(2 Nov 2006) SHOTLIST
1. Amnesia victim Jeff Ingram and fiancee Penny Hansen walking onto stage
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff Ingram, Amnesia victim: (partially covered)
"It was early in the morning. I'm not sure at what time, it looked like the sun was just starting to come up so there was some light there.
3. Cutaway, media
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeff Ingram, Amnesia victim: (partially covered)
"I was half picking myself up off of the ground and I had no idea where I was. I didn't recognise no buildings, no streets, no nothing. (transition) I couldn't even remember my name, so I thought, ok, maybe I have a wallet. There's no ID on me, and I looked, like frantically, for something that could say, ok, this is who I am, call for help. But I didn't have anything.
5. Cutaway, Ingram and Hansen holding hands
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeff Ingram, Amnesia victim: (partially covered)
"And it was extremely extremely terrifying. They turned me away as if I was, you know, someone who lives off of the streets or was some kind of a psychotic person you know, like, yeah you don't know where you are kind of thing. But that just gave me more focus on to find a hospital where I knew I could get care. (transition) I walked for six to eight hours until I found one and I ended up walking into Denver Health. I walked up to where they take the admissions and stuff like that and said I need help, they go 'ok', you know, 'what is your name?' I say I have no idea, that's what I'm here for. She says, 'well you got to put something down', I said, I don't know my name, like, you guys don't understand. So they just gave me a name and stuff there, you know, like John Doe.
7. Cutaway, Ingram and Hansen holding hands
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jeff Ingram, Amnesia victim: (partially covered)
"Still drilled me, 'what's your name? I said I don't know. You know and I'm in tears at this time, I'm shaking really really bad, I can barely stand up. So they asked me to empty out my pockets and everything, and then I went into a psych room and then they had me talk to a psychiatrist and stuff and nurses in there and they didn't know what to believe, you know, cases like this do not come around very often. (Rest of soundbite overlayed with shots 8-11) It's probably the most frustrating thing that a person can ever go through, is to lose their identity because your past is what makes you who you are today, good or bad. For me I go through my intuition because I don't have any memories coming back. But me being here, I know I'm in the right place. Here is home, home is with her."
8. Ingram and Hansen walking to car
9. Close-up of Ingram
10. Ingram getting into car
11. Car pulls away
STORYLINE
A man suffering from amnesia spoke about his ordeal on Wednesday to reporters in Lacey, in the US State of Washington.
Jeff Ingram made headlines when he turned up in Denver, Colorado, on 10 September .
He said he awoke, alone and terrified, with no idea who or where he was.
He said he had no wallet or ID, just eight US dollars in cash, the clothes on his back, a few pieces of jewelry and a driving headache.
"It was extremely extremely terrifying," he told reporters.
More than a month after he woke up with no memory on the streets of Denver, Jeff Ingram still has no idea who he is.
"It's probably the most frustrating thing that a person can ever go through, is to lose their identity. Because your past is what makes you who you are today, good or bad," Ingram said.
Ingram said he began wandering the streets, pleading for help from strangers.
Ingram, who is 40, returned home to Olympia about a week ago.
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