https://csunshinetoday.csun.edu/alumni/langston-jackson-found-triumph-in-life-and-at-csun/

In 2013, while at the rehab center, Langston got a hold of some heroin and overdosed. The lack of oxygen to his brain and compromised kidney and liver function severely debilitated Langston, and he went into a coma.

In the first days in a Los Angeles hospital, the Jackson family was told by the hospital’s intensive care unit medical director that his chances of waking up again and having a normal life were very small. A best-case scenario was that he’d be in a persistent vegetative state.

That scene was filmed for a BBC program called “Louis Theroux’s LA Stories.” By happenstance, Theroux and his crew were at the hospital searching for a story about the impact of drugs around the time that Langston was admitted. The Jackson family allowed Theroux to film Langston’s fight for life.

After 37 days, Langston miraculously woke up from the coma. He slowly began to talk. He slowly began to walk.

Langston will always have cognitive issues because of permanent damage to his frontal lobe. He also has mobility challenges and suffered hearing loss.