I died for minutes and came back to tell the story. Diego Díaz Mercado

Libro Abierto Interviews ENGLISH · Oct 9, 2026 · 33m · transcript

Diego was only 19 years old when he suffered a devastating car accident on Periférico while driving at more than 200 km/h. The impact caused an intracranial fracture, multiple fractures throughout his body, and led to more than 20 surgeries. He spent an entire month in a medically induced coma, and doctors said his chances of survival were extremely low. In this interview, Diego describes what it was like to wake up after 32 days unconscious, what he says he experienced while he was in a coma, and how the accident changed his life forever. Today, Diego is alive, married, and expecting his…