A 30-year-old man who miraculously survived a 244-day coma and was once on the verge of having his organs harvested has been killed by a pickup truck.
Drew Kohn was days away from his 23rd birthday in 2017 when a motorcycle crash left him in a deep coma with a traumatic brain injury. “They would have harvested his organs,” his mother, Yolanda Osborne-Kohn, told WTLV-TV News. “It was my faith that gave me the boldness to speak up and push back and let them know, ‘You’re not getting a toenail or an eyelash.'”
Despite being declared brain-dead at one point, Osborne-Kohn never gave up hope. Drew was sent home still in a coma, until one day, miraculously, he woke up and told his stunned mother, “Yeah, Mom, I’m OK. I love you, Mom.” After years of grueling rehab, Drew began walking again and was dubbed a modern-day miracle.
Tragically, Drew was killed on Friday, July 26, 2024, when a pickup truck struck him while he was walking on Collins Road in Jacksonville around 5:30 a.m., according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The driver, who claimed he hadn’t seen Drew, pulled over and called 911, but it was too late. Drew was pronounced dead at the scene, WLTV-TV reported.
Despite her heartache, Osborne-Kohn expressed gratitude for the seven additional years she had with her son. “God honored my request, and I’m not mad. I’m not angry. I’m at peace,” she said. “I got seven years, and like Hezekiah who turned his face to the wall, I remember sitting on Drew’s hospital bed and saying to myself, ‘Thy will be done.'”
She believes her son is now in heaven and no longer suffering. “Drew is healed, walking, not struggling to keep his balance,” she said. “His arm is probably lifted so high saying ‘Thank you, Jesus!’ Drew probably has a football in one hand and a Bible in the other.”
