Two Teens with Brain Injuries Met in the Hospital, Getting Married Years Later

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In 2018, Zach Zarembinski was injured on the football field, and nine days later, Isabelle Richard was in a car accident

The teens from St. Paul, Minn., had traumatic brain injuries and were in comas at the same hospital, where their mothers became friends

Years later, they began dating, and now, they’re getting married

After meeting as teens, two survivors of traumatic brain injuries are getting married.

In 2018, Zach Zarembinski, then 18, and Isabelle Richard, then 16, both ended up at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, Minn., after suffering devastating accidents. Zarembinski had been injured on the football field on Oct. 27, and Richard had been in a car crash en route to her grocery store job on Nov. 5.

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