Speaker 1:
I'm Juan Diego. Welcome to Tegucigalpa, my hometown located in Honduras. This is a place where I was born and raised, pretty much like any other normal kid.
Speaker 2:
Juan Diego [foreign language 00:00:20].
Speaker 3:
My memories are like of him being my best friend. I always wanted to play with him in my team and all that, and I will always defend him. And yes, because I'm the older brother and I was very protective about him since little.
Speaker 4:
[foreign language 00:01:28].
Speaker 1:
When I was 13, my mom decided to move to a new apartment, which was on a third floor facing the street under construction. So since it was under construction, the apartment wasn't totally finished. There was a window without the glass facing the street at the same height of the light post with some high voltages wires in front of it.
Speaker 2:
[foreign language 00:02:02].
Speaker 1:
Faster than blink of an eye, I just felt like all the charge, all the electricity, literally going through my body. So it was so fast, you don't have time to react to it. My heart starts rushing really fast to the point that you feel that your heart is going to explode, and suddenly all the lights turn off and you just kind of feel like in this lonely cave all by herself, because I was able to hear my mother scream because of her worry.
So suddenly, I just woke up really scared because one of the neighbor was giving me CPR so I could react. I just saw five peoples around me and they were like, "Are you okay? Are you okay?" They gave me a cup of water and suddenly I was trying to stand up, but I couldn't. And obviously they didn't let me. So why I can stand up and I just felt like as if I didn't have no arms because I wasn't able to move it. And that's when I realized and I look around me and I just saw all of my hands burn.
Speaker 2:
[foreign language 00:04:00].
Speaker 4:
Shriners Hospital. [foreign language 00:05:18].
Speaker 1:
I remember going to my first appointment and they were just really nice and careful with me taking my bandages off. They understand because at the time I haven't seen my hands. My parents just told me, "They have to make some amputations in your fingers." But I have never looked at my hands.
Speaker 2:
[foreign language 00:06:10] in Shriners Boston.
Speaker 3:
Juan Diego is like light in the darkness. Doesn't matter where he is. Okay, he always shines. He always bring the best out of everyone and that's why I think he is a great leader. There's this phrase that now we say in our family that the biggest battles are given to God's biggest warriors and well, that's the battle that was given to Juan Diego.
