Joyce Smith is pictured with her son John, who survived after drowning and having no pulse for approximately an hour. Even John's doctors have called his recovery a miracle. He suffered no lasting effects from the accident.

What happened to the boy from the movie Breakthrough?

John Smith was dead for an hour after falling into a frozen lake, but made a full recovery in a case that even doctors have described as a "bonafide miracle". The incredible true story has been made into a movie called Breakthrough, starring This is Us' Chrissy Metz, Topher Grace, and Marcel Ruiz.

How long was the boy dead in Breakthrough?

John was 14 years old when he fell through the ice in a Missouri lake. When rescue crews got him to the hospital, he was declared dead for 45 minutes. His mother, Joyce, played by Chrissy Metz from "This Is Us," prayed to God to bring back her son. His pulse miraculously returned.