From the 2 Jul 04 Sun Online:
Hero comes out of coma
By JOHN KAY and TOM NEWTON DUNN, Defence Editor
A HERO squaddie who is in line for the Victoria Cross after saving 30 comrades came out of a coma yesterday.
Private Johnston Beharry, 24, was critically injured during a second ambush when he rescued more soldiers.
But yesterday he regained consciousness after surgery to remove bone splinters from his brain and fit a metal plate to the top of his head.
The Sun yesterday revealed exclusively how Private Beharry rescued 30 squaddies by leading a convoy of personnel carriers through barricades in Iraq, despite being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Two weeks later he suffered horrific head wounds when a grenade exploded inches from his face. Now his name is being put forward for the Victoria Cross — our highest gallantry award.
Last night his sister Jackie, 28, said: “My brother is a hero and should definitely get the VC.”
Wife Lynthia, 23, of Southampton, added: “I’m not surprised by what he did. Johnston loves to help others. I am so proud of him.”
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