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Teen motorcycle crash survivor thanks first responders who saved his life
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On May 1, Tanner Demarzo's life was changed forever. He was driving his motorcycle when a truck making a U-turn didn't stop for him.
"He didn't even stop and look," Demarzo said. "He just went right in front of me, and I had no time to brake. There was no way I could have braked in time, and there was no space for me to go around him."
In surveillance video captured by a nearby business, 19-year-old Demarzo can be seen flipping through the air several times, before crashing to the ground after the truck hit him. He was wearing his helmet at the time of the crash, with marks from the helmet indenting his forehead immediately after the incident.
The crash left Tanner with two broken legs, a broken arm, two collapsed lungs, and a brain bleed.
"99% of the time when we run these calls and transport a critical patient, we really don't know what happened to them," Madeira Beach Fire Rescue Chief Clint Belk shared.
On Wednesday, Tanner and his mom came to the fire station to personally thank the men and women who saved his life.
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/teen-motorcycle-crash-survivor-meets-first-responders/67-611ede1b-81ef-4c7c-9437-bd32d9aab148
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