer in the Alexandria morgue. His firm grip sent the attendant and a family who had apparently come to identify the body of a loved one scurrying out of the morgue yelling "help us!'' Mohammed said. <P> Mohammed stood on his frozen feet with difficulty and left the morgue to call his family in the southern <A href=/English/Africa/africafact/africaegypt.htm>Egyptian</A> city of Malawi - only to find that friends who accompanied him to the beach had already told his family he was dead. ++++++++++ J.C. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12237