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April 30, 2010

After Luke Fisher crashed his car into a tree and broke his neck in three places, doctors feared that he would never walk again. However, the 18-year-old is now expected to make a full recovery, according to the Daily Mail.

The teenager credits his survival to the large tattoo of a guardian angel that he had gotten only two days before the incident. Underneath the image, the words "only the strong survive" are written in stylized letters.

"I think it definitely helped me in this case, it is quite a coincidence," Fisher told the news source. "I just hope it will continue to look over me."

Fisher has 18 months of physical therapy ahead of him, and then he plans to join the army, the news provider reports.

According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports that a total of 16,520 people died in passenger car crashes in 2007 and that 1,475,000 were injured in 2006 (the last year for which the date are available).

Those who have been physically or emotionally injured in a crash can contact organizations such as the Crash Survivors Network which offers information, resources and support to victims and their families.

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