Messages of friendship draw man out of coma

A high school graduate has regained consciousness 10 days after falling into a coma, thanks to a series of good will messages recorded by his friends.

Xing Yingkuan awoke on the afternoon of Aug 9 in the Fifth People's Hospital of Chengdu, Sichuan province, according to a Legal Daily report. He had been in intensive care for more than a week after suffering a cardiac arrest.

The 18-year-old collapsed after playing basketball on the afternoon of July 31 and fell into a coma. His friends tried to resuscitate him before he was sent to the hospital.