NYC teen paralyzed in fiery car crash has ‘miracle’ recovery, regains ability to walk
NY Post
A young Staten Island man once on the verge of death after a fiery car crash that left him paralyzed and unable to speak has beaten long odds in what he called a “miracle” recovery.
“God brought me out of that. I’m here today,” Anthony Mercado, 19, told The Post.
The Great Kills resident has hazy memories of the June 2022 accident on South Avenue that left him mangled and clinging to life.
“I learned that cars are thousands of pounds of a weapon that can kill you at any moment,” Mercado said of the incident, which required significant surgeries and rehabilitation.
Even one of his doctors, Dr. Jonathan Rasouli of Northwell Lenox Hill, “admittedly had doubts” about a positive outcome for Mercado due to his “devastating injuries.”
The last thing the teen recalled about that fateful night was leaving a senior class trip from Seaside Heights, New Jersey, before being rescued from his burning 2008 Cadillac CTS.
