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Jimmy!

Vinny. Vinny.

Vinny?

F***!

Hey. Hey!

Call a f***in' ambulance!

Just call...

You see the way he hits now?

Like a f***ing bull.

Come on. Deal.

Hey, so quiet tonight, Anthony.

I almost forgot you were there.

I came to play cards, not to

hear about your f***in' kid.

Yeah, f*** you!

Hey, Angelo!

Vinny's on TV!

Jesus Christ already.

Good evening. Rhode Island's

own pazmanian devil

is in Kent county memorial hospital

tonight with a fractured neck.

News watch 10

has obtained these photographs

taken at the accident scene

not long after it happened.

They show the car in which Vinny Pazienza

was riding, as well as the other car...

Here at Kent county hospital as

friends and family are gathering

to see what actually happened in

the accident involving Pazienza.

Kent county hospital,

I'm Ted Wayman.

Champ?

Champ.

No, honey, he can't.

They got him all drugged up

'cause he couldn't breathe.

What happened to him?

He got hit by a car.

No, wh-what happened to him?

Angelo, sit down.

Champ?

Pop?

Yeah, I'm here.

Pop?

Yeah.

Yeah?

Your breath is killin' me.

Oh! Thank you, god.

How you feel?

Like I should be on a box of Wheaties.

Why am I in this thing?

Why?

You were in an accident.

Your neck's broke.

What are you talking about?

No, it's not.

Pop, i...

What are you talking about?

Ma, stop crying.

I'm gonna get the doctor.

I feel fine.

You're not fine, Vinny.

The break on the c3 is less than an

eighth of an inch from your spinal cord.

You don't need to be a radiologist

to see this is a problem.

Vinny, you're seriously injured.

This is going to be

a long road to recovery.

How much time?

How much time, what?

How much time till

I can fight again?

- Vinny...

- What?

Doc, how much time

till I can fight again?

This is not the time to be talking

about... ma. Please, let him answer.

I can't say with any certainty

you're going to walk again.

What are you talking about?

I can feel everything.

I feel fine. Look.

Nurse.

I'm moving my toe.

Look, I can feel that.

- Vinny, calm down. Calm down.

- I feel all this stuff.

I can move everything.

What are you talking about?

I feel that!

- I feel fine!

- Vinny! Vinny!

Lift my leg if you want me to.

I feel fine, doc.

- Stop.

- Feel my hand right there.

What you talkin' about? Kev,

tell 'em I'm gonna fight again.

You tell 'em!

Kevin, just tell them...

How you feeling, Vinny?

Fine.

Listen. I want to talk to you

one more time about your options

before we proceed tomorrow.

No need.

Well, if I install the halo,

there's no guarantee

that it will work.

The halo relies solely

on your body healing on its own.

Well, that's good,

because I heal fast.

Not that fast. It'll be six months

till you're really out of danger.

Until then, one bump, one fall,

any kind of movement and

your spinal cord could sever.

Any doctor in the world would be

telling you that spinal fusion

is really the preferred procedure

with this severe of an injury.

You already told me all this. You

and my mom would get along great.

If you let me do the fusion, I can

guarantee you'll be able to walk again.

That's not enough for me.

I need to be able

to fight again.

I need you to understand

the risk...

I understand.

I don't think you do.

You're not fusing my neck.

I want you to count backwards

from ten, Vinny.

Didn't they tell you

I'm a boxer?

Eight, seven... not sure

if you know this, but...

Six, five...

Have you ever been to Mexico?

Four, three...

Two...

Where's my ma?

Okay, let's lift the head.

Okay.

- Careful.

- You okay?

- That's him.

- Let's go, guys!

Come on. Let's go!

Come on, Kevin.

Get in the car.

Let's go.

Come on.

- There he is.

- Get outta here.

Get outta here.

Come on, come on.

Get outta here.

Come on. Hey.

Get outta here.

You're gonna get run over

by the car. Come on!

Here. Nah, I'm fine, I'm fine.

I'm fine.

Ow!

Christ!

Come on. Let me help you! Let

me help you, for Christ's sake!

Dad, get off me! Stop.

Come on, champ.

Come on.

All right?

Yeah.

Here, Vinny.

Nah, I'm not getting in that thing again.

Come on.

Nah, put it away.

It's a, uh...

It's a craftmatic.

We got your room all

set up down here in the den.

Yeah, I saw that.

Brought your posters

down and everything.

Thanks, Jon.

- What do you need?

- Where's the parm?

I got it.

I appreciate what you guys are

doing, but I'm not handicapped.

We left the wheelchair

in the car.

We just want to make sure that

you don't hurt yourself, vin.

What are you tryin'

to prove gettin' up?

I'm not trying

to prove anything.

If I would've asked you

to get the parm a week ago,

you would have told me

to go f*** myself. Hey!

All right. Yeah, that's fair.

There's your parm.

Vinny,

I've got two color appointments.

Then I'm gonna come home

and make you lunch.

- Thanks.

- Okay.

Get some rest, champ.

I thought the kids

were gonna be by today.

Just curious. You kind of

wonder about these things.

Time may be running

out for the Red Sox.

You like that?

Yeah, I do.

Mm-hmm? Yeah, it's like

a little jungle gym.

Yeah, swing around on it.

- Yeah?

- -Go crazy.

I don't want to hurt you.

You won't hurt me.

Hey!

Give me a kiss.

Ow!

What? Yeah.

Come on.

Mmm. Vin?

What?

My f***in' hair's caught

in your f***in' thing!

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Ow!

Yeah, I got you.

We don't need to kiss.

Look at my hair now!

No, you look good.

I'm sorry.

No. I can't do this.

Yeah, we don't have to kiss.

We'll figure something else out.

Where you going? Come here. No.

Come here.

That's not nice. You can't just

come over and tease me like that.

Vinny... I'm all...

you know I'm right.

I gotta tell you.

What?

That thing?

Yeah?

It's freakin' me out.

I don't know what

you want me to do.

Call me when

it's like a sweater.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

You rest.

Yeah.

You need to rest. Yeah, I know.

I've rested plenty.

I need to not rest.

Yeah, don't come back.

- All right.

- You kiss me like that.

F***.

For some time.

Midnight madness

became march madness.

Welcome to the Providence

basketball redemption tour.

Early season wins in Alaska...

Hey, Kev. Hey.

Vinny.

This is how you're

spending your birthday?

Yeah, you know.

Come on.

Get dressed.

I'm taking you out.

I don't wanna.

Come on.

Nah.

Let's go. Come on. Mm-mm-mmm.

Mm-mm-mmm.

Oh! Yeah.

Mmm! Yeah.

Let's go! Come on!

Gonna have fun tonight.

Do the elevator.

We'll do the elevator.

Look at that.

Come on.

Mm-mm-mmm. God, Kev,

you're scarring me. Stop.

Come on. Come on.

I can't...

I can't unsee what I just saw.

Get up. There you go.

Oh. Good to see you.

Happy birthday, kid.

Thank you.

I almost forgot.

All right, now hold on. Yeah.

All right, come on.

There you go.

Kev, come on.

What's with the moping? Come on.

Get me outta this thing!

My god. Why couldn't you

drive a minivan?

Oh, my god. This...

All right.

Hey, what...

Why are we going here?

What? I'm gonna know

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