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Sadik Hossain

Man pronounced dead is wheeled in for organ donation. Then he opens his eyes during the procedure

Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II arrived at Baptist Health Richmond Hospital in Kentucky back in October 2021 after a drug overdose. Doctors said the 36-year-old man had died, so his sister Donna Rhorer told the hospital staff that her brother had signed up to donate his organs. But what came next shocked everyone and started investigations that are still going on today.

According to People, the hospital did something called an “honor walk” where family members walk alongside the patient as they go to the operating room one last time. While this was happening, Rhorer and other family members saw something strange. Her brother seemed to open his eyes. When they told the hospital workers, they were told not to worry because dead bodies sometimes move like that. But the family had a bad feeling about it.

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