U.S. teen wounded in TA attack wakes up after 9 days in coma

[Behind the Aegis]

Daniel Wultz, a 16-year-old American tourist who was critically wounded in last week's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, awoke Tuesday for the first time since the explosion.

Daniel, from Florida, was sitting with his Israeli-born father, Yekutiel (Tuly), eating a felafel lunch in Tel Aviv during their Passover vacation when the bomb that killed nine people on April 17 exploded. His father escaped with a minor leg injury, but Daniel fell into a coma.

Daniel regained consciousness Tuesday, said Yale Tsubary, spokeswoman for Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital, where Daniel is being treated. He is not yet able to speak, she said, but he can communicate with his eyes. Although the teenager's condition is still listed as critical, Tsubary said he is likely to recover.

Still in Ichilov Hospital, doctors have removed Daniel's spleen and a kidney, as well as amputated part of his leg.

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[rpannier]

1. Good news he's out of the coma

I feel badly for what happened to him.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. I feel bad for him and I hope that he is alright .

Despite the violence in that region I hope to someday travel for an extended time to Israel and Jordan ...

[Centered]

3. Glad he is getting better

but what a terrible thing to wake up to.