Who are the people whose lives have changed after an accident?
What if a flower pot fell on your head while you were walking? God forbid, you'll end up in the hospital... What else?! It brings out the extraordinary abilities of some people! Here are some examples:
Jason Padgett was a party animal who hated school and got bad grades. One day, two men brutally assaulted and robbed Jason in front of a karaoke bar, giving him a severe concussion. The concussion caused him to become a mathematical genius and learn fractal geometry he had never been taught before. He became a well-known mathematician.
Jason D. Padgett is an American artist with alleged acquired savant syndrome. Jason was born in 1970 in the city of Anchorage, Alaska. As a young man, Jason dropped out of Tacoma Community College and worked as a salesman for his father's futon company. On the night of September 13, 2002, Padgett was attacked and robbed by two men outside a local karaoke bar. This attack allegedly caused a change in his brain activity.
At the age of 39, Derek Amato hit his head after diving into a swimming pool and was diagnosed with a concussion and 35% hearing loss.
After that, Derek started seeing black and white keys in his head and suddenly started playing the piano like a pro and eventually became a composer.
Derek Amato (born November 19, 1966) is an American composer and pianist who sustained a head injury on October 27, 2006, and subsequently became a musical savant.
Ben McMahon was in a car accident in 2015 and was in a coma for a week.
Although he had learned the basics as a child, he could speak perfect Chinese when he woke up.
Tony Cicero was struck by lightning while calling the phone booth. In just a few days, he became more addicted to music than before.
After trying the piano, he became a musical artist composing his own music.