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A decade after Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was disconnected, her family's pain lives on – New York Daily News
![Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman who got the nation involved in her right-to-die case, passed away, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed at her hospice in Pinellas Park, FL Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman who got the nation involved in her right-to-die case, passed away, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed at her hospice in Pinellas Park, FL](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W0M6NN/terri-schiavo-the-severely-brain-damaged-woman-who-got-the-nation-involved-in-her-right-to-die-case-passed-away-13-days-after-her-feeding-tube-was-removed-at-her-hospice-in-pinellas-park-fl-on-march-31-2005-the-photo-is-an-undated-family-photo-upi-photo-W0M6NN.jpg)
Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman who got the nation involved in her right-to-die case, passed away, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed at her hospice in Pinellas Park, FL
![In 1990, 26-year-old Terri Schiavo went into cardiac arrest, leaving her in what doctors called a "persistent vegetative state." But Terri's parents disagreed, pointing to videos that seemed to show her smiling In 1990, 26-year-old Terri Schiavo went into cardiac arrest, leaving her in what doctors called a "persistent vegetative state." But Terri's parents disagreed, pointing to videos that seemed to show her smiling](https://imageproxyb.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/e1c811f209a64b11941d8bc04586ebecef7ef9931de37dbe871dab0c13d8ce42_1.jpg)
In 1990, 26-year-old Terri Schiavo went into cardiac arrest, leaving her in what doctors called a "persistent vegetative state." But Terri's parents disagreed, pointing to videos that seemed to show her smiling
![Fla. judge denies stay in Terri Schiavo case, removal of tube scheduled for March 18 | Baptist Press Fla. judge denies stay in Terri Schiavo case, removal of tube scheduled for March 18 | Baptist Press](https://www.baptistpress.com/wp-content/uploads/images/IMG20052257194HI.jpg)
Fla. judge denies stay in Terri Schiavo case, removal of tube scheduled for March 18 | Baptist Press
![Protestors with "LIFE" written on tape over their mouths demonstrate in favor of re-inserting a feeding tube for Terri Schiavo near the White House in Washington on March 28, 2005. Schiavo, the Protestors with "LIFE" written on tape over their mouths demonstrate in favor of re-inserting a feeding tube for Terri Schiavo near the White House in Washington on March 28, 2005. Schiavo, the](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/W0CJM4/protestors-with-life-written-on-tape-over-their-mouths-demonstrate-in-favor-of-re-inserting-a-feeding-tube-for-terri-schiavo-near-the-white-house-in-washington-on-march-28-2005-schiavo-the-brain-damaged-woman-from-florida-had-her-feeding-tube-removed-on-march-28-at-the-request-of-her-husband-but-remains-at-the-center-of-a-legal-battle-as-her-parents-fight-to-keep-her-alive-upi-photoroger-l-wollenberg-W0CJM4.jpg)