Unbroken: The Snowboard Life of Mark McMorris Page #5

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He's kind of sitting up

in the bed with a clipboard

and writing little notes to us.

He wrote, "I really

thought I was gonna die

"because I saw light and dark."

One was, "So lucky

to have Craig."

He said he really

did keep me alive

because he said I

was blacking out,

and he just talked me through.

We were so thankful

that he was there.

Unfortunate for Craig, I think,

because I think it

was very traumatizing.

But, (clicks cheek), they

do those crazy things.

Those things are gonna happen.

What am I doing?

Why am I even snowboarding?

What is this (bleep)?

If this is what

it's taking me to?

But then, I think,

I think as everything

progressed slowly over time

and they started

to take tubes out,

and I started being

able to use sh*t,

it got a lot better for sure.

Stopped having those negative

thoughts about the sport

that did everything for me.

(sniffling)

He was feeling down one

evening in the hospital,

and I was just sort

of reassuring him,

you're gonna be okay.

You're gonna get through this.

And he said, "Yeah, I'm

going to the next Olympics."

So, no, even lying in the

hospital bed in agony,

he still has that determination.

Your body goes through

that much trauma,

getting out of

all the surgeries,

metal from the

bottom to the top,

"Can I go to the Olympics?"

(laughs)

I just wanted to know I

had a chance to go there.

And I was pretty impressed

with from day one to nine or 10

how much it had progressed,

and how I could

legitimately talk,

and I didn't have tubes

feeding me anymore.

And as soon as they're not

feeding you through a tube,

they try and get you out

of there pretty quick.

(brooding music)

Can I give you like a...

Burt, baby.

C'mon give me a little chest

(laughs), does that hurt there?

No.

Did you break a few ribs?

Six ribs in my back.

Ohhhh.

I'm so lucky.

People gave you up for...

I know...

He gone.

Yeah, "He gone."

(laughing)

When I went to see Mark

after his latest little run-in

with a tree, we hung

out and it was different

because he really

messed himself up.

And the easiest thing

is to be the victim.

But, he was himself and

he was dealing with it.

So were you trying

to hit the tree?

[Mark] Dude, no, it sucked.

[Jake] Did you cry?

No.

(laughing)

I was passed out for a

second when it happened,

and then when they were

just like yelling at me

pretty much, wanting

to know I was stable,

and just like,

"The heli's coming,

"keep breathing,

keep breathing."

Having Jake coming

to visit was so cool.

I was definitely moving slow,

but I definitely could walk

and pretty cool to have

people that support you

in your journey,

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