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Aspiring law student cuts ribbon at brain injury unit where he recovered

Glen Cove Hospital opened its new inpatient brain

Glen Cove Hospital opened its new inpatient brain injury facility, the first of its kind in Nassau County. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Feb. 22, 2013) (February 22, 2013 2:38 PM)

Zachary Young is going to law school.

That fact still amazes his parents, Audrey and Jack Young of Plainview.

Home on winter break from Binghamton University where he was a senior, he had suffered cardiac arrest, which caused him to lose vital oxygen to his brain.

When he emerged from a coma, he had trouble speaking and writing, his memory was affected and he struggled to walk...

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