Fighting the battle: Creech Airman shares journey after almost deadly motorcycle accident
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- In the wake of an almost deadly motorcycle accident, a member of Team Creech found support in not only his immediate family, but Air Force family as well. Capt. Travis has overcome several obstacles on his path to recovery. Check out his story here:
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Capt. Travis: “I remember, my first memory that actually stayed, I was like, gosh.”
[Police sirens in the distance]
Capt Travis: “This is a crazy dream, what a crazy dream this is.”
Text: After an almost deadly motorcycle accident… Capt. Travis was left with a large memory gap… and an appreciation for life’s little victories.”
Capt Travis: “I can tell you what I’ve been told.”
[Motorcycle sound fade in]
Capt Travis: “It was probably around eight o’clock at night. I was going to meet a friend and his sister for dinner. I guess I left my house around eight, I went downtown. All the damage on the car was on the corner of the bumper and all the damage on my bike was on the side. So I think we may have come around like (motions collision with hands) this and merged into each other.”
Capt Travis: “Either way, the bike hit the car. I flew 70 feet, the bike slid like 200 feet.”
Capt Travis: “You always hear you know, dress for the crash or whatever and it’s not a question of if you’re going to wreck, but when and I was like ahh, not me, you know? I’ll never have a wreck, I’ll never crash and then sure enough, it happened and I’m definitely glad I was wearing like probably over a thousand dollars of gear.”
Capt Travis: “I broke my tibia, I broke my clavicle, broke my sternum, I had the - separated my jaw from my skull, I had the orbital blowout fracture, I had two basal skull fractures, I ended up having two head bleeds - one subarachnoid and one subdural which is like above and below like the skin of your brain.”
Capt Travis: “I guess there was some doubt as to whether or not I was going to have like long-term effects at first but I felt like pretty lucky to just be around at all.”
Capt Travis: “My commander found out. He was on vacation at the time with his family but it didn’t matter. Him and the shirt still took the appropriate action, notifying my family, right? Because I was in critical condition, like nobody was sure whether or not I was going to live or die at all, so like time was of the essence.”
Capt Travis: “The biggest thing that helped my recovery was definitely my family coming out, but then also my Air Force family, my friends in my squadron that helped support my mom, dad, brother and sister during that process.”
Capt Travis: “In those times when my mom was alone, sitting in the hospital, sometimes in the evenings, sometimes late at night, my commander or his wife would come to the hospital and sit with her and keep her company while she was alone. She loves the Air Force for that.”
Capt Travis: “Part of my physical recovery was my horse Indy. I’d had Indy for several years. She was patient enough to help me take baby steps to work back to where I could just ride her all through the mountains and through the desert and stuff again.”
Capt Travis: “I just remember something my little brother told me who at some point grew into a wise man. He was like yeah, you know, in this whole recovery process you just gotta focus on like the next thing, like just the very next step. Nothing cosmic, you know.
Capt Travis: “When I was like still in the hospital and still on convalescent leave, I was just thinking about, like I hope I don’t have any permanent repercussions from all this. You know, I hope I can stay in the Air Force.”
[Plane engine sound fades in]
Capt Travis: “Maybe one day I can fly again, but I’m still fighting that battle.”
Sep 19 2020 went down @120mph, I was cut off by a car going 20mph. Died on the freeway, revived, shattered right arm, broken left wrist, shattered pelvis, fractured face n lower back, road rash on 30% of my body ( leather jacket is useless without the pants holding them down), puncture wounds x2, compartment syndrome in my arm, septic shock flatline #2, lost most of the muscles in my lower arm, had to be replaced with a muscle in my back to save my arm, hematoma burst in my groin leading to ball skin removal, skin and and veins replaced with thigh skin n fat that was tunneled under my thigh muscles and out the inside of my leg to cover my groin, flatlined in surgery #3, 4 skin grafts, external fixator on my arm and pelvis for 3 month, 35 surgeries and more to come.
Still here though!!!
Maybe 120 was too fast. The important thing is you had fun until you wrecked.
WOW bro… I had full gear on when i wrecked. saved my skin BUT i still had internal bleeding, knocked unconcious when i hit the pavement, broken bones and some more shit, and i was only going 50 MPH.. long story short, thats the LAST time i hopped on a bike. You crashed at 120? WTF, man god definately has plans for you and the angels were with you that night for sure.
I remember my dismount..... on a high sideed crash!! Slammed into a curb and broke my pelvis in three spots. Full gear too! The funny thing is. I made the choice to gear up the morning of because we were gonna ride all day! The price you pay for gear is what will save you!!
are you okay now? My cousin had a motorcycle accident and she’s in critical condition she also dislocated her hip and had multiple surgeries
I crashed high speed into curbed roundabout with gear on don't remember how and wished I died if ever come off. now have hearing loss affecting music intake no cure for / job / bike / cognitive ability/ hobby/ Life can get worst fuck having kids. I came to UA-cam to hear someone else fucked up. I wanted die if crashed not be disabled. My bike was in very good condition didn't want a scratch on it to be honest now it's been scrapped. My only dream was to have a sports bike nothing else. To die now I gotta hang myself which is hard to do personally when you're a nice guy who is also health conshus and has balls. Not easy to get a gun in uk
@@hirasheikh6057 sorry to hear that
Glad you’re alive! I have about 12 hours of memory loss from a sport bike accident. Remember before the accident and regaining consciousness in trauma unit after. Full leathers helped but internally I was a wreck. God be with you Aiman!🤙
Glad you are ok and recovering. Thank you for your service
I had chills starting with the first second of the video. I'm 9 months into my recovery. This has been the tough experience of my life physically and psychologically. I am happy to hear your story, I am happy you are alive.
How are you now? I had a crash last year, five surgeries on my tibia( open fracture),half thumb, serious infection… couldn’t walk for 8 months.. I am a tough biatch, 52 years old female. I’m finally walking my pitbull and bulldog again, it’s all that matters. Can’t wait for next spring to buy a new bike!
I went down on July 5 2020. I broke my hip pelvis and tail bone. However I was in full gear. It saved me and im glad it saved you too. We are Angels now!! We have found a new passion for life!! Nothing big.....step by step and we will get there!!!
hope you do ok.and best of luck with flying again!
Best of wishes for a speedy recovery! Just keep taking things one step at a time...Thank you for serving..
I used to ride… Until one day i lost control of my GIXXER and got SPLIT… I got fucked up so bad, After i got out the hospital i NEVER hopped back on a bike.. Motorcycles aint nothing to play with.. I keep telling these youngins who just started riding not to hop on a 600 if you dont have any experience.. But hey it is what it is right? Im glad you are healing up brother, and i hope all is well.. ✌️
I am a believer in the healing powers of horses.
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The important thing is that you had fun riding your motorcycle.
Did you get it fixed?
Is it normal if you still have a bit of a head ache after a motorcycle accident? The neuro surgeon already checked the ct scan and it she said that i dont need any surgery.
Im still having a head ache its more like a migraine. Is it normal?
Ya
Hope you are better now. Do you still ride?
Yep, thats it. I am SELLING my motorcycle. Not riding again. Never been in a serious accident. Only broke my finger once, ita enough.
Curious what helmet he had on
We used to call them donor-cycles in ER.
A riskless life isnt worth living. And if the risks i take also help other people, even better
xo
Your totall recovery time?
jeeze
Over a thousand dolars of gear.. and I often see people riding with shorts and sandals, damn it ....
Is there a full video of the crash, if there’s can u send it to me
Someone pulled out in front of me in 2020 i was launched head first into a concrete post shattering my shoulder and collarbone on impact as well as fracturing my skull and hairline fracturing my c7 closest brush with death ive ever had
The helmet he had on must not be a good one.
AWWWW 1:11 you look so happy xD:::::::
$1000 of gear and no helmet?
A helmet isn't able to completely stop damage, it just helps to get a fractured jaw instead of split head