above the knee. they took both of my legs off above the knee immediately. reporter: wounded veterans now students of a program at walter reed called music corps. they are taught instruments, taught to use their new bodies. the idea came to pianist arthur bloom. while visiting the hospital, he noticed injured veterans sitting alone in silence for hours. you know, life is just blown up in every sense of the word. what we re trying to do is to really reinject a sense of excellence. reporter: excellence and healing. there actually are increasing number of studies, that music can help an injured brain heal. an uninjured part can help an compensate for an injured part. i have an injured brain. can i play music with you? reporter: music corps pairs
and then i can t tell you what happened after that other than what it states in my police report and my plea bargain because when we left the bar, i don t remember even leaving, which is the tough part, but basically, we left the bar, and what essentially happened was i ended up running my boyfriend over with the car, and then fleeing and trying to get away. he ended up with a broken leg. he has steel or whatever they put in there. he ended up with a subdural hematoma and they put him into a medically induced coma for purposes of helping his brain heal, things of that nature. ortega s boyfriend did recover although he suffered minor brain damage and the damage to their relationship was beyond repair. mistakes happen, accidents happen, and i apologized.
and then i can t tell you what happened after that other than what it states in my police report and my plea bargain because when we left the bar, i don t remember even leaving, which is the tough part, but basically, we left the bar, and what essentially happened was i ended up running my boyfriend over with the car, and then fleeing and trying to get away. he ended up with a broken leg. he has steel or whatever they put in there. he ended up with a subdural hematoma and they put him into a medically induced coma for purposes of helping his brain heal, things of that nature. ortega s boyfriend did recover although he suffered minor brain damage and the damage to their relationship was beyond repair. mistakes happen, accidents happen, and i apologized.
don t remember even leaving, which is the tough part, but basically, we left the bar, and what essentially happened was i ended up running my boyfriend over with the car, and then fleeing and trying to get away. he ended up with a broken leg. he has steel or whatever they put in there. he ended up with a subdural hematoma and they put him into a medically induced coma for purposes of helping his brain heal, things of that nature. ortega s boyfriend did recover although he suffered minor brain damage and the damage to their relationship was beyond repair. mistakes happen, accidents happen, and i apologized. i said i was sorry, and he just he s not accepting that.
which is the tough part, but basically, we left the bar, and what essentially happened was i ended up running my boyfriend over with a car and then fleeing and trying to get away. he ended up with a broken leg. he has steel or whatever they put in there. he ended up with a subdural hematoma and they put him into a medically induced coma for purposes of helping his brain heal, things of that nature. ortega s boyfriend did recover although he suffered minor brain damage and the damage to their relationship was beyond repair. mistakes happen, accidents happen, and i apologized. i said i was sorry, and he just he s not accepting that.