Parents cry victory as quadriplegic son wins life support battle "Vincent is not the vegetable hooked up to machines that has always been described to us." Lawyers for the parents of Vincent Lambert rejoice after a Paris appeals court overturn a decision to end their son's life support. Lambert is a quadriplegic who has been in a vegetative state since a road accident in 2008. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES(COMPLETES VID1346894_EN)