times or something i think on the initial roll impact is when the roof of the car crushed down on my side. reporter: colby s skull was broken in 30 places he was put into an induced coma colby s mom, carol, was on vacation and flew for 24 hours to get to him. i m not sleeping and i m talking. okay, praying. trying to figure out how can i stay positive because he ll need all that. that s really hard they said he might have brain damage. he might not make it. yeah. reporter: but after hours of surgery, colby unexpectedly woke up. it was just remarkable and couldn t be more grateful it rocked our world. reporter: colby was weak, dizzy, and yet determined it was never an option that i was not going to come back to skiing at the same