A teenager in Texas did not have a heartbeat for 2 hours: he came to life when the doctors had already given up and declared him dead

16-year-old Sammy Berko was rock climbing at a gym in Missouri City when his heart stopped. He returned to life after two hours of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Doctors even pronounced him dead, according to Independent.

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“He climbed to the top of the wall, rang the bell as we were told, and then his body went limp. It was like he was either playing or passed out. They weren't completely sure, and when they realized he wasn't responding, they slowly lowered him," said Sammy's mother, Jennifer Berko.

After the cardiac arrest, gym staff, first responders, and doctors at the hospital where he was taken gave Sammy CPR, but after two hours, they told his family that "he's gone."

His devastated parents were saying goodbye to Sammy when the teenager suddenly began to move.

“I started talking to him, just telling him how much I love him and I'm sorry we didn't know how to save him. Suddenly, when I started to pray, my husband said: “My God, he is moving,” Berko said.

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The Berkos, overwhelmed with emotion, rushed to the medical staff for help, who were baffled to see that Sammy was indeed alive.

“Each of them came to us later and said that they had never seen anything like this before. Never. They never declared anyone dead who then came back to life,” Berko said. “I can’t describe this feeling when I see his heartbeat.” There are no words for this. We just stood there and cried tears of happiness and gave thanks.”

Despite being without oxygen for at least five minutes, Sammy's brain only had short-term memory loss. The teenager also suffered an ischemic spinal injury during cardiac arrest and lost sensation in his legs, but is learning to walk again.

His parents said that Sammy's episode was likely caused by a rare genetic disease that claimed the life of his brother Frankie 3 years ago. Now Sammy and his mother are being treated for an unidentified genetic mutation.

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Jennifer, Sammy, and Frankie were living with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) but were unaware of their diagnosis. It's a rare genetic disorder that affects the heart. New York Post. The experience, while horrifying, helped uncover Berko's rare genetic disorder.

Frankie, who died when he was 16, suffered from severe seizures. They resulted in multiple head injuries, including one that caused him to fall from a springboard to the ground from a height of 3 m and land on his head. The boy's father Craig, a former paramedic, tried to give Frankie CPR during his last seizure, but the teenager could not be resuscitated.

“The feeling when we got to the emergency room the second time was the worst—like Groundhog Day,” Jennifer said.

“We thought we were already through the worst. We bought the car for Frankie's birthday when we lost him, and now we were two years away from Sammy's graduation. And we were going to buy him a car for his birthday as a surprise, and then this happened. “I think it’s just shock and feeling like you’re reliving the worst time of your life all over again,” she said.

After being diagnosed with CVST, Sammy underwent a procedure and, along with his mother, was given a lifetime prescription for drugs to help prevent cardiac arrest.

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“The last thing I remember was the night before rock climbing, and then I woke up, not even in the pediatric intensive care unit,” Sammy told the publication. “I woke up in the transitional intensive care unit, and this is the first thing I remember...”

The teenager is now focused on his physical health, noting that the experience was "crazy".

“It was actually an amazing experience. I noticed that every day I feel better! I do something new every single day,” he said.

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