CONTACTED THE FAA WHICH IS THEN
CONTACTED POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN
THE AREA.
FLEECE COULD NOT FIND
THE OPERATOR.
A YOUNG FATHER IS FIGHTING
TO GET STRONGER AFTER DOCTORS
SAY A DIVING ACCIDENT LIKELY
LEFT HIM PARALYZED.
IT HAPPENED
DURING A BACHELOR PART SATURDAY.
STWAET-YEAR-OLD KIRK INGRAM DOVE
OFF A PONTOON INTO WATER THAT
WAS MUCH MORE SHALLOW THAN HE
THOUGHT.
ANGELA DAVIS SPOKE WITH
HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT HIS
RECOVERY.
Reporter: THESE PORTRAITS
SHOW PROUD NEW PARENTS HOLDING
THEIR BABY GIRL.
BUT NOW JUST
TWO WEEKS AFTER THE BIRTH OF HIS
DAUGHTER, ALEXA, KIRK INGRAM OF
ST. LOUIS PARK HAS A CRUSHED
SPINE.
AND NO FEELING IN HIS
BODY FROM THE CHEST DOWN.
I THINK MY HOPE IS IN HIM
BEING ABLE TO CARRY HIS BABY
GIRL AGAIN.
AND HOPEFULLY GET
THE FEELING IN THAT ARM.
HE CAN
FEEL ABOUT DOWN TO HERE RIGHT
NOW.
Reporter: HIS FAMILY SAYS
THAT HE AND A HANDFUL OF FRIENDS
CALL JUMPED OFF A PONTOON ON
MAXWELL BAY THAT WAS ANCHORED
NEAR A SANDBAR.
HE JUMPED OFF ONE SIDE, AND
IT WAS DEEP.
10 FEET DEEP ONE
SIDE.
AND HE THOUGHT HE MUST
HAVE BEEN JUMPING OFF THE SAME
SIDE, AND IT WAS ONLY FIVE FEET
DEEP.
Reporter: DOCTORS PERFORMED
SURGERY.
THEY TOLD THE FAMILY
THAT THE INJURY IS SO SEVERE
THAT HIS CHANCE WAS WALKING
AGAIN ARE SLIM.
HE IS THE MOST OPTIMISTIC
PERSON IN THE ROOM.
HE'S REALLY
JUST SAYING IF I HAVE A 1%
CHANCE TO WALK, I'M GOING TO
WALK.
Reporter: LUCAS INGGRAM SAYS
HIS BIG BROTHER IS A GREAT
ATHLETE WHO PLAYED BASEBALL IN
COLLEGE AND CURRENTLY PLAYS WITH
THE LEAGUE IN ST. LOUIS PARK.
THE FAMILY HOPES HE'LL KEEP HIS
MIND FOCUSED ON THE PEOPLE AND
THE ACTIVITIES HE LOVES WHILE
HIS BODY HEALS.
HIS MIND IS PERFECT.
AND WE
JUST -- I JUST THINK OF KIRK, HE
IS THE STRONGEST PERSON I'VE
EVER MET MY WHOLE LIFE.
KIRK INGGRAM WORKS AT TARGET
CORPORATION AS AN.
IIT.
PROJECT
MANAGER.
THEIR TWO-WEEK-OLD
DAUGHTER IS THEIR FIRST CHILD.
HE IS IN THE ICU, AND DOCTORS
ARE TRYING TO LIMIT TIME WITH
VISITORS SO HE CAN REST AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE.
AND FAMILY IS
GETTING A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM
ALL THEIR FRIENDS, THE CHURCH
COMMUNITY.
THEY KNOW HE SAID IN
FOR A LONG RECOVERY BUT THEY'RE
ENCOURAGED THAT HE SAID HE PLANS
TO WALK HIS DAUGHTER DOWN THE
AISLE.
I KNOW THIS FAMILY
PERSONALLY.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE A
VERY STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM
AROUND HIM.
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