and i couldn't see anything. >> reporter: for 21 years mary anne franco was blind.ome and hurt her neck, had to have surgery. she awoke in the hospital recovery room and without thinking spoke to a nurse she could actually see. >> i said, lady, you with all that purple on you, i says get over here and give me something for pain and my niece says, what did you say, mary? >> reporter: that is when it hit her. for the first time in more than two decades mary anne franco's world wasn't dark. >> a miracle. >> reporter: dr. john afshar, the neurosurgeon who operated on her has a hard time explaining it. >> i've never seen or heard of it. >> reporter: a mystery to the doctor but not to mary anne. she calls it an act of god. >> 20/50. >> i believe he went ahead and give it to me. he give me back my sight. i really believe this with all my heart. >> very lucky fall for that woman. >> maybe increased flood flow to a section of her brain. >> incredible. good for her. >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with matt o'donnell, tamala edward, karen rodgers an

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mary ann franco lost her sight after a serious car crash.ecently she had fell at home and had surgery on her neck. when she woke up, she could see. >> i could see the sun and the clouds and the birds and squirrels running up and down the light poles. and there was a hawk out there the other day. >> and she came and said mary can see. i said no. after 21 years? i said wow. >> her neurosurgeon said it's truly a miracle. he thinks her car accident may have kinked an artery in her spine, restricting blood flow to the part of her brain that volunteered vision. when he performed surgery on her spine, he may have unknowingly unkinked the artery. >> the kenya government may have announced a display of action against wildlife poaching. you are looking at $172 million worth of illegal elephant's, and rhino horns going up in flames. at 120 tons, it's the largest destruction of illegal wildlife products in history. kenya said it's time to take is a stand against poaching after 70% of elephants in the central coast there have been killed over the last te

mary ann franco went blind more than two decade ago after a bad crash ruptured several disks in her spinector said she add stroke on the operating table and went blind. but after a recent fall, this time when she woke up, she could see. >> wow. >> there was so much -- [ inaudible ] in our area this weekend. over the next three weeks, first 4 traffic's melissa show you all of the spots worth the trip this summer. we will start in virginia, lo v loudoun county. >> the largest indoor marijuana growing operation ever found in howard county. >> only discovered after the house was sold at action. wbal's barry sims with that story. >> surprising and sophisticated. description from howard county police who released this video of the 600 marijuana plants growing in the basement of a home. >> what we discovered is the largest ever indoor marijuana growing operation in howard county. >> arrested and charged with multiple counts of manufacturing, producing, and distributing marijuana, a 48-year-old casey fowler investigators are checking for documents to see if sims rented this four bedroom four and

mary ann franco lost her sight after a serious car crash.ecently she had fell at home and had surgery on her neck. when she woke up, she could see. >> i could see the sun and the clouds and the birds and squirrels running up and down the light poles. and there was a big hawk out there the other day. >> and she came and said mary can see. i said no. after 21 years? i said wow. >> her neurosurgeon said it's truly a miracle. he thinks her car accident years ago may have kinked an artery in her spine, restricting blood flow to the part of her brain that controlled vision. ed when he performed surgery on her spine, he may have unknowingly unkinked the artery. >> the time right now is 6:37. we are taking a live look outside from our kgo roof camera. 63 degrees is the temperature in downtown san francisco. we will get a check of the full accuweather forecast with our meteorologist lisa argen in a little bit. intromercedes-benz c-coupe, redesigned with its athletic prowess and sleek new body. it doesn't just raise the bar... ...it completely crushes

we're talking about mary anne franco lost her eyesight more than 21 years ago in an you the auto accident. and then she fell inside of her home recently and injured her spine. when she woke up from that surgery, she could see. >> wow. >> the sun's coming through the trees. oh, god, it's wonderful to see. i'm the happiest woman in the whole wide world. >> the neurosurgeon who performed the operation says he's never seen or heard of anything like this. he thinks the 95 auto accident may have restricted blood flow to the part of her brain that controls vision and the recent surgery restored it. i never saw someone so excited to have hurt their back. >> absolutely. her description of everything just now to see the trees and everything. >> good for her. >> nobody's celebrating a fall except that woman. >> a lot of doctors will try to figure out what happened to see if they can replicate it. right? >> krin ebl. >>> coming up, finding your own dead ringer. it's said we all have a twin somewhere in the world. now as they say, there's an app for that making it easier than ever to track down your d

. >> reporter: describing the scenery may seem ordinary but for mary ann franco it's a sight to behold a bad car accident in 1995. it took another accident more than 20 years later to cause what she calls an act of god. after falling down in her florida home, she received surgery on her spine to alleviate pain in her neck and arm. and when she woke up, a miracle. >> i said, that purple on you, i says, get over here and give me something for pain and my niece says, what did you say, mary? >> reporter: all of a sudden mary ann could see. neurosurgeon john afshar who conducted the surgery says he's never seen anything like it. >> i really don't have a scientific explanation. >> reporter: his theory. >> her vision was impaired from her accident 20 years ago and could have been a result of the artery being kinked and then when we performed the surgery itself, we unknowingly probably unkinked that vessel, re-established blood flow and therefore she could have regained her vision. >> really good to see you. >> oh, 6, 2, 9, 2, 5. >> that's not bad, 20/00. >> reporter: if you think her regainin

during spinal surgery 23 years ago, mary ann franco had a stroke and lost her sight. recently she had another spinal surgery, but this time when she woke up, she could see. doctors think an artery in her spine may have been realigned. that's amazing. >>> that's your cnbc news update this hour. for now, back to you. >> unbelievable. >> isn't that awesome? >> you choose, i guess, not to dwell on the lost 23 years, she got her sight back, at least, but my goodness, what in the world happened to cause that to begin in-w in the beginning? >>> we'll take a break. we're into the last half hour of trade with the dow down 180 points. officials confirming the first case of zika in a fetus in puerto rico today. coming up, we'll hear from the ceo of intrexon about his fight against that virus and he'll also advocate for his cure. >>> plus, just how safe is the global banking system now that thieves have pulled off another major cyber bank heist? that's coming up later on the "closing bell." trade trader offices. steve, other than making me move stuff, what are you working on? let