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TONIGHT WE CHECK
IN WITH SUFFOLK COUNTY’S OWN DAVID CORDES NEARLY 23 YEARS AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT
LEFT HIM WITH A DEBILITATING BRAIN INJURY.
IN WITH SUFFOLK COUNTY’S OWN DAVID CORDES NEARLY 23 YEARS AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT
LEFT HIM WITH A DEBILITATING BRAIN INJURY.
QUINNIPIAC
NEWS’S DANIEL KEITH HAS MORE FROM HUNTINGTON.
NEWS’S DANIEL KEITH HAS MORE FROM HUNTINGTON.
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TRACK 1
*shot of car
tires in intersection IN: 0:19* IT WAS FEBRUARY 1ST, 1993. DAVID
CORTES WAS HEADING TO A NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETY MEETING AT HUNTINGTON HIGH
SCHOOL, WHEN (*shot of street signs*) AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOLDSWORTH DR. AND
OAKWOOD, HIS LIFE CHANGED IN AN INSTANT.
tires in intersection IN: 0:19* IT WAS FEBRUARY 1ST, 1993. DAVID
CORTES WAS HEADING TO A NATIONAL HONORS SOCIETY MEETING AT HUNTINGTON HIGH
SCHOOL, WHEN (*shot of street signs*) AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOLDSWORTH DR. AND
OAKWOOD, HIS LIFE CHANGED IN AN INSTANT.
*pan of
intersection IN 0:04 OUT 0:08*
intersection IN 0:04 OUT 0:08*
WHILE MAKING A LEFT
TURN ONTO OAKWOOD, ANOTHER STUDENT COLLIDED INTO CORDES’S STATION WAGON, NEARLY
SPLITTING IT IN HALF.
TURN ONTO OAKWOOD, ANOTHER STUDENT COLLIDED INTO CORDES’S STATION WAGON, NEARLY
SPLITTING IT IN HALF.
*video of two-shot
of Dan and Gloria sitting IN 0:15 OUT 0:19*
of Dan and Gloria sitting IN 0:15 OUT 0:19*
AT FIRST, HIS
MOTHER—GLORIA—WAS TOLD BY SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT HE WAS FINE. IT TURNS OUT THAT
IT WAS MUCH MORE SERIOUS.
MOTHER—GLORIA—WAS TOLD BY SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT HE WAS FINE. IT TURNS OUT THAT
IT WAS MUCH MORE SERIOUS.
SOT: GLORIA CORDES, MOTHER VIDEO AND
AUDIO IN 6:48 OUT 6:56
AUDIO IN 6:48 OUT 6:56
“He didn’t have
a mark on him, not a broken bone, not a cut, nothing. But he had massive head trauma.”
a mark on him, not a broken bone, not a cut, nothing. But he had massive head trauma.”
AUDIO ONLY IN 7:15 OUT 7:23
*picture of individual news clippings* “Basically,
umm, frontal lobes, everything was damaged”
umm, frontal lobes, everything was damaged”
AUDIO ONLY IN 11:38 OUT 11:40
“He has no motor
control whatsoever”
control whatsoever”
TRACK 2
*picture of group photo with tennis team* BEFORE THE
ACCIDENT, CORDES WAS THE CAPTAIN OF HIS TENNIS TEAM AT HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND
*picture of Dave serving* WAS RANKED 2ND ON LONG ISLAND IN THE US
TENNIS ASSOCIATION. HE RECEIVED AN EARLY ACCEPTANCE LETTER *picture of letter*
TO GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ON AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP AND BECAUSE HE WAS FLUENT
IN GERMAN, DAVID PLANNED TO STUDY LINGUISTICS. NOW, HE FACES HIS TOUGHEST MATCH
EVERY DAY.
ACCIDENT, CORDES WAS THE CAPTAIN OF HIS TENNIS TEAM AT HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL AND
*picture of Dave serving* WAS RANKED 2ND ON LONG ISLAND IN THE US
TENNIS ASSOCIATION. HE RECEIVED AN EARLY ACCEPTANCE LETTER *picture of letter*
TO GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ON AN ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP AND BECAUSE HE WAS FLUENT
IN GERMAN, DAVID PLANNED TO STUDY LINGUISTICS. NOW, HE FACES HIS TOUGHEST MATCH
EVERY DAY.
DAN STANDUP VIDEO AND AUDIO IN 0:08 OUT
0:15
0:15
“Even the
simplest tasks for David seem to be very difficult, from getting out of bed in
the morning to going to bed at night.”
simplest tasks for David seem to be very difficult, from getting out of bed in
the morning to going to bed at night.”
SOT: LAURA SWETZ, NURSE VIDEO AND AUDIO
IN 0:57 OUT 1:08
IN 0:57 OUT 1:08
“He needs us to
bathe him and feed him and…he has a G-Tube in his stomach cuz he can’t swallow
liquids very well so he has to have liquids that way.”
bathe him and feed him and…he has a G-Tube in his stomach cuz he can’t swallow
liquids very well so he has to have liquids that way.”
TRACK 3
*VIDEO ONLY OF LAURA PUTTING ON
PROSTHESIS IN 0:09 OUT 0:16/0:17*
PROSTHESIS IN 0:09 OUT 0:16/0:17*
ONLY MONTHS
AFTER THE NEAR-FATAL ACCIDENT, DAVID WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FORM OF BONE CANCER THAT
REQUIRED AN AMPUTATION OF HIS LEFT LEG. NOW DAVID REQUIRES A PROSTHETIC LEG
THAT HIS NURSE—LAURA—PUTS ON HIM DAILY.
AFTER THE NEAR-FATAL ACCIDENT, DAVID WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FORM OF BONE CANCER THAT
REQUIRED AN AMPUTATION OF HIS LEFT LEG. NOW DAVID REQUIRES A PROSTHETIC LEG
THAT HIS NURSE—LAURA—PUTS ON HIM DAILY.
VIDEO OF
LAURA SHOWING US AROUND DAVE’S ROOM IN 1:46 (NO AUDIO IN UNTIL 1:49 AUDIO OUT
1:54) VIDEO OUT 1:56
LAURA SHOWING US AROUND DAVE’S ROOM IN 1:46 (NO AUDIO IN UNTIL 1:49 AUDIO OUT
1:54) VIDEO OUT 1:56
HIS LOVE OF
SPORTS HASN’T CHANGED THOUGH.
SPORTS HASN’T CHANGED THOUGH.
“This is his
favorite towel. Davey’s a Met fan.”
favorite towel. Davey’s a Met fan.”
AND HE CAN STILL
NAME HIS FAVORITE TENNIS PLAYER
NAME HIS FAVORITE TENNIS PLAYER
SOT: DAVE CORDES VIDEO AND AUDIO IN 4:11
OUT 4:21
OUT 4:21
“John…..McEnroe”
TRACK 4
VIDEO OF BRIAN TAKING RAMP OUT OF CAR,
PUTTING DAVID IN CAR
PUTTING DAVID IN CAR
HOWEVER, DAVID’S
FAVORITE ACTIVITY REMAINS GOING OUTSIDE FOR A RIDE IN HIS SPECIALIZED VAN,
WHERE HE CAN FEEL A SENSE OF FREEDOM AND A CONNECTION TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
FAVORITE ACTIVITY REMAINS GOING OUTSIDE FOR A RIDE IN HIS SPECIALIZED VAN,
WHERE HE CAN FEEL A SENSE OF FREEDOM AND A CONNECTION TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD.
*Nat hit of
chair locking into place in van*
chair locking into place in van*
TRACK 5
VIDEO OF BRIAN PUSHING DAVE DOWN RAMP IN 0:09
OUT 0:16
OUT 0:16
DAVID IS A MAN
TRAPPED INSIDE OF HIS OWN BODY. DESPITE ALL OF THE DAILY CHALLENGES HE FACES, HE
REMINDS US OF A QUOTE FROM GHANDI THAT HAS INSPIRED HIM, AND HIS FAMILY, FROM
THE BEGINNING OF IT ALL.
TRAPPED INSIDE OF HIS OWN BODY. DESPITE ALL OF THE DAILY CHALLENGES HE FACES, HE
REMINDS US OF A QUOTE FROM GHANDI THAT HAS INSPIRED HIM, AND HIS FAMILY, FROM
THE BEGINNING OF IT ALL.
*picture of
teenage David in dreads*: STRENGTH DOES NOT COME FROM PHYSICAL CAPACITY, BUT AN
INDOMITABLE WILL.
teenage David in dreads*: STRENGTH DOES NOT COME FROM PHYSICAL CAPACITY, BUT AN
INDOMITABLE WILL.
FROM HUNTINGTON,
DANIEL KEITH, QUNNIPIAC NEWS
DANIEL KEITH, QUNNIPIAC NEWS
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