Dennis Prager survived a severe accident with catastrophic injuries below the neck but retains full mental function. He speaks strongly, maintains his usual acuity, and says his happiness hasn't changed much because he focuses on the good and lives his values.
I thought I might start by asking you about our friend Dennis Prager, a man who has been on his back after a terrible accident. This is several months ago. How is Dennis doing, and what can you tell us about his condition?
I can tell you he's doing better, but I don't want to mislead anybody to think that he's about to get out of his hospital bed and return to the radio as if nothing had happened. He, he suffered, Dinesh, as you know, a catastrophic injury. He is 100% above the neck, that's the good news, and he's close to zero below. So that's, that is what we're dealing with. And the most remarkable thing about this whole story is Dennis's attitude. This is a man who has been tested and has passed the test. Dinesh, he is living his values. Dennis has told me, he's told other people, his level of happiness given his current condition is not much different than his level before the accident because of his attitude. He looks to find What is good, and he focuses on that. And in the odd, very odd calculus of this kind of thing, he's done remarkably well given the kind of injury he's had. For example, the nature of the injury, he shouldn't be able to speak, but he now can speak very well. His voice is strong, and as I said, his mind I— it's, uh, when you're talking to him, you're talking to the great Dennis Prager. That, that has not changed at all.
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