WILL BE COMING OUR WAY ALL THAT
IN A FEW MINUTES ON THE MAIN
WEATHER SEGMENT. MICHAEL
PATRICK THANK YOU SIR. TONIGHT
A WGN EXAMPLES OF A STORY OF
SURVIVAL AS A SUBURBAN MAN
BEATS THE ODDS.
AND HE SURVIVES COVID-19 IN
A COMA FOR MORE THAN A 100
DAYS, IT'S STILL FACING A LONG
ROAD TO RECOVERY. WGN'S ROB
STATE SPOKE TO HIM JOINING US
LIVE FROM BELWOOD WITH THIS
STORY, ROB.
THE MAN YOU MENTIONED HE HAS
A LONG ROAD OF RECOVERY AHEAD
TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK
WITH HIM TODAY AND YOU COULD
JUST SEE JUST HOW UPSET HE WAS
BUT THANKFUL AT THE SAME TIME
THEY GOT SAID HE SAID GOT SPARE
HIS LIFE.
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN
SOMEBODY U.S.. BUT HE CHOSE NEW
CITY. THE PHONE TO SAY.
ANDRE JOHNSON WITH HIS WIFE
BY HIS SIDE CAN NOW CELEBRATE
BEING A SURVIVOR. HE REMEMBERS
THE EXACT MOMENT, HE GOT THE
CALL BACK IN MARCH THAT WOULD
CHANGE HIS LIFE FOREVER.
SHE FRIDAY WITH THE RESULTS
EU TESTING OF 2.
COVID-19 WOULD RAVAGE THIS
50 YEAR-OLD FATHER OF 8 HE WENT
FROM WEIGHING 290 POUNDS TO
JUST 190 IN DROPPING. TODAY HIS
RELEASE MAKES I'M THANKFUL TO
SEE ANOTHER DAY.
THESE PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN ME
THAT FROM THE. THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN PERFECT. PERFECTLY OF THE
THAT.
PRIOR TO GETTING THE
DISEASE. HE WAS A SKEPTIC
JOHNSON SAYS HE CHOSE NOT TO
WEAR HIS MASK DESPITE HIS
FATHER WARNING HIM TO DO SO HE
SAYS HE HOPES EVERYONE WATCHING
TONIGHT WE'LL LOOK AT HIS
SITUATION. I LEARNED THAT THIS
IS VERY SERIOUS IN MAKE ME MAD
AT THE SAME TIME. BECAUSE OF
THEIR PURSE. ON MONDAY TOLD ME
THAT I WAS THAT PERSON.
HAPPENED TO ME. I WANT
EVERYBODY AWAY MAX.
AND JOHNSON'S WIFE ALSO
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID RIGHT
NOW THE PAIR THEY JUST SAY
THEY'RE JUST FOCUS ON LIVING
THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.