A dad-of-two is home for Christmas after waking from a coma following a pool accident and asking for a pizza and a pint of Stella.
Chris Watkins, from Pontypool in South Wales, feared he would never walk again after breaking his neck when he dived into a pool at Aparthotel Columbus in Playa de las Americas.
The 43-year old groundsman was on a lad's trip in Tenerife when the accident happened on September 6. Friends initially thought he was joking when he appeared to be injured but when he screamed "I've broken my neck, I can't feel anything, help me" he was rushed to a hospital in pain.
Chris had to undergo an urgent operation and medics placed him in an induced coma before generous donors funded a £28,000 air ambulance to fly him back to
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