>> MY WIFE AND I DIDN'T REALIZE
SEAN WAS HIT.
>> SEAN WAS 16 YEARS OLD, HOLY
INJURED RACING TO HELP OTHERS.
IT WOULD DEVASTATE MOST PEOPLE.
BUT NOT SEAN.
WHOSE GUTS AND DETERMINATION IS
INSPIRING EVERYONE AROUND HIM.
>> VERY YOUNG MAN.
>> Anchor: BACK IN APRIL SEAN
AND PARENTS WATCHED A CAR FULL
OF TEENS FLIP ON 96 AS THEY
RUSHED TO HELP SEAN WAS HIT
LOSING PART OF THE RIGHT LEG.
>> Anchor: A LOCAL
ORGANIZATION HELPS SEAN WITH A
NEW BEGINNING.
LOCAL 4 INVITED ALONG ON
EMOTIONAL JOURNEY FROM DETROIT
TO CHICAGO SHRINER HOSPITAL.
>> IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY.
ROAD.
BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
>> YOU ARE WELCOME.
>> READY?
EVERYONE SEATED BACK THERE?
>> TODAY WE ARE GOING DOWN TO
CHICAGO TO VISIT SHRINERS.
ADOPTED ME.
PROSTHETICS FOR LIFE.
>> GROUP OF MEN THAT BELIEVE IN
OTHERS.
FOR CHILDREN.
ANYTHING THEY NEED WE TAKE CARE
OF THAT.
CHILDREN ARE IMPORTANT US TO.
IT.
WE TAKE CARE OF THAT.
>> TODAY BASICALLY JUST A MEET
AND GREET.
MAYBE MEASUREMENTS.
IT IS NOT THAT FUN WALKING IN A
OLD MAN'S WALKER SO I WOULD LIKE
TO GET UP ON MY FEET LITERALLY.
I MEAN SMILE THINKING ABOUT IT
RIGHT NOW.
SUNDAY MORNING.
ON THE WAY TO CHURCH.
THERE WAS A VEHICLE THAT LOST
CONTROL IN FRONT OF US.
FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE.
TO RENDER AID.
SEAN WAS IN THE BACKSEAT.
WE SAID CALL 911.
AND HE WAS DOI THAT.
MY WIFE AND I GOT OUT.
GOT TO THE VEHICLE THAT FLIPPED.
AND WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF
GETTING THE CHILDREN OUT OF THE
VEHICLE.
WHEN THE FINAL VEHICLE ENTERED
THE ACCIDENT SCENE.
MY WIFE AND I DID NOT REALIZE
SEAN WAS HIT.
UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GOT UPTURNED
AROUND AND LOOKED AND WE COULD
SEE HIM LAYING BY THE VEHICLE.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD GOTTEN
TRAPPED BETWEEN THE LAST VEHICLE
AND OUR VEHICLE.
AND HE WAS LAYING ON THE
PAVEMENT.
>> I REMEMBER SEEING THE
ACCIDENT IN FRONT OF ME HAPPEN.
I DON'T REMEMBER TOO MUCH.
>> THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PATH,
HE HAS NEVER ASKED WHY ME?
NEVER -- NEVER BEEN BITTER.
THERE WERE GOOD DAYS AND BAD
DAYS.
TREMENDOUS.
>> NOW WE ARE IN THE RECOVERY
PROCESS, WE HAVE GOT NURSE
ENGLISH OVER HERE DOING WOUNDS
EVERY DAY.
YOU TAKE IT FOR GRANTED.
BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE EASY.
LIKE I DON'T REMEMBER HOW TO
WALK.
SO IT WILL BE HARD.
YOU CANNOT RUSH A PROSTHETIC.
SOMETHING THAT HAS TO COME
SLOWLY AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING
IS OKAY.
>> GOOD.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
I AM MRS. ENGLISH.
>> GOOD MORNING GUYS.
>> I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THROUGH
THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
THAT THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE
DOING WORSE THAN YOU.
KNOW IT.
>> IT IS HARD.
THROUGH.
IT IS HARD.
BUT YOU CANNOT GET HELP UNLESS
YOU ACCEPT IT.
>> PEOPLE FORGET HE IS 16 YEARS
OLD.
HE IS AN EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG MAN.
I AM SORRY.
>> Anchor: SEAN WILL GET THE
PROSTHETIC SOME TIME NEXT MONTH.
THE STORY DOES NOT END.
YOU WANT TO BE WITH US TOMORROW
NIGHT.
FACE.
>> Anchor: LOOK AT THIS
MOMENT.
SEAN'S MOM AND DAD EMBRACING
WHEN SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL
HAPPENED TO THEIR SON WHILE THEY
WERE AT THE HOSPITAL.
IN CHICAGO.
THERE WAS NOT EVEN A DRY EYE IN
THE PLACE.
INCLUDING SHRINERS.
>> Anchor: WHY HIS MOM SAID
THIS IS THE BIGGEST SMILE SHE
HAS SEEN FROM SEAN AS WE
CONTINUE OUR EXCLUSIVE, SEAN
ENGLISH UNFOUR GETABLE STORY.
LEARN FROM HIM.
STRENGTH.
WILLINGNESS TO SHARE THE STORY.
THAT'S NOT EASY EITHER.
BUT HE DID IT.
AND WE CAN ALL LEARN FROM IT.
>> Anchor: BEING A HERO FOR
MAKING A FIRST ATTEMPT TO HELP
THEN ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT