form of a national guard black hawk helicopter. after several painful attempts to secure alex in the safety harness, he's successfully airlifted out. >> once they got me into the helicopter, they flew me out of the gorge and landed on top of the road, and they rolled me from one helicopter to another helicopter, and at that point i got to see my brother for the second time that morning, and it was really cool to see him again. >> with a compound fracture in his femur, a shattered patella, a broken hip and the insides of his knee exposed, alex is in really bad shape. >> when i got to the hospital, they rushed me in. i had about six to ten doctors working on me. i could see bones sticking out, i could see skin and blood and it was -- it was unbelievably painful. i couldn't believe that i had