NOTHING FOR GRANTED.
>> TRAMPOLINE JUMPS, BALANCE BALLS, TREADMILL MANEUVERS.
ALL PART OF THE WORK 18-YEAR-OLD GAGE SENTER HAS DONE AFTER A DEVASTATING CRASH CHANGED EVERYTHING.
>> POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WHO W -- REPORTER: THEN BOY WAS GAGE.
HE WAS TAKEN TO MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
PICTURES, IN A COMA FOR MONTH, WITH A FRACTURED SKULL AND BLEEDING ON THE BRAIN.
DOCTORS TRYING TO RELIEVE THE SWELLING.
HE SAYS HIS FATHER, WHO DIED WHEN GAGE WAS A CHILD, CAME TO HIM, TELLING HIM TO WAKE UP.
>> HE SAID, YOU ARE ALIVE.
REPORTER: GAGE WOULD SPEND 3 MONTHS AT SPAULDING REHAB HOSPITAL.
DIAGNOSED WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, HE HAD TO RE-LEARN HOW TO WALK, HOW TO TALK.
BUT COULDN’T DO THE THING HE LOVED THE MOST, SKATE.
HE’D BEEN A STANDOUT HOCKEY PLAYER IN AMESBURY, MAKING VARSITY AS FRESHMAN, REGULARLY CHOSEN FOR THE JUNIOR OLYMPIC TEAM.
NOW, DETERMINED TO MASTER A DIFFERENT KIND OF FUNDAMENTAL.
>> IN FEBRUARY, HE TRANSITIONED TO THE MAY CENTER SCHOOL FOR BRAIN INJURY AND NEUROBEHAVIORAL DISORDERS IN BROCKTON.
WORKING ALMOST EVERY DAY WITH PHYSICAL THERAPIST, STACEY SIROTTA.
>> AT THAT TIME, HIS ENDURANCE WAS QUITE LOW.
HIS LEFT SIDE WAS WEEK.
HIS BALANCE WAS VERY IMPAIRED.
HE COULD NOT WALK ACROSS THE BALANCE BEAM.
REPORTER: BUT GAGE REFUSED TO GIVE UP AND HE REFUSED TO LET OF HIS DREAM, TO GET BACK ON THE ICE.
AS HE SLOWLY IMPROVED, STACEY REALIZED IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
SO AT A LOCAL RINK, STACEY AND ANOTHER THERAPIST BY HIS SIDE, GAGE TOOK TO THE ICE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST TWO YEARS.
>> HE WASN’T ABLE TO GLIDE.
HE WOULD LIFT HIS FEET UP.
THAT WAS KIND OF CHALLENGING.
REPORTER: THAT WAS SEVEN MONTHS AND HOURS OF PRACTICE AGO, ALL LEADING TO THIS.
>> IT FELT LIKE MY CHANCE NUMBER TWO.
>> RECOVERIES LIKE HIS ARE RARE.
THEY ARE VERY EXCITING WHEN YOU SEE JUST HOW FAR SOMEBODY CAN PROGRESS.
REPORTER: GAGE SAYS HE WILL KEEP IMPROVING ON AND OFF THE ICE AND HAS A MESSAGE FOR ANYONE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
>> DON’T GIVE UP.
KEEP GOING.
KEEP FIGHTING.
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IS WORTH IT.
REPORTER: EMILY REIMER, WMUR NEWS 9.
>> NOW, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HADDAD.
MIKE: THE WINTER CHILL IS OUT THERE, INCLUDING THE QUEEN CITY.
MANCHESTER, TEMPERATURE OF 21 DEGREES.
THE FEELS-LIKE TEMPERATURE, DOWN BELOW 10, AT NINE DUE TO THAT NORTH NORTHWESTERLY WIND.
THE DEW POINT, VERY LOW.
THAT KIND OF PLAYS GAMES WITH OUR WEATHER FORECAST.
THAT WILL HELP THE SNOW TO ACCUMULATE AND KEEP TEMPERATURES CHILLY DURING THE ONSET OF THE NEXT STORM TOMORROW EVENING.
RIGHT NOW, NINE BELOW THE TOP MOUNT WASHINGTON.
TEENS FOR MANY.
A FEW LOW 20’S IN SOUTHERN PARTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THE WINDS ARE STILL A BIT ON THE ACTIVE SIDE.
THE WIND CHILL FROM THE SINGLE-DIGIT TO THE TEENS.
EVENTUALLY THE WINDS SHUT DOWN AND THIS IS THE RESULT.
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING, NEAR ZERO IN THE GREAT NORTH WOODS.
SINGLE DIGITS TO NEAR 10 FOR MANY.
10 TO 15, MANCHESTER TOWARDS THE COAST.
THAT IS THE START OF YOUR THURSDAY.
FAIR SKIES OVER US.
WE SHOULD SEE A LOT OF SUN TOMORROW MORNING.
HERE COMES THE NEXT STORM ON THE MAP WITH A LOT OF JUICE IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS TRAIN OF MOISTURE FROM CINCINNATI DOWN INTO ATLANTA AND POINTS SOUTH.
IT IS LIFTING NORTHWARD AND SHOULD ARRIVE HERE DURING TOMORROW EVENING.
HERE’S A BREAKDOWN OF THE TIMELINE.
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT.
THE CLOUDS ARRIVED DURING THE AFTERNOON.
ONCE WE GET PAST 6:00 OR 7:00 IN THE EVENING, THE SNOW SHIELD WILL BE RIGHT ON OUR DOORSTEP.
BY THE MID TO LATE EVENING, A GOOD PART OF NEW HAMPSHIRE WILL BE SNOWING.
THIS DEEP SHADE OF BLUE, AN INDICATION THAT THE SNOWFALL RATE COULD BE BETWEEN A HALF INCH TO AN INCH PER HOUR.
SLOW GOING ON THE ROADS TOMORROW EVENING INTO FRIDAY.
VERY TRICKY FRIDAY MORNING.
POSSIBLY A CHANGE TO RAIN NEAR THE COAST BEFORE THE BACK EDGE OF THE RAIN AND SNOW LIFT OUT OF HERE AROUND MIDDAY.
WHAT I’M PROJECTING FOR SNOW RIGHT NOW, A GENERAL FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES IN MANY PARTS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THE EXCEPTION ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
MOVE A COUPLE MILES INLAND, TWO TO FOUR.
ANYWHERE FROM THE MERRIMACK VALLEY, NORTH AND WEST, LOOKING LIKE A FOUR TO EIGHT INCH SNOWFALL.
IT WILL BE THAT HEAVY, WET SNOW.
TOUGH TO MOVE AROUND AND A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM.
NOW WE ADD MORE WINTER TO THE MIX.
IN CONCORD TOMORROW, 20 AT ABOUT 9:00.
EARLY PART OF THE EVENING, IN THE MID-20’S.
CERTAINLY COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE SNOW.
BY THE TIME WE GET INTO EARLY FRIDAY, RAIN AND SNOW SHUT DOWN.
THE MORNING COMMUTE LOOKS REAL TREACHEROUS.
THE EVENING COMMUTE, MUCH BETTER.
THERE COULD BE SOME RE-FREEZE ISSUES FOR ROADS THAT AREN’T TREATED WELL.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MUCH QUIETER.
EVEN THOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE NOT WARM, IT IS BETTER THAN THE SNOW AND RAIN.
CHERISE: PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO DRIVE AGAIN.
TOM: HAVE YOU TESTED YOUR SNOW THROWER?
MIKE: I HAVE.
I HEARD YOU HAD AN ISSUE TODAY.
TOM: I GOT IT GOING.
CHERISE: I’M ALL SET.
TOM: IT NEEDED GAS.
[LAUGHTER] MIKE: SPARK PLUG IS THE NEXT THING TO TRY.
TOM: WELL IN SPORTS, WE LOOK AHEAD TO SATURDAY CHAMONSHIP GAMES WITH THE CAMPBELL COUGARS.