Jean Hilliard experienced a car accident in extremely cold conditions.
She attempted to reach her friend's house, located two miles away but collapsed just 15 feet from the destination.
With temperatures plunging to -22F, she remained outdoors for six hours before being discovered. At the hospital, doctors found her skin too frozen to inject a hypodermic needle, and her heart rate was alarmingly low at 12 beats per minute.
In an effort to gradually warm her body, she was wrapped in an electric blanket.
Astonishingly, as her body temperature increased, her vital signs started normalizing.
She regained consciousness the same day. After a 49-day hospital stay, she made a remarkable full recovery.
