# Christa Pike woke up and began speaking, lawyer says

https://mins.news/en/item/91037

- euronews, 2026-10-08 08:51 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/08/christa-pikes-lawyer-she-woke-up-and-began-talking

> Christa Pike regained consciousness after surviving two supposedly lethal doses of pentobarbital during a botched execution. Her lawyer says she was thought to be brain-dead and close to being taken off life support before she unexpectedly woke and spoke.

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