as boon and solecki pull him even further from the wreck. >> i kept trying to get up, like, trying to get up from the street. i broke my right femur bone. it was shattered. so there was no way of me getting up, but i guess i was in shock, so i kept trying, kept trying. they had to literally hold me down. >> minutes later, fire and rescue crews arrive to extinguish the motorcycle and take rivera to the hospital. he spends three months recuperating there from extensive burns and multiple broken bones. >> but it turned out a lot better than i was expecting. you know, i thought i wasn't going to walk. that's how bad it was.