It is said that crisis reveals character.

Duncan Moffat was airlifted to Victoria General Hospital a month ago after spending five days trapped in his crashed truck. As he rides the hospital elevator, his thoughtful and lighthearted banter with the nurses said it all.

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A hunter found the 23-year-old pinned inside a 2003 Dodge pickup truck, about 12 metres down a steep embankment just outside Sayward, less than 10 kilometers away from his dadB次元官网网址檚 house where he was headed at the time of the crash.

Moffat was there for five days, unable to get his legs free from the wreckage, surviving on a box of apples and a half bottle of Gatorade.

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In between chatting about the gratitude he feels and all the people he wants to thank, Moffat talks about his injuries, almost as a minor sidebar to his story.

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Sitting in such a constricted spot for so long did damage to his nerves. Moffat said he canB次元官网网址檛 move his left side from the hip down and the right side from the knee down.

B次元官网网址淭he doctors are hoping they get better over time. IB次元官网网址檓 going to be starting rehab. ThatB次元官网网址檚 why IB次元官网网址檒l be at the hospital for another month or two,B次元官网网址� Moffat said.

Christmas lights have already been put up around his hospital room with his family planning to spend Christmas B次元官网网址� and MoffatB次元官网网址檚 birthday on Dec. 30 B次元官网网址� by his bedside.

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B次元官网网址淚 saw the ambulance go out. My girlfriend came home and said, B次元官网网址楽omething is going on out there, you should go and look.B次元官网网址� She just had a feeling.B次元官网网址�

It took a while to extract Moffat from the truck. Firefighters had to use the jaws of life, removing the doors and basically taking the whole truck apart to get him out.

B次元官网网址淭hey did a number on the truck. Just the way my legs were caught up underneath and with my femur being broken, they couldnB次元官网网址檛 bend anything. They had to pull me straight out,B次元官网网址� Moffat explained. B次元官网网址淚t all worked out. I definitely have to thank the firefighters. They were awesome. So professional about it and so good at their jobs.B次元官网网址�

There is one person that Moffat canB次元官网网址檛 wait to get out of the hospital to thank.

If it werenB次元官网网址檛 for the hunter who found him, Moffat might not be here today.

B次元官网网址淚t is such a fluke he found me. He went and called for help and then came back and waited with me,B次元官网网址� Moffat said. B次元官网网址淚t is very much thanks to him. I have to meet him after I get out of here and thank him properly.B次元官网网址�

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Memories of his time spent stuck in the truck are fuzzy.

He said when he first came to, he thought he was at his friendB次元官网网址檚 house. He was convinced that his friend came and let him out of the truck once in a while. He didnB次元官网网址檛 realize he was trapped. Suffering from a broken femur and fractured shoulder, he stayed in that state until the day before the hunter found him when he started to gain some clarity of thought.

B次元官网网址淚t took me until the day before the hunter arrived for me to even realize that I was stuck in the truck,B次元官网网址� Moffat said, marvelling at what shock does to the body and brain.

What is clear, is that he is grateful for his second chance.

B次元官网网址淟ife is good now. ItB次元官网网址檚 good to be alive.B次元官网网址�