" On April 08 John will -- world all -- us by all accounts she could have. I ended. With those of Courtney Stewart childhood friend Henry Pearson and Angels pitcher Nick Hayden."

" Of van driven by a man who was allegedly drunk slammed into their car. Under the lights double full moon heroes were discovered that night producing a medical miracle no one."

" Could've imagined. When you have an injury that that creates. Fatalities like this were worth three in the passenger."

" Tonight. The prognosis for over anyone else in the Graham because of the force of the -- had to be tremendous."

" When John arrived at UCI medical center. Dot net and boxing -- and his team discovered John's head had been displaced. From his five. A condition referred to grimly. As internal. Decapitation."

" This is what it should look like with the bottom of the skull. Hitting beautifully right on the -- In John's case because of the accident the bottom of the skull lifted off. And over and vulnerable. This kind of injury because it's so high neck. And it's so unstable. You can kind of think of the skull hitting on -- on the -- is like a big ice cream -- sitting right on the cold. -- now that I can scoop is loose and religious almost."

" After five yes. He told us actual surgery he's performed many times but not on somebody that you can -- handicapped. He has mainly felt so --"

" Every day we do very complex surgeries that."

" things we do every day we're stopping people from having pain stop people from pollen in the hands or arms. But a case like this. -- see some -- comes. You finish the surgery. In a month later he comes here office and they're walking up to posted."

" The phones."

" Why wasn't."

" There are me know -- to believe. Now remember the day no I haven't scars from surgery. I mean there are -- and its partners. Need to tell people. -- tell him I've been here and and now -- encourages. They -- lap and then I seriously. They're paranoid captain and then. -- right. Yeah and Devlin not okay. -- about fresh -- in every match. I mean guys came. On the strapping hundred -- he found that the five. The mare even -- I'm enjoying it. Hey -- pick of the."

" He that's amazing when he first came in the work than he did the hospital. To get him to this point. We have tonight I can really that he even made it to our level of care."

" I certainly am not spread here. Loyal and he and I can't picture him. Scenario I rehearsal and says hey -- who gave Perez. And they show me a week before. -- and it's exciting. This is so -- now."

" Facing the toughest battle in his young life John needs only to reach back to his playing days. At cal state Fullerton. To be remind them how late barely recruited walk on us as one of the most accomplished baseball programs in the country. Helped drive his team do -- wrong in 2007."

" Two advantage in the cars are very. Learn. I'm telling you are there was three pitches. Factor of both men. Catching. Another isn't based. Cause -- reason unveiling any hearings. And the Mets. And kind of confused Giants. Bill wannabes because you know lining is very very few on their team. Whenever you serpent mound and then -- three. That in the box -- him in the -- present missile all right failed. As years."

" Two months after the crash John returned to go forward in field. To celebrate with his former teammates as they qualified for a return visit to Omaha. It wasn't his first steps since leaving the hospital. But possibly his most tragic."

" He knows what's ahead of -- he knows what he's a lot of pain and a lot of hard work he has to go through that. You know even want to guess seeing as how young."

" I know in my life and a lot of these guys and they haven't really been touched anything close to them before. And this accident has kind of given us a realization that you know you can make smart decisions."

" The family carefully deep behind the event that took the lives of three of John's friends as crash. Not an accident. This isn't the first time they've faced such -- Fifteen years earlier for members of bad season -- were killed by a drunk drivers. Shaking their family sports making a strong commitment against such meeting."

" Many people have. -- ago. And some right now by John is now -- never. There's never going to get away and that's when they were the slack -- has been so -- present -- with the family we've always been so against it."

" No we always take cat he'll always have someone has not -- from the wheel drives so when this all happened inhabit. He's from drinking and driving was just. Really hard for me kind of -- because."

" Oakland catcher Kurt Suzuki was a teammate of John's in the Titans 2004. World Series titles season."

" a lot of himself and John because John has also has there. And they are both -- I'm ever going to end and me PI say hello Larry never had."

" Is gonna help but just be happy when you're on the kid. I mean he's always smiling the other you know then good -- he's a hard worker."

" BA is played the Angels in Anaheim the night of the crash and immediately after curt and his wife Renee. Set -- on a course still allowed John to focus. Full time on returning to full strength."

" Hey David it happened. Hurt called mean that we -- is something. So we started brainstorming and it was that day and we came up with the idea for the bullets in auction online auction mr. ball. An Oakland auction. It runs through the month of June June 1 to the end of June if you go to the Oakland Athletics home games. There's an icon and it says option it's in that top right corner. -- son that you can see memorabilia and you can bet on anything from the outside to reach kids out there for post Jonathan Papelbon. Ichiro Suzuki the list is."

" So long. Whether it's support whether it's helping with the financial thing are. Does mean their form you know you can count on doing anything you can for them but like you know I can't say there there anything we can do to help. It was a financial thing is going to be. Not expensive but. You know move -- whatever we can't help."

" Series. -- Okay."

" Just over a week ago John stepped onto the field at Angel Stadium for the very first time. Dreams of doing so at a Major League uniform still Brett. But now softened by the experience of standing tall next to them best in the game and his childhood hero Mike Scioscia. "

" I want them around here Garnett you know we'll. Good dog and -- doesn't -- the way the wind up with a straight right down from behind and don't give good -- at home."

" One by one the players were drawn to him. Initially some may have come in hopes of feeling in some mystical way their former teammate they gave -- But after touching job looking into is elated lives and witnessing his Electric's. Barrett. There was no mistaking that this is one up prayer answered looks."

" The guy Mario you know -- Bradley's men named. Good dynamic playing well they're playing. Taylor made me and then new. Business I'm amazed -- her know I'm --"

" If the toughest thing a parent won't ever do is bury their child. That there may be no greater the real for a bad then you'll experience Father's Day with a son who has done by the end. Just ten weeks earlier John's life -- by a -- Today Tony and that she smiled together knowing the worst is behind. And every day hereafter will be again."

" On this being mean. I've heard. -- and there's two -- deal of them you went their way back freebie B. Strong. --"