Former 24-year-old soldier, John Graziano, was discharged from the hospital, after suffering terrible injuries
during a drag racing accident,
as a passenger in a car driven by
reality TV star Nick Hogan.
The accident left Graziano wheelchair bound, with severe brain damage,
making him unable to care for himself and sent Nick Hogan to jail for 5 months.
John Graziano leaves hospital two years
after car wreck with Nick Hogan
Posted: Sep 09, 2009 12:44 PM - TAMPA — John Graziano was released Wednesday
morning from the James A. Haley VA Medical Center in Tampa, two years after
he suffered severe brain damage while riding in a car with Nick Hogan Bollea,
son of wrestling star Hulk Hogan.
Doctors determined Graziano's condition had improved enough that he can go
home, where he will have 24-hour care.
The 24-year-old Iraq War veteran has been hospitalized since the Aug. 26,
2007, wreck in which Bollea lost control of his Toyota Supra in downtown
Clearwater and smashed into a palm tree. The crash broke parts of Graziano's
skull. Bollea was uninjured.
Graziano, strapped into a wheelchair in the back of a minivan, stared
straight as the van pulled away from the hospital at 12:42 p.m. His mother,
Debra Graziano, and siblings, Michael Graziano and Christin Carson, rode
with him.
Debra Graziano said her son was leaving "the best hospital imaginable." He
would continue to need 24-hour care and will be assisted by nurses, friends
and family, she said.
"I just thank God this day did happen," Debra said. "I have a strong faith
in the Lord. He will get me through it."...
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