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QUITE A REMARKABLE STORY WE'RE
RUNNING ON CNN.COM.
A NEW BRIDE HAD A BEAUTIFUL
WEDDING, A BEAUTIFUL MARRIAGE,
IN FACT.
LOOK AT THAT PICTURE, AN IMAGE
OF JOY.
THERE'S THE TRUCK, WE JUST GOT
HITCHED.
SADLY THE WEDDING AND MARRIAGE
LASTED ONLY SEVEN DAYS BECAUSE
TRAGEDY STRUCK ON THE EIGHTH
DAY.
BUCK AND TASHA STORY WERE
DRIVING BACK FROM THEIR
HONEYMOON TO GATLIN BRG,
TENNESSEE.
TASHA GOT SLEEPY AND SNUGGLED UP
IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.
SHE TRIED TO STAY WARM, BUT THE
NEXT THING SHE KNEW, SHE WAS
BEING AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL.
HER GROOM AND HER SOUL MATE WHO
HAD BEEN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT
WAS GONE.
TASHA'S LEG HAD TO BE AMPUTATED,
AND I NOW WANT TO BRING IN
CNN.COM WRITER/PRODUCER DAPHNE,
WHO WROTE THIS EMOTIONAL PIECE
ON CNN.COM.
TASHA IS GOING TO JOIN US IN A
MOMENT TO TALK ABILITY WHAT
SHE'S GONE THROUGH.
FIRST, DAPHNE, THE STORY IS,
FIRST OF ALL, A REMARKABLE READ.
TOTAL STRANGERS STOPPED WHEN
THEY SAW THIS ACCIDENT.
AND THEY ALL IMMEDIATELY GOT
RIGHT DOWN TO BUSINESS.
CAN YOU TAKE IT FROM THERE?
>> YES.
FOUR PEOPLE STOPPED TO HELP
TASHA.
THEY ALL SAW THE CAR FLIP IN
FRONT OF THEM.
AND IT WAS TWO WOMEN AND TWO
GENTLEMEN.
THEY PULLED OVER, THEY WENT TO
THE CAR.
THEY HEARD TASHA CRYING FOR
HELP.
ONE GENTLEMAN WAS ABLE TO GET
HER OUT OF THE CAR.
THE OTHERS PUT BLANKETS ON HER
TO KEEP HER FROM GOING INTO
SHOCK.
THEY STAYED, THEY HELD HER HAND,
AND PRAYED WITH HER.
AND COMFORTED HER.
IN THE MOMENTS BEFORE THE
EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARRIVED.
AND THEN THE TWO WOMEN FOUND
TASHA AND BUCK'S CELL PHONES AND
WERE CALLING EVERYONE THEY COULD
UNTIL THEY REACHED TASHA'S MOM.
AND THEN THEY ALSO WERE WALKING
ALONG THE HIGHWAY, PICKING UP
ALL OF THE BELONGINGS THAT WERE
STREWN ALONG THE ROAD.
SOUVENIR PHOTOS FROM THEIR
HONEYMOON, A WEDDING GUEST BOOK,
AND THEY ALL KNEW THAT THIS
COUPLE HAD JUST BEEN MARRIED.
AND THAT MADE IT SO
HEARTBREAKING FOR EVERYBODY
INVOLVED.
THEY'VE STAYED ALL IN TOUCH WITH
TASHA AND HER FAMILY.
I THINK THEY ALL REALLY FELT
THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT
BROUGHT THEM THERE TO HELP HER
THAT DAY.
SOME GREATER PURPOSE.
>> IT'S HARD SEEING THOSE
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS SUV WITH THE
WRITING ON IT, JUST HITCHED, AND
THEN SEEING THE WRECK OF THE
SAME SUV.
YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME OF THAT
WRITING ON THE WINDOW OF THE
SUV.
DAPHNE, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING.
ON CNN.COM, THAT'S A REMARKABLE
READ AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
CLICKING ON THIS RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO BRING IN NOW TOSHI
STORY, JOINING US LIVE FROM
TELEPHONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING A
PART OF OUR THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
PROGRAM.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I KNOW YOU
SPENT THE BETTER PART OF A MONTH
IN THE HOSPITAL.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> I'M DOING REALLY GOOD NOW.
I'M HERE BACK HOME IN PANAMA
CITY, AND I'M DOING WELL.
AND I WENT TO THERAPY TODAY, AND
I'M FEELING A LOT BETTER BEING
BACK HOME AND BEING AROUND MY
FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND CHURCH
FRIENDS AS WELL.
>> I KNOW THAT IN ADDITION TO
THE LOSS OF YOUR LEG, YOU ALSO
HAD SOME SERIOUS INTERNAL
INJURIES AS WELL.
ARE YOU RECOVERING FROM THAT?
>> ACTUALLY, I AM.
IT'S ACTUALLY HEALING VERY WELL.
THE BOTTOM IS STILL NOT WHERE
THEY WANT IT TO BE.
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE
FASCIA.
BUT THE TOP IS JUST SHRINKING
DRAMATICALLY SMALL, AND IT'S
LOOKING VERY GOOD.
AND A GOOD PINK COLOR AND RED
COLOR THEY WANT.
SO MY MOM AND GRANDMOTHER AND
FAMILY, WE'RE EXCITED, YOU KNOW,
FOR THE HEALING OF THAT.
>> I'M LOOKING AT YOUR PICTURES
FROM YOUR WEDDING NIGHT.
BRIDE, GROOM, YOU LOOK SO
INCREDIBLY HAPPY.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE YOU CAN
EVEN TALK TODAY.
THIS IS ALL SO RAW AND SO
RECENT.
YOU MUST HAVE A REMARKABLE
SUPPORT SYSTEM.
>> I DO.
I HAVE, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST MY
FAITH AND YOU KNOW, GOD BEING A
BIG PART OF MY LIFE.
BUT MY MOM AND MY GRANDMOTHER
BEING THERE WHEN TIMES GOT TOUGH
AND I NEEDED TO CRY.