Miracles happen every single day, and they're often the kind that we least expect.
While the unfortunate reality of head injuries is that most people don't escape them without long term brain damage or lost lives, sometimes the impossible happens, and those who we would think have the lowest chance of surviving walk out completely fine.
It's important not to count on miracles like these, but when they happen, we can't help but marvel at the power of the universe.
Caleb Bennett's family regarded him as "super comfortable" around boats and fishing gear, having grown up in an area in which it was commonplace to learn how to safely fish at a young age.
He was playing on a boat with his brother and a few friends when the ship's anchor slipped off, pulling the line tight and sending it swinging back right at Caleb's forehead.
He caught it in his hands just as it lodged into his head, and he dropped to his knees in an attempt to stay as still as possible.
Caleb was rushed into emergency surgery at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, where his parents were able to meet him after hearing of his injuries and traveling back home.
The procedure partially removed his frontal lobe and "gave his brain space to swell."
Caleb was then put into a medically induced coma, from which his doctors explained that he may never speak, walk, or even wake up.
"I've seen things like this, but I've never seen an anchor, number one, and number two, I've never seen anybody with an injury like that walk out of the hospital almost completely neurologically intact," Rodriguez explained.
Apart from minor seizures which have been lessened through the use of medication, Caleb's quick recovery has been nothing short of miraculous.
It will take a little over a year before Caleb can return to everyday activities like fishing.
"He should've died right where he stood," explained his father RIck Bennett, "Even if this is our cross to bear for a while or indefinitely, it's better than the alternative."
h/t: CNN
