that's life!

I WOKE UP A DIFFERENT PERSON!

I BECAME A PIANO PRODIGY

In October 2006, Derek Amato, then 39, was catching up with some old school buddies while visiting his hometown in the US, when he dived into a swimming pool and hit his head on the bottom.

Derek spent days drifting in and out of consciousness, suffering a brain injury that robbed him of 35 per cent of his hearing and messed with his memory.

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