Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100623:01:51:00
Actually cutting off that dead, nonviable tissue, john essentially saved his life. it ee's an amazing story of survival. >> larry: melissa, were you shocked by all of this, that he had the guts, ability, whatever you might call it, to do this? >> i'm shocked by all of this. i mean, never in a million years would i ever think something like this would happen. if i am shocked that he had the strength in him to do it? no. i mean, he's incredibly brave and, you know, he is a great critical thinker, a problem solver. he's very creative. so, you know, that he would come up with some way to get out o...