Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20111226:12:54:00
Family never thought they would see again. the business major was in a devastating five-car pile-up in october, he sursurvived, but barely. his odds of survival were slim. his family even thought about what they would did do if they had to take him off life support. >> they didn't actually talk to us about donating his organs or anything directly, but john and i knowing sam he would want to help other people if he was actually not going to be with us. >> reporter: but his doctor wasn't quite ready to declare sam brain dead. >> i said let's get one more mri scan. >> based on what he saw he told...