and now is well enough to talk about the ordeal. we get more from abc s sand reporter: richard custer is in a colorado springs, colorado, hospital, battered and bruised but able to talk about his ultimate test of survival. i thought i was in a dream. reporter: the 36-year-old s speech still garbled from the fatein m by his friend, ronald moore. it was her daughter s 13th birthday. i called her to tell her reporter: then the unthinkable truck veers out of control, crashing 30 feet moore was killed. i remember telling myself, i can t move. i can t get out of this truck. reporter: for six frigid days and nights, no food, no water and no one coming to help. many details of how he survived he said he can t remember. i stuck my arm out the big hole in the back of the truck and was yelling for help. reporter: with hope fading, miraculously a highway worker finallypotsck s after thecahe iec one leg was still left and it