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Happening to this young man right now in the hospital. >> yes, laura, i played six of my seasons in buffalo. and i played safety just like tomorrow. and just watching that game tonight, as a fan, you know chairing my team, on wearing my colors. when i saw him fall, i knew there was something different. you, know i have a titanium plates and four scores of my neck. i was knocked unconscious four times in my career. one, i didn't happen until the next day. but i've been in similar situations that those players on that feel felt tonight. when i was playing with the buffalo bills in 2007, my teamm...

And i'm pulling out these little bits of white stuff. so it's like pulling out old pieces of chewing gum so if. the surgeons place a new artificial disc in votes because beck the device is outfitted with titanium plates it's clear that the old prosthesis has severely damaged the vertebrae. is also an absolute disaster this never should have happened here. over time the plastic device should have become fully integrated with the surrounding tissue so that the patient could gradually resume normal activities after surgery. but that didn't happen here. the plastic material started to disintegrate...

Times like these when i know that we need to stick together and i've seen a lot of, like, positive posts about what has been going on at the school and i just love the fact that we're sticking together at this and i'm just glad that i'm making a full recovery and everything has been going so smoothly. so that's all i have to say. >> at this point, we're going to have the family, if they want to stay, they can stay. and then we'll open it up to questions for the first responders and physicians. up to you. >> madeleine wilford, 17 years old right there. she has titanium plates holding her ribs t...

Sand. and just -- it happened really quickly. just everything went black and heat and pressure and then unconscious for i'm not sure how long. but the vehicle was on fire. it threw us up in the air. and the engine block came into the vehicle and was kind of pinning me down. >> what were your injuries? >> i had crush injuries to my eye and cheek and face, which they repaired with titanium plates and screws. and then burns burn removal from my legs and some burns to my hands and arms. and shrapnel wounds and both lungs collapsed. >> so, total, how many surgeries you have had probably? >> probabl...

The men took his gun, pointed it and shot the u.s. marine in the jaw. his wife says her husband's marine experience kicked in. she says he opened his car door, whacking one of the suspects, then ran to the house. she says was spitting blood and teeth everywhere. the suspects made off with the vet's car. the man spent hours in surgery monday. doctors say he'll need even more. steve maylive in our south flor newsroom. how is he doing? >> he has titanium plates in his jaw and can only ed jell-o and missing several teeth. and his training as a marine saved him. >> he said helping people anymore, h...