On3July2003,a35-year-oldEnglishmancalledDougBrucewalkedintoapolicestationinNewYork,andtoldthepolicethathedidnotknowhisownname.Hehadwokenupafewminutesearlieronasubwaytrain,withaheadache,andhadnoideawherehe
On3July2003,a35-year-oldEnglishmancalledDougBrucewalkedintoapolicestationinNewYork,andtoldthepolicethathedidnotknowhisownname.Hehadwokenupafewminutesearlieronasubwaytrain,withaheadache,andhadnoideawherehewasgoingorwhohewas."Iwasfrightened,"hesaidlater,whentalkingabouttheexperience."Ididn'tknowanything.Itwaslikebeinginthedarkness."
Dougwenttothepolicestationbecausehehadnowhereelsetogo.HewaswearingaT-shirt,shortsandhadabagwithsomethinginit:aSpanishbook,abunchofkeysandamapofNewYork.Thepolicewereconfused."We'dneverhadanythinglikethisbefore,"saidapoliceman.TheysentDougtoahospital.Onhisnamecardthenursewrote"unknownwhiteman".
Thedoctorsweresurprisedathismemoryloss.AlthoughDougcouldmakesentenceswithoutdifficulty,herememberednothingabouthisownpast.Onedoctoratthehospitalsaidthatheonlyeverseensuchaseriousdiseases"inthemoviesandbooks."
ThehospitalwouldnotletDougtogountilhehadcometohimself.Finally,hospitalstaffcameacrossaphonenumberinhisSpanishbook.Itwasthenumberofhisfriend.Dougphonedandsherecognizedhisvoiceatonce."Isthatyou,Doug?"shesaid.Hisfriendwenttothehospital,toldthedoctorswhoDougwas,andtookhimhome.
"Home"turnedouttobeaperfectflatindowntownManhattan,whichhesharedwithtwodogsandthreebirds.DougdiscoveredthathehadoncelivedinParis,wherehehadmadealotofmoneyworkingatabigcompany.Thenhehadgottiredofthebusinessworld,andsoheleftandwenttoNewYorkforafour-yourcourseinphotography.
NowthatDouganddiscoveredhimself,hehadtodealwithotherdifficulties.Hewasworriedaboutmeetinghisfamilyandfriends.Theyseemedlikestrangerstohim.Hissisterstoldhimthathehadchanged;beforehismemoryloss,heseldomshowedhisfeelingsinpublic.Nowhehasbecomemuchmorerelaxedanddoesn'tfearshowinghisfeelings.
93.WhydidDougBrucegotoapolicestation?
94.HowdidthedoctorsfeelatDoug'scase?
95.WhatcouldDougBrucedoafterhelosthismemory?
96.WhorecognizedDougandtookhimhome?
97.WheredidDouglivewithtwodogsandthreebirds?
98.Whatwerethedifficulti