Husband Thinks It's 1993 as He Wakes Up from Accident

Virginia couple Andrew and Kristy Mackenzie's lives were forever changed in a car accident on Father's Day last year. The near-fatal crash sent them both to the hospital, where Kristy eventually realized the nightmare had erased decades of cherished memories of their life together. In fact, he thought it was 1993. "He knew me, but I could see him looking through me," Kristy told PEOPLE. "I tell you, that's the scariest day of my life. Seeing him look through me like that, I didn't know how I was going to get him back." But Kristy insisted on being with her husband in the hospital, hopeful that connecting with him would help him remember. She was right, and Andrew's memory miraculously returned. On Aug. 29, the couple renewed their vows on the beach in North Carolina's Outer Banks as their children and grandchildren looked on. "I hope it shows others to love like you mean it," Kristy says, "and never give up on love or each other