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>>> WE
>>> WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE COOKIES TOGETHER. SIMPLE MOMENTS LIKE THESE4@ ARE ONES T
COUPLE HAS A NEW APPRECIATION
FOR. FORGED BY HARD EXPERIENCES@
.
>> WE MET AT A BIKE SHOP WHEN I
WAS 17 YEARS OLD AND HE WAS 18.
HE CAME OVER FOR A GROUP BIKE
RIDE4@ AND I THOUGHT HE WAS THE
CUTEST THING EVER SEEN. SO, I
ASKED HIM OUT.4@4@
>> THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER 11
YEARS AND THEY GOT MARRIED IN
2017. 4@
>> HE'S A 4@SUPER ATHLETE AND A
SUPER COMPETITOR IN CYCLING.4@
>> Host: IN COLLEGE, HE RACED
FOR UNH TIERS WRITING EVERY
NIGHT AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH @
HIS SOCIAL LIFE AND OUR LIFE
TOGETHER.4@
>> Host: WHEN HIS JOB TOOK 4@HI
TO AN ENGINEERING FIRM4@ 4@IN 2
TOGETHER.4@ >> Host: WHEN HIS JOB TOOK 4@HI TO AN ENGINEERING FIRM4@ 4@IN 2@
>> I KNEW BOISE WAS BEAUTIFUL
AND THERE ARE HIKING 4@TRAILS
THERE.
>> Host: HE EXTENDED HIS TRIP
TO GO WITH ANOTHER 4@BIKER.4@
>> 4@WE WENT OVER TO GET OUR
RENTAL MOUNTAIN BIKES AND THE
LAST THING I REMEMBER IS
WALKING OUT OF THE BIKE SHOP.
>> Host: CHRIS WAS IN A COMA4@.
>> I COULDN'T WALK OR SPEAK IN
THE RIGH4@T SIDE OF MY BODY WAS
PARALYZED.
>> Host: CHRIS WOULD FIND OUT
LATER FROM THE COLLEAGUE4@ WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> WE HAD GONE DOWN THE SHOP
STEEPEST PART AND I WAS AHEAD4@
HE ROUNDED THE CORNER AND SAW
ME OFF MY BIKE. I WA4@S LYING
FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND WITH MY
BIKE DOWN 4@AS WELL. MY HELMET
WAS STILL ON ME, BUT IT WAS
DAMAGED, AS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
. IT KIND OF COLLAPSED IN4@.
>> Host: CHRIS WAS UNCONSCIOUS
AND HIS FACE WAS COVERED IN
BLOOD.4@4@
>> YOU AND 4@CALL 911 ON HIS
PHONE AND DIDN'T HAVE SERVICE4@
HE WENT THROUGH MY POCKETS AND
FOUND MY PHONE AND LUCKILY I 4@
HAD SERVICE.
HE BASICALLY SAVED MY LIFE.
>> IT TOOK CREWS ON ATVs4@ OVER
AN HOUR TO REACH HIM AND THEY
TRANSPORTED HIM TO 4@THE HOSPITL
.
>> THERE'S A PHONE CALL IN LIFE
THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING, OR AT
LEAST CHANGES YOUR PERSPECTIVE
ON EVERYTHING4@, AND THAT WAS T
PHONE CALL FOR ME.
>> Reporter: THE FAMILY RUSHED
TO BOISE TO BE BY HIS SIDE 4@AN
THEN THEY WAITED.
>> I HAD A PERCEPTION THAT WHEN
CHRIS WOKE UP THAT HE WOULD
WAKE UP AND HE WOULD BE LIKE,
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
I MISSED YOU, WHAT IS THIS
CRAZY MESS4@? THE WAKING UP
DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THAT WAY.
>> I WOKE UP AND ALEX WAS THERE
AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WAS.
I DIDN'T KNOW DATES OR TIMES.
IT WAS SO FOGGY.4@
>> THE WAKING WAS IN PERIODS.
SMACKS FOR SOME REASON,4@ A
MEMORY I HAVE IS LOOKING AT THE
ANALOG CLOCK IN THE ROOM AND
NOT BEING ABLE TO READ IT.
IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT
PERHAPS THE HARDEST PART WAS
THE MOMENTS WHEN HE WAS NOT
OPENING HIS EYES AND WAS IN THE
ICU. 4@I THINK THE HARDER MOMEN
OPENING HIS EYES AND WAS IN THE ICU. 4@I THINK THE HARDER MOMEN@ WERE WHEN HE DID START OPENING
HIS EYES AND IT WAS FOGGY AND
HE WASN'T THERE.
IT WAS THAT FEELING AND FEAR 4@
LIKE, OH, IS THIS THE NEW
REALITY?
IS HE EVER GOING TO COME FULLY
BACK 4@TO US?
>> Host: ACCORDING TO4@ CHRIS'S
DOCTORS, ONLY 10% OF PEOPLE
WITH THIS INJURY REGAIN
CONSCIOUSNESS.
>> IT IS BASICALLY A WHIPLASH
OF YOUR BRAIN AND TEARING4@. I
ACTUALLY INJURED THE LEFT SIDE
OF MY BRAIN AND SO4@ THAT IS WH
THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY BODY WAS
PARALYZED. 4@
>> IN LIFE, WE ARE SEARCHING FO@
THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS WE
HAVE IN OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES
OF THOSE AROUND US.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS THE LIFE
OF SOMEONE YOU LOVE AND 4@DEEPL
CARE FOR.
I WANTED ANSWERS SO BAD AND NO
ONE4@ WOULD GIVE THEM TO ME4@.4
>> Host: CHRIS WAS TRANSFERRE4@
TO SPAULDING REHABILITATION
HOSPITAL IN BOSTON