I woke up for about a minute, and I remember seeing Austen lying on the ground. I was so mad I couldn't help him. I felt paralyzed. I tried to tell him I loved him, but I couldn't talk.

When the doctors were saying that I may never walk again, I was thinking: I'm going to sit like this my whole life? I wanted to prove it on my own that I'd walk again.

He was pretty nice. He was always respectful of everyone.