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Collin Rugg
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Man comes 'back to life' as surgeons began the process of harvesting his body parts after they determined he was de*d Kentucky man TJ Hoover II was thrashing on the table & "crying visibly" as doctors prepared to remove his organs. Before the process, the family raised concerns that Hoover was alive because his eyes seemed open and he looked around while being wheeled to the operating room. They were told that it was a "common reflex." Hoover had been declared "brain de*d" after an overdose. When Hoover started thrashing and crying, he was sedated and doctors *still* planned on going forward with the organ recovery, according to NPR. The transplant was ultimately cancelled leading to several employees quitting. The Kentucky Attorney General and US Health Services Resources Administration are now reportedly investigating the incident. "I feel betrayed by the fact that the people that were telling us he was brain de*d, and then he wakes up," his sister told NPR.