theres no bright side in this except for being in the very safe vehicle.

Perhaps you can look at it like this will give him time to stop working his body and give his back a year of non-activity to heal. but at this point I just want him to be able to walk.

i had a pretty severe compound fracture in my foot playing basketball and tore all 3 ligaments off my leg to my foot and that was a full year of rehab. he'll get the worlds best treatment, I personally think he will be back competing.