MI - Man revived after being dead for 20 minutes

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Taylor man revived after being dead for 20 minutes due to electrical shock, officials say

Michael Pruitt revived at Beaumont Hospital in Farmington Hills

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - A Taylor man who was revived after being dead for 20 minutes due to an electrical shock was "like The Hulk" when he became conscious again at Beaumont Hospital in Farmington Hills, hospital workers said.

Michael Pruitt, 20, was carrying a metal ladder while helping his stepfather at a Livonia job site, officials said. The ladder touched a live electrical wire, shocking Pruitt, officials said...

 

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'Miracle man' revived after electrocution, had been dead for 20 minutes

When Michael Pruitt was on the first day of his new job, he wasn't expecting to get the shock of a lifetime.

Now doctors are hailing him as a "miracle man" after he was electrocuted, died for 20 minutes and lived to tell the story.

"I always told my mom as a joke that I could never die," said Pruitt, a 20-year-old from Taylor. "Now I feel I am meant to do something great in life."...