>>> THE GOOD SAMARITAN. >> EVERY SINGLE TIME I HEAR THAT IT PUSHES ME TO DO BETTER.
>> USING THE STORY TO HELP
OTHERS ON THEIR OWN INCREDIBLE
JOURNEY.
>> WE REALLY FOLLOW THE STORY
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
APRIL 2017 WHEN CRASH TOOK PART
OF THE LEG AS HE TRIED TO HELP
SAVE OTHERS.
>> REALLY DID.
FROM THE IF IS STEP HE TOOK HIS
FIRST AND LAST TRACK MEET AT
THE ALMA MATER.
>> AND TONIGHT WE CATCH ONE
SHAWN BACK AT THE SCHOOL TO SEE
THAT HIS JOURNEY IS REALLY
COMING FULL CIRCLE IN MORE WAYS
THAN ONE.
>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE
RECOVERY PROCESS.
NOT GOING TO BE EASY LIKE I
DON’T REMEMBER HOW TO WALK.
>> THIS IS WHERE WE STARTED.
WE MET SHAWN IN JUNE OF 2017.
JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER THE
ACCIDENT.
JEEP FULL OF TEENS FLIPPED ON I
96.
SHAWN AND HIS PARENTS GOT OUT
TO HELP.
>> WE DIDN’T REALIZE THAT SHAWN
HAD BEEN HIT.
UNTIL WE ACTUALLY GOT UP.
TURNED AROUND AND LOOKED AND WE
CAN SEE HIM LAYING BY OUR
VEHICLE.
HE’S AN EXCEPTIONAL.
>> THE ROAD TO RECOVERY HAS
BEEN HARD.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN VICTORY
ALONG THE WAY.
>> I HAD FUN.
IT WAS GOOD.
>> IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS.
WE REUNITED WITH HIM BACK AT
HIS ALMA MATER.
NOW 19 AND GOING INTO HIS
SOPHOMORE YEAR.
>> WHEN HEI MYED TO UNIVERSITY
HE ONLY APPLIED ONE IT WAS
PURDUE.
>> AT PURDUE I AM TRYING TO
FOCUS ON MY ACADEMIC AND NOT
MESS AROUND AND NOT TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THIS GIFT THAT I
SHOULD BE CHERISHING.
>>Reporter: DOUBLE MAJOR IN
MASS COMMUNICATION AND GENERAL
GENERAL MANAGERMENT.
HE’S RECEIVED LEADERSHIP AWARDS
FROM PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE.
>> HIS VOICE IS SO ICONIC.
>> HIS VOICE IS SO ICONIC. >>Reporter: TYLER TRENT
RESILIENCE AWARD NAMED AFTER PURDUE UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHO
INSPIRED SPORTS FANS AND THE
NATION BEFORE DYING FROM A RARE
FORM OF BONE CANCER.
NOW SHAWN IS GOING BACK TO
WHERE HE STARTED OUR JOURNEY WITH HIM.
>> REALLY COOL TO BE BACK.
I WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR NOT TOO
LONG AGO.
AND NOW I’M UP ABOUT TO BE
PLAYING BASKETBALL.
>>Reporter: WHEN WE MET SHAWN
AVID ATHLETE HE REENTERED THE
SPORTS WORLD PLAYING WHEELCHAIR
BASKETBALL AT SHRINER HOSPITAL.
>> THAT SMILE ON HIS FACE MADE
ME FEEL SO HAPPY AND SUCH A
PROUD SISTER THAT LIKE I KNEW
THAT NO MATTER WHAT SHAWN WOULD
BE OKAY.
SHAWN IS FINE.
>>Reporter: TODAY SHAWN
ENGLISH IS PLAYING BASKETBALL.
NOT ON WHEELS BUT WITH THE
PROSTHETIC.
>> THERE IT IS.
>> HE ALWAYS SAYS SOMEBODY OUT
THERE WHO IS DOING WORSE THAN
HE IS.
>> PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH MORE
INSPIRATIONAL STORIES WITH MORE
PHYSICAL PROBLEMS.
I’M THE ONE THAT IS LUCKY
ENOUGH TO SHARE MY STORY.
>>Reporter: HE’S GOING BACK TO
WHERE HE STARTED HIS OWN
JOURNEY.
>> SHAWN IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT THE HOSPITAL WILL CALL IF
THERE’S AMPUTEE IN THE HOSPITAL
THAT NEED TO BE COACHED.
>> I HAVE BEEN TO THE
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WHO HAS,
BOY WHO LOST HIS LEG IN A LAWN
MOWER ACCIDENT AND I INTEREST
IN AND TALKED TO HIM AND HIS
FAMILY AND I SAID IT’S HARD NOW
GOING THROUGH THE PHANTOM PAIN.
TRUST ME I KNOW.
I MET SOME ONE ON THE PEACH
WHEN I WAS IN FLORIDA WITH MY
FAMILY AND SHE HAD A
PROSTHETIC.
>> REHABILITATION CONTACTED
SHAWN WANTED HIM TO COME AND
TALK TO MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT AND
HE HAD THE SAME THING.
THE LEG AMPUTATED.
>>Reporter: MOTHER AND FATHER
ALSO HELPED TALKING TO PARENTS
AND FAMILY ABOUT WHAT IS NEXT
IN THE JOURNEY.
>> IT’S OUR TIME TO GIVE BACK.
>> CAME FULL CIRCLE.
>>Reporter: SHAWN ONCE KNOWN
AS THE GOOD SAMARITAN NOW KNOWN
AS AN INSPIRATION.
>> I HAVE THIS GIFT IN MY LIFE
WHERE I CAN HELP AS MANY PEOPLE
AS I CAN.
I WOULD BE THROWING IT AWAY IF
I DIDN’T USE THE GIFT.
>> WOW!
>> DOESN’T HE INSPIRE YOU TO DO
BETTER AND BE BETTER.
>> AMAZING GUY.
REALLY ARE.
>> WE CAN ALL LEARN SOMETHING
FROM HIM.
>> KIMBERLY REPORTING.
>> WE SHOULD POINT OUT WE DON’T
KNOW IF YOU CAUSE THAT PICTURE
IN THERE BUT IT IS TRULY
SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.
>> TAKE ANOTHER LOOK IN CASE
YOU WENT BY IT TOO FAST.
SHAWN PARENTS SAY THAT HE’S THE
ONLY STUDENT AT PURDUE WITH
PROSTHETIC LEG TO SHAWN HOLD
THE LEG UP DURING THE FOOTBALL
GAMES SO HIS MOM AND DAD AND
SISTER CAN SEE HIM FROM THE
CROWD.
AND THE PICTURE HAS GONE VIRAL
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SHAWN YOU INSPIRE ALL OF US.
WHAT A GREAT FAMILY.