On October 13, 2002, David MacLean woke up in India with no memory of who he was or how he got there. He had no choice but to let the people who recognized him—and even strangers—fill in his identity. David wrote a book about the experience of losing his memory, called The Answer to the Riddle Is Me. (20 minutes)
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