i didn t have time to. as he watches the crash in horror, the police officer turns on his camera and automatically saves the previous 30 seconds of video. because of the way our system is set up, it s recording constantly, it just doesn t save it until it s turned on and then we have a 30-second capture. so everything that occurred 30 seconds prior was actually saved and that 30 seconds caught the accident. as josh is hurled through the air, one flip flop goes flying in another direction. it s hard to believe that josh hasn t been badly injured, but he picks up his cell phone and incredibly, starts to stand up. i think adrenaline and shock had kind of set in. josh actually starts to walk away, but he s stopped by a motorcyclist. he insisted i sit down and lay back and wait for medics to get there. soon, multiple officers and an ambulance are on the scene, but josh has a call of his own to make, to his father, tom.
i just said i ve been in an accident. it never crossed my mind that he was in a life-threatening situation, but then when you see him on a stretcher and obviously, there was some blood on his face, i was extremely concerned. josh is checked out and released at the hospital. he s bruised but has no major injuries. there s no concussion, no broken bones, no stitches. i didn t even really have like whiplash the next day or anything. it s not until they go to the police station the next day and see the video that they realize how close a call josh had. to think that he was really so close to death. it s just like someone was looking out for him. both josh and his father attribute his survival in part to reflexes developed in football. he s accustomed to getting hit five or six days a week, so