AND
AND AT
AND AT A
AND AT A LOSS, BECAUSE I PRETTY MUCH LOST EVERYTHING SINCE MY
WRECK."
22-YEAR-OLD JACOB
WELTY OF NAMPA WAS IN
A CAR ACCIDENT IN
JANUARY.
HE WAS SEVERELY
INJURED, AND HE LOST
ONE OF HIS HIS LEGS
BELOW THE KNEE.
LAST WEEKEND, HE WAS
FLOATING THE BOISE
RIVER, AND HIS
PROSTHETIC LEG FELL OFF
AND DISAPPEARED INTO
THE RUSHING CURRENT.
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT IS
TRULY INCREDIBLE.
WE BRING YOU STORIES
ALL THE TIME ABOUT
IDAHOANS PITCHING IN
TO HELP IN TIMES OF
CRISIS....
WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO
SEE IS ONE OF THOSE
STORIES....
THE STORY OF THREE
HEROES COMING
TOGETHER TO HELP A
FELLOW IDAHOAN GET
BACK ON HIS FEET AGAIN...
MAGGIE O'MARA HAS
TONIGHT'S SEVEN'S
HEROES.
"ME AND MY BUDDY
WERE DRIVING OUT BY
GIVENS HOT SPRINGS AND
HE SWERVED OVER TO
MISS A DEER."
2020
2020 HAS
2020 HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR JACOB WELTY - "I HAVE A TITANIUM ROD
WHERE MY FEMUR IS
SUPPOSED TO BE. I'VE HAD
MY SHOULDER FULLY
REBUILT AND COMPLETELY
HAD MY LEG AMPUTATED."
HE WAS IN A TERRIBLE
CAR ACCIDENT IN
JANUARY.
"I JUST ACTUALLY GOT MY
PROSTHETIC ABOUT THREE
WEEKS AGO."
LAST SUNDAY, HE WAS
FLOATING THE BOISE RIVER
WITH SOME FRIENDS...
"WE WERE ALL FLOATING
DOWN THE BOISE RIVER
AND EVERYTHING WAS
GOING GOOD, MY LEG
STARTED TO FEEL LIKE IT
WAS GETTING LOOSE."
"MY PROSTHETIC FELL OFF
AND
AND I
AND I JUMPED IN AFTER IT, I GRABBED IT AND IT FLOATED AWAY, SO I
COULDN'T REACH IT."
"IN A BLINK OF AN EYE IT
WAS GONE... SO I KIND OF
FREAKED OUT AND
STARTED BAWLING.
JACOB'S MOM, VICKI
WELTY COULDN'T BELIEVE
IT. THERE WAS NO WAY
THEY COULD AFFORD A
NEW ONE.
"DEVASTATION I GUESS IS
THE WORD I COULD USE
FOR IT... HE'S BEEN
THROUGH SO MUCH."
"IT JUST BROKE MY
HEART... I DIDN'T KNOW
WHAT TO THINK, THE
FIRST THING I COULD
THINK OF WAS FACEBOOK.
JUMP ON FACEBOOK AND
GET IT ON THERE AND
HOPE THAT SOMEBODY
COULD FIND IT."
IT WAS SHARED
HUNDREDS OF TIMES. SO
MANY PEOPLE WANTING
TO HELP.
"IT WAS AWE INSPIRING."
WE ALSO POSTED ABOUT
THE MISSING LEG, AND
THAT'S HOW ROCKY
DETWILER, ISRAEL SHIRK,
AND DOUGLAS T.
CAMPBELL CAME INTO THE
PICTURE.
THAT POST BROUGHT US
ALL TOGETHER."
"IT WAS VERY MUCH A
COMMUNITY THING."
CAMPBELL HAPPENED TO
BE FLOATING THE RIVER AT
THE SAME TIME AS JACOB.
"I WAS KINDA LIKE RIGHT
ON SCENE WHEN IT
HAPPENED SO I KNEW THE
LOCATION PRETTY WELL."
"HE WAS PRETTY UPSET
ABOUT LOSING HIS
PROSTHETIC LIMB."
SHIRK SAW THE
FACEBOOK POST, AND
HAD A SPECIAL REASON
WHY HE WANTED TO HELP
FIND JACOB'S LEG.
"I HAVE A YOUNGER
BROTHER BEN, WHO LOST
A LEG JUST BELOW THE
KNEE AS WELL...AND HE'S
GOT A REALLY SIMILAR
PROSTHETIC, AND JUST
KNOWING THE COST AND
WHAT THAT MEANS TO
HIM. IF YOU WERE TO NOT
HAVE
HAVE THAT,THAT BASICALLY MEANS YOU'RE LIFE IS TAKEN AWAY."
"THE WAY I FOUND OUT
ABOUT IT WAS THROUGH
FACEBOOK."
"I CHECK IT OUT... I'M LIKE
A PROSTHETIC LEG... I'LL
GO HUNT THAT DOWN... I
HAVE EXPERIENCE RIGHT?
HAHAHA!"
ROCKY DETWILER
ACTUALLY FOUND
ANOTHER PROSTHETIC LEG
LAST SUMMER IN THE
BOISE RIVER!
"WHEN I SAW THE POST
ABOUT A PROSTHETIC LEG,
I KINDA DROPPED
EVERYTHING I WAS DOING
AND JUST JAMMED TO THE
RIVER."
HE GOT IN THE WATER
RIGHT AWAY...
"I DID ONE FLOAT BY,
WASN'T THERE... I
CRAWLED BACK OUT OF
THE RIVER.. AND JUST
KIND OF TOOK ANOTHER
SEGMENT AND THEN CAME
OUT OF THE RIVER WITH
THE LEG, AND JUST THE
LOUDEST WAR HOOP
WAHOOOOO! WE FOUND
IT! WHICH WAS AN
AWESOME MOMENT.
THAT WAS AMAZING. AND
IT WAS RIGHT WHERE
DOUGLAS SAID IT WAS."
"THEY CALLED ME AND
SAID OH WELL YOU'RE LEG
IS NOT IN THE WATER,
AND
AND I
AND I WAS
AND I WAS LIKE WELL SHOOT. AND THEN ROCKY'S LIKE
WELL THAT'S BECAUSE I
PULLED IT OUT OF THE
WATER! AND THEN I WAS
LIKE AWESOME! SO I WAS
SUPER EXCITED THAT I
GOT MY LEG BACK."
"THE TEARS STARTED AND
AND THEY ARE GOING TO
START
START AGAIN... I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN IT, IT JUST WAS
SUCH A RELIEF AND SUCH
A BLESSING THAT THESE
GUYS ALL GOT TOGETHER."
"THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL,
THIS ONE WAS ABOUT 18
THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO
THIS IS EXPENSIVE."
THE BEST PART OF ALL
THIS WAS MEETING JACOB,
AND RETURNING THE LEG.
"WHEN I GAVE THIS TO
JACOB WE HUGGED FOR
THREE MINUTES. I'VE
NEVER MET THIS KID
BEFORE, I'M IN TEARS, HE'S
IN TEARS MOM'S IN
TEARS... AND WHEN YOU
CAN FIND SOMETHING SO
SPECIAL AND BE ABLE TO
GIVE IT BACK TO
SOMEBODY, THAT'S A
REALLY BIG DEAL."
"THANK YOU! YOU GUYS
ARE MY HEROES!"
"I'M GLAD YOU GOT YOUR
LEG BACK."
"I LOVE YOU GUYS FOR
WHAT YOU DID FOR US,
FOR MY SON! GOD BLESS
YOU, GOD BLESS YOU ALL."
ROCKY DETWILER, ISRAEL
SHIRK AND DOUGLAS
CAMPBELL -
"I CAN'T THANK THESE
GUYS ENOUGH."
7'S HEROES.
THE LEG DOES NEED
SOME REPAIRS SO JACOB
CAN WEAR IT AGAIN, AND
THESE GUYS ARE ALREADY
TRYING TO RAISE MONEY
FOR
FOR THAT.
FOR THAT. ALSO, ROCKY DETWILER, THE GUY WHO DOVE FOR
THE LEG, WAS INSPIRED TO
START A FACEBOOK PAGE
FOR PEOPLE WHO LOSE
THINGS IN THE RIVER.
IT'S CALLED RIVER
ROBINHOOD!
HE SAYS HE'S HAPPY TO
HELP IF YOU LOSE
SOMETHING PRECIOUS IN
THE WATER.
WE'LL CONNECT YOU TO
THE FUNDRAISER AND
THAT FACEBOOK PAGE...
JUST GO TO THIS STORY
ON KTVB.COM.
HOPEFULLY YOU WONT
HAVE TO CALL ON RIVER
ROBINHOOD....BUT HOW
ROBINHOOD....BUT HOW
GREAT
GREAT IS
GREAT IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE YOUR BACK.....AND IN THIS