THE SITUATION ROOM

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My Dear Friends, A message (video attached)

When I opened the Situation Room, it never crossed my mind that the forum would ever be utilized to transmit my feelings personally to you, especially concerning a family member.

I simply failed to realize just how close one becomes to people in these message board settings, now I know how important and close you all have become to me, and now, my family.

This is the latest update as I know it at 07:15 EDT Saturday morning:

What happened:

Thursday morning, my son was helping a friend part time with a local business and both were nearly killed. They were working with a ladder much too close to a high power transmission electric line and as a result, both of them nearly met their maker.

Situation at event, taking you to present:

My friend: Clinically dead after event, revived at scene by homeowner using CPR, kept alive enroute to trauma center, recovering, condition serious, reduced from critical. Expected semi-full recovery.

My Son: Never lost consciousness during event, admitted to ICU, examined, and after careful review, released into approved 24 hour home observation, this from original stated critical condition.

From director and 30 year veteran of the local Med-Act first response ambulance team:

Odds (chance) of surviving known event and returning to normal life without any change in routine: 1 in 250,000 (+-)

Odds of surviving known event, living to see another day without being on life saving support at some point post event: 1 in 1000 (+-).

Now that things have settled a bit, I want to thank you for all the kind messages, loving words, and deep special thoughts that could only come from your heart.

I feel them.

I need them.

You are here for me, I will never forget this.

As I write this, the same thought crosses my mind repeatedly since this tragic event has occurred, it brings me to know that my sons life was in God's hand. As was my friends.

They will remain in God's hands, I am powerless.

Someone much higher has taken over, and even as the father I am left only to observe.

The response to my family from you and others has been stunning. Since this terribly shocking incident, my family has received an outpouring of support. We have received communication and support from every continent, every state, virtually every corner of the world. You are a big part of this support, and I love you for it.

My son has received the very best medical treatment possible, for those of you that know me just a step beyond marginal , you understand that my reach is global. I have called in every marker I have in the world to help my son.

A team of medical experts have examined my son, he is home now, and one of my physician friends that arrived from LAS last evening is going to stay with us at our home for a few days.

He is under constant observation and view. Another friend and neighbor who's son is a friend of my son , a local heart surgeon, has delayed an out of town trip and is available to assist my son at a moments notice.

He appears to be recovering fine, very alert, and seems only to be suffering from burns to his hands and feet.

At this point, there will be no plastic surgery to any part of his body. He is a athlete(baseball) and is in top physical condition. I have been told by several experts that this fact saved his life.

Here is a nearly exact quote from a doctor friend of mine:

"The fact that he appears to be in the very best condition medically possible, this made his heart seemingly immune from the deadly voltage that passed through his anatomically correct body."

My son worked out every day, and followed special meal plans.

To give you an idea of just how in shape this beautiful person is, my son:

Medical professionals see him as a human specimen, an oddity to be examined as though made from a blueprint of science and nature combined:

When examined for his body fat using well known scales, there is no reading, that is, they cannot detect any body fat. Less than 1% using traditional methods of determination.

His "normal" heart rate at rest (awake) is about 50 +-. This is about the low setting on most monitors in a hospital/medical facility settings. Hospital personnel in the intensive care unit had to adjust the danger alert reading down to accomodate my sons medically incredible low rest rate, as the alert monitors kept ringing when his published rate dropped during non-induced sleep into the low 40's.

Let me tell you folks, when this happened, my son recieved much attention from all the experts present. He was studied by some that had never seen heart performance like this, most had only seen this circumstance when a patients heart was subject to artificial or chemical control. Most present had never seen this real time, but now they had seen it before their very eyes, knowing that my son's entire body had been subject to deadly force and unforgiving trauma. Many seeing this were in shock, not one could explain it medically. It is not medically possible.

Only God knows. This simply, is all that is needed.

His heart simply went on with life, as though he had paused for a cold drink, and returned to whatever he was doing presently without a thought.

His young and powerful heart has been scanned repeatedly during his stay, there is no damage to be found. This, after 100,000 volts have passed through his perfectly balanced 6 foot 2 inch 180 pound frame. His body was ready for this, he has survived and incredibly, literally, walked away from this deadly situation as though on a summers stroll, from the absolute grip of death's door, thus far.

It has been decided that no plastic surgery will be performed at this point, his body will be allowed to recover naturally. This has been determined to be the best path as the damaged right foot is integral to his future athletic performance and capability.

No one knows better than me just how gigantically important this is to my son. This is how we are going to address his needs physically, utilizing the best available professional advice.

This is all I can do as his father, knowing that God obviously has him in close view.

Thank you for your continued patience in reading my long posts, this is the only way I am able to transmit this situation to you and have you feel you are with me.

The homeowner administered CPR to my friend, and saved his life.

Here is a news account of what happened:

http://www.nbcactionnews.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=[e-mail]