Thomas Brinkman
Thomas Brinkman
Thomas E. "Tom" Brinkman, Jr.is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Cincinnati...
broke car coming flipped fraction paralyzed shock three trauma waist woke
Car flipped over on him - waist on up - flipped on me - waist on down - broke my back in three places. In a fraction of a second, I woke up in a shock trauma unit. I had tubes coming out of me. I couldn't move. I was paralyzed from the waist down.
car flipped hit
We hit this embankment. The car flipped over twenty-one times.
parents
You always think parents don't know. Parents know a lot more than you think they know.
guarantee telling
I wouldn't guarantee I would have listened. But at least there would have been someone there telling me.
boat happen invincible kids
Kids of all ages, they think they're invincible and it could never happen to them. I used to be in that boat myself.
adult hope kid
I hope no kid or adult has to go through what I'm going through.
beers friend work
The car, in the accident, killed my friend. He was driving. I only had two beers that whole day. My friend was pretty wasted. I should have been driving, but that's the way things work out.