It’s 1980, he’s 24 years old and still lives with his parents – this is what a 68-year-old Italian man woke up in the hospital after he was hit by a car in 2019. Before the accident, Luciano D’Adamo worked as a custodian of a school in Rome, and the events erased 39 years from his memories.


D’Adamo – whose case it is about Car picture wrote – he doesn’t recognize his wife or son, and according to his own admission, he was shocked when he woke up in the hospital and saw an older, gray-haired man in the mirror. He then asked the hospital staff to notify his mother, but a strange woman entered the ward: his wife.

Later, a 35-year-old man also introduced himself to him, claiming to be his son, but D’Adamo didn’t remember him either. In the five years since the accident, D’Adamo has been working with his doctors, psychologists and family to regain his memories. For now, even with old photos, he has trouble recognizing faces and identifying his friends. However, he remembers some recent events, such as the birth of his grandson Matteo in 2014.

The 68-year-old man not only has to get used to the old and new faces in his surroundings, but he also has to relearn how to use a mobile phone, and even the euro is new to him, considering that the European currency was introduced in Italy in 1999.