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The sign above his hospital bed called him Sixty-Six Garage. For more than 15 years, he would lay there unidentified and unconscious. Or so, everyone believed. From L.A. Times Studios and the team that brought you “Dirty John” and “Man in the Window,” comes “Room 20,” a story about the search for a man’s identity and the truth about his accident. Investigative reporter Joanne Faryon’s two-year journey is filled with twists and turns. Now, she'll finally reveal who Garage really is. But one important question remained for her upon this discovery: has Garage been conscious this entire time? This series was produced by L.A. Times Studios with support from Neon Hum Media.
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1For more than 15 years, a man named Sixty-Six Garage would lay unidentified and unconscious. Or so everyone believed. Reported, written and hosted by reporter Joanne Faryon. Premieres July 30.
Episode 1: Reporter Joanne Faryon quits her job to find out what happened to a man known as Sixty-Six Garage. After spending six days with him in his nursing home room, she starts to question whether he’s actually in a vegetative state, like she was first told.
Episode 2: An old newspaper article provides clues to Garage’s accident, but many of the details turn out to be false. Faryon finds the accident report that everyone believed was destroyed years ago, and it becomes her roadmap in solving Garage’s mystery.
Episode 3: Sixty-Six Garage gets a new roommate - Omar Salgado - a young cyclist hit by a car on a highway. He’s unconscious and near death. There’s a major breakthrough in identifying Garage - will he recognize his name?
Episode 4: Sixty-Six Garage is identified and Faryon tracks down another man in the same accident as Garage. She learns what really caused the crash and begins to suspect authorities might have known Garage’s identity since the day of the accident.
Episode 5: The nursing home director contacts Garage’s family to break the news of his medical condition. Faryon travels to Ohio to learn what led Garage to the California desert in the summer of 1999. Garage celebrates his birthday for the first time in 17 years.
Episode 6: Omar, the roommate, speaks and Garage sees his sister for the first time since he was a teenager. Faryon learns she is not responsible for her mother’s death and convinces a world expert on diagnosing consciousness to test Garage. She’s finally able to answer the question she had when she first met Garage - is he still in there?
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does anyone else know of any other podcasts similar to this one??
Has anyone else found them totally stuck on Room 20? It's a must!! Would love to find more like it. Any suggestions anyone?
Has anyone else found themselves not being able to stop listening to Room 20?
beautifully told.
I have been a while back w t in the next few weeks to see if you are interested in this case the same as when I get
I'm not crying, I just have something in both of my eyes...
This story was truly therapeutic for me. I, unfortunately, had faced the same situation as the reporter. First at the age of 19 years old. My high school sweetheart, best friend and husband was also in a car accident and suffered severe head injuries and again at the age of 45. My 20 year old son was killed by his roommate's brother. Both times I was told that my loved ones would never recover and I should think about taking them off life support. At the age of 19, I was not prepared to make such a life altering decision. Heck, at the age of 45, I still was not prepared to make this decision. By the Grace of God, I didn't have to. My husband passed while in surgery, the same night of his accident and my Son passed 10 days after he was shot. Though I often wonder if they would have pulled through as Omar had done or stayed in the same state (mentally and physically) as Ignacio. Truly an amazing story!!!
yay Omar! A happy ending that wasn't expected :)
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really liked this podcast. It was sad, but also informative.
I would rather just have them let me die.
Thanks for a beautifully delivered story. Heart-strings well and truly tugged.
I'm only on the 1st episode. But did anyone else notice that she seems to refer to him as "Philip" on her report of her second day? Maybe just an error in editing? Or maybe I'll learn more about it in later episodes? Anyway, I'm really enjoying it so far!
I'm only on episode 1. but did anyone else notice that she seems to refer to him as "Phillip" on her report of her 2nd day? maybe just a slip up in editing? Maybe I'll learn more aabott that later? Anyway, just wondering if I'm hearing things.
ok I'm ugly crying at 20:00
great job on the podcast
Hearing this episode what she describes is a bunch of negligence by the nursing team. the white stuff in his mouth should be easy cleaned by the nurse assistant, the grunting could be easily resolved by suctioning excessive secretions in the back of his throat, the long overgrown fingernails shows the lack of simple bedside care, the stiffness is not normal, if the restorative nurse assistant does the minimum range of motion exercises on the upper and lower extremities, the small thin frame (wasted) is not normal, the dietitian needed to take care of his dietetic needs. what happens here is the guy has no FAM and he's no we'll take care off.
How the hell is a reporter more of a medical expert than a doctor? She thinks he's not in a vegitative state? Who's she to say that?
great podcast. don't love that we've paid for 20 years of medical care. smh.
This series highlights the tragedy of applying long term life support to severly injured people in America. Thank goodness I live in a country where this 'vent farm' mentality is not supported