August 14, 2016. Four components of the group Super submarine They were returning to Jaen from Valencia after a grand concert in Medusa Festival. At 8am, his minivan collided with a bread delivery van, putting six years of musical hits on hold. Everyone survived except the band’s vocalist, Jose “Chino” Marin came out very poorly. The belt crushed his intestines, and a blow to the head almost cost him his life. After a month of coma, he had to learn to walk and walk again. Even today, he continues to recover and tries to remember his career with the help of oral and graphic testimonies from those who knew what a great star he was. He Super submarine accident This not only plunged fans into silence, but also left a void for the voice of the band, who could not remember anything that had happened to them in the 7 years before that terrible morning.
We learned about all this thanks to the interview they gave A country. Journalist Fernando Navarro He captured the results of his conversations with four participants on video, in a written report and in a book: Something that serves as light.
In three formats, they tell the story of what the Supersubmarina accident meant for its four participants. All reviews They are shocking, but most of all, the words of Chino, who doesn’t even remember what it’s like to be on stage, are painful. On the other hand, he remembers previous moments. How is this possible?
Consequences of the super-submarine disaster
Juanca, Pope and Jaime, three other members of the group, were injured. bone fractures and infections it could have cost some of them their lives. But the worst of all was Jose “Chino”.
In a video published A country you can see up close scar his head. A scar that gives insight into all those years of absence. He head injury The vocalist’s injury while asleep during the Supersubmarina crash resulted in him having to be admitted to a clinic that specializes in acquired brain injuries.
There, thanks to long-term rehabilitation and persistence on his part, he learned to walk and talk again. Little by little he began to remember. But they soon discovered that he could not remember the last years of his life, which shaped his entire musical career.
The Science of Amnesia
There is still some controversy when it comes to figuring out what causes amnesia in a person. Brain injury. Is the ability to store memories limited or is accessing them a problem?
It may depend on which areas of the brain are damaged. In fact, it must be assumed that there are two types of amnesia: retrograde and anterograde. The first affects past memories, and the second makes it difficult to create new memories.
After the Supersubmarina disaster, its vocalist survived retrograde amnesia. We might think that if areas of the brain involved in accessing memories are affected, none of them will be able to be accessed. However, this is not the case because deleted memories are stored differently than later ones.
In particular, it is known that everyday memories are initially dependent on the medial temporal system, which includes hippocampus. It is believed that as these memories mature, they become increasingly dependent on other areas of the brain, such as the cortex. For this reason, if Cortex intact, these memories can remain safe.
In some patients, recent memories that were affected are gradually restored. However, in other cases they never get better. José “Chino’s” colleagues note that when they tell him about his first concerts, he begins to remember.
There may come a day when you don’t need anyone to remind you how great you are. He can even prove it to us by going on stage again, as he wishes. But the truth is that, no matter what happens, there is nothing to prove. This impact was felt by his memory, but not by all the fans who remember and sing his songs every day. Supersubs don’t have to prove anything because even if they don’t take action, they will always be the “kings of the world.”
Source: Hiper Textual
