ends. >> he's taken out of the car. he is assaulted. he received some stitches at columbia presbyterian hospital. >> reporter: police say the driver's face was slashed, but his wife and young daughter were not injured. the driver was treated and released, but not this man, seen here in this facebook photo. his name is edwin mieses and they say the suv driver hit him on his motorcycle. now he's paralyzed from the waist down. he's from massachusetts. diana is his wife. >> my husband got off his bike to help the guy. and whatever he did, he went and peeled off and paralyzed my husband on the way. >> reporter: he is in the music business. they set up this facebook page for him. the couple has two children, ages 15 and 9. yolanda santiago is his mother. >> i'm devastated.