Motorcycle crash victim Kevin Diepenbrock thought his last words to his loved ones would be in the form of three shaky videos as he lay pinned under his motorcycle.
“Hey, everybody,” begins the first video. “I (expletive) up – that’s all I can really say – at about 10:30 this morning. Been laying here ever since, about 50 feet down in the ravine. I just wanted to say I love you guys. Sorry I was being stupid, but you know that’s what I do.”
The video ends with, “See you soon.”
Diepenbrock, who survived the crash, was riding in Tennessee with his co-worker, Phillip Polito, on Oct. 15 on a stretch known as "The Dragon" when their bikes collided and they were sent 100 feet down a rocky embankment.
Polito, 29, was killed in the crash, while Diepenbrock, 41, suffered two punctured lungs, 17 breaks in 12 ribs and multiple spinal fractures. Unable to move and with no cellphone signal, Diepenbrock lay in the embankment for 30 hours before he was rescued.
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