Activists bear witness at Schiavo hearing
ST. PETERSBURG, FL, Apr. 4, 2003 -- Attorney Pat Anderson tried to persuade a Florida 3-judge appeals court panel today to overturn Pinellas County Circuit Court Judge George Greer's order last fall that Terri Schiavo's feeding tube be removed. Anderson argued that there is enough chance of recovery to warrant keeping Schiavo alive. Removal of the feeding tube would signal death for the 39-year-old woman, who has been in what is described as a "comalike state" for over a decade. Read our earlier story.