We just learned the devastating news that Charlie Kirk was shot at an event in Utah. Please join us in praying for his recovery and for strength for his family.
He has dedicated his life to this fight, and our nation needs him now more than ever.
In January 2018, 22-year-old Brock Meister was involved in a serious car accident after his vehicle flipped because of icy roads.
The impact of the crash resulted in the rupture of all ligaments connecting Meister's skull to his spinal cord, causing an "internal decapitation." Importantly, his neck did not fracture despite this.
The injury is typically fatal because the mobile head can inflict damage on the lower brain stem, responsible for regulating breathing.
The injury is typically fatal because the head is free ti move and can inflict damage on the lower brain stem, responsible for regulating breathing.
However, Meisterโs friends held him down flat and kept his head still following the accident, which greatly improved his odds of survival.
After arriving at the hospital, doctors fused his skull and spine together. The doctor stated that he was likely part of just 1% of people able to walk again after such a serious injury because his head wasn't moved.
It took months of rehabilitation but Brock Meister recovered from the harrowing ordeal.
In the 1980s, a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later.
This is the Sphere in Las Vegas, whenever it's not busy and no one is booking ads, it goes into a grumpy mode and looks around and judges the buildings next door.