Not sure if you heard this but, lastnight WABC Radio news (with Petah Jenninngs) played an audio of Terri that was recorded and released by her family. It was the sound of her moaning and gurgling, obviously in pain and dying of thirst. It was awful but probably a good thing that the family released it because you couldnt help but hear that she was in pain.
Not sure who the reporter was but - he added to the report by quoting some doctor who said that "any sounds eminating from Terri are purely involuntary". Yea - sure - she just happened to start moaning after the feed tube gets removed? I dont think so. One final observation - Petah sounded pretty concerned - not about Terri but - that they put this on the air without his knowledge and the effect it could have. I havent heard it since, on TV or the radio but - it was pretty powerful.
I agree Petah is a horse's ass, but the recording the family did that you heard was taken very shortly after the tube was removed so she could hardly be in pain due thirst or starvation at that point, at least due to the removal of the tube.
"lastnight WABC Radio news (with Petah Jenninngs) played an audio of Terri that was recorded and released by her family. It was the sound of her moaning and gurgling, obviously in pain and dying of thirst."
I've been trying to find a link to that recording. At the video/audio section of the abc news website, there is a link to a Nightline discussion of Terri's case (the column all the way to the right, third link down). I'm wondering if that contains this audio?
Interestingly, it won't play, though that might be because it's overloaded.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/