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BREAK SWIMMING
ACCIDENT IS AWAKE
AND EXPECTED TO
MAKE A FULL
RECOVERY.
DOCTORS HAVE
UPGRADED ISAAC
GRIFFITH TO SERIOUS
BUT STABLE CONDITION
-- AND FOR THE FIRST
TIME -- HIS FATHER IS
TALKING PUBLICALLY
ABOUT WHAT HIS SON
HAS BEEN THROUGH
OVER THE LAST FEW
DAYS .
143654-THAT PHONE
CALL THAT MY WIFE
GAVE ME ABOUT 6
O'CLOCK MONDAY
NIGHT IS THE WORST
PHONE CALL I HAVE
EVER GOTTEN IN MY
LIFE -- IT DROPPED ME
TO MY KNEES. :09
SHANNON GRIFFITH
WAS AT HOME IN FORT
WAYNE WHEN HE GOT
THAT CALL -- AND
IMMEDIATELY WENT TO
FLORIDA TO BE AT HIS
SON'S SIDE.
WHEN HE GOT THERE --
HE SAYS HE
IMMEDIATELY FELT HIS
SON WAS IN THE RIGHT
PLACE.
144224--THE PEOPLE
HERE AT THE HOSPITAL
WRAPPED THEIR ARMS
AROUND TWO
STRANGERS THAT
WALKED IN AT 2 IN THE
MORNING MONDAY
MORNING . :10
ISAAC WAS IN A
MEDICALLY-INDUCED
COMA AT FIRST WITH
AN UNCERTAIN
PROGNOSIS.
A RIP CURRRENT TOOK
HIM AWAY FROM
SHORE.
FRIENDS PULLED HIM
OUT AND PERFORMED
CPR -- BUT, BY THE
TIME HE ARRIVED AT
THE HOSPITAL, ISAAC
WAS IN RESPIRATORY
FAILURE.
DOCTORS SAY THERE
WAS A LOT WORKING
AGAINST HIM -- BUT HIS
YOUTH AND FITNESS
HELPED.
145606-WE MADE A LOT
OF PROGRESS EARLY IN
THE WEEK -- A LITTLE
FASTER THAN I HAD
HOPED FOR ACTUALLY,
HE'S STILL SICK, BUT
HE'S COMING ALONG.
:09
COMING ALONG
SLOWLY -- BUT,
DOCTORS ARE HOPEFUL
THAT HE WILL
EVENTUALLY MAKEA
FULL RECOVERY.
145725-- HE'S AWAKE,
HE WALKED A LITTLE
BIT TODAY -- HE'S
BREATHING
COMPLETELY ON HIS
OWN -- WE'RE TRYING
TO GET HIM TO EAT A
LITTLE BIT -- WE'RE
MOVING OUT OF
INTENSIVE CARE TODAY
SO WE'RE GETTING
THERE. :09
ISAAC'S DAD IS A
FOOTBALL COACH
HIMSELF -- AND EVEN
THOUGH HIS SON'S
ATHLETIC FUTURE IS
UNCERTAIN, HE TOLD
REPORTERS TODAY
THAT THE GOALLINE
FOR ISAAC HAS
CHANGED.
144410-WHEN I CAN PUT
MY ARMS AROUND HIM
AND HUG HIM -- THAT
WILL BE A SPECIAL
MOMENT -- RIGHTN NOW
I DON'T WANT TO DO
THAT BECAUSE I KNOW
HE'S STILL HURTING.
:09
SHANNON GRIFFITH
SAYS SEVERAL I-U
FOOTBALL PLAYERS
HAVE BEEN TO THE
HOSPITAL TO VISIT
ISAAC -- SUPPORT THAT
HE SAYS HAS BEEN
VITAL TO HIS SON'S
RECOVERY.
WE ARE LEARNING THE
RESULTS OF SOME OF