The Benjamin family has something to be thankful. Their son, Benjamin, awoke from a month-long coma (昏迷) to eat a Thanksgiving meal with his family after being ___1___ last month.

Benjamin was walking home with his ___2___ and two other friends when a man named Saelee tried to rob Benjamin’s girlfriend. Benjamin immediately rushed to defend her.

That was when the robber took out a handgun, and began shooting at the ___3___. He attempted to shoot all of them. Suddenly, a bullet hit Benjamin in the head. Benjamin was taken directly to ___4___. However, the situation was terrible. Doctors told Benjamin’s parents that he had only a 25 percent chance of ___5___. “They said at first that they weren’t going to operate ___6___ he was too severely injured,” the father Nick Benjamin said. “Then they said they would attempt it, which they ___7___ wouldn’t. They did it only because he is young and has a chance at surviving. They weren’t ___8___ if he was going to make it or not.”

In a miraculous turn of events, Benjamin did ___9___. His first words? “Hi Mom.” The surprises didn’t ___10___there. On Thanksgiving Day, Benjamin astonished his family by taking his first steps. “It’s very ___11___. It’s pretty rare,” Passah’s nurse said. “He’s a pretty good fighter, I think.” “I was ___12___. I didn’t really know what to say, it was very ___13___,” Nick, Benjamin’s brother, added. Benjamin cannot remember the ___14___, but the rest of his memory seems to be intact (完好无损), and he is expected to make a ___15___ recovery.