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Date Posted: 16:48:23 09/19/11 Mon
Author: Debbie S.
Subject: Prayers for former student, a wounded soldier

One of my favorite kids from middle school (years ago) will be featured tonight on the 10 o'clock news in Kansas City as they show his recovery from a helicopter crash in Afghanistan in March. If you want to keep him and his family in your prayers, he would be grateful. Such a nice, young man and family. Debbie S.

The following is a news blub from the TV station:


Kansas soldier credits prayers with miraculous recovery

Posted: Sep 19, 2011 3:58 PM CDT Updated: Sep 19, 2011 4:31 PM CDT
By DeAnn Smith, Digital Content Manager - email
By Dana Wright, Chief Investigative Reporter - bio | email
MINNEAPOLIS, MN (KCTV) -

A violent helicopter crash in Afghanistan should have left Army Sgt. Zeke Crozier dead or certainly brain dead.

But he is a walking and talking medical miracle and he and wife Lacy credit the power of prayers.

"It's a miracle how fast I've come and that I've even come as far as I have," the Spring Hill man said. "There's not enough thank-yous for the prayers and thoughts."

The couple is living temporarily in Minneapolis, MN, as Zeke Crozier undergoes rehabilitation.

Zeke Crozier, 26, enlisted to serve his country as a flight engineer. He is based out of Gardner. On March 20, he kissed his wife and his two children goodbye and headed off to war. Zeke Crozier served just 41 days in Afghanistan when his Chinook helicopter violently crashed. He was in the back of the aircraft and his head was violently pitched forward and back.

Lacy Crozier was home when the heart-stopping telephone call came.

"His commander is saying, 'Zeke's having brain surgery. They're removing half his skull,'" she said.

Later, she would learn that her husband was in a coma and not responding. Doctors warned her that he might not survive and if he did the brain damage could be catastrophic.

The military flew Zeke Crozier from Afghanistan to Germany to Maryland and finally to Minnesota as part of his treatment and recovery. The Minnesota facility specializes in treating severely injured soldiers.

One of his doctors, Larisa Kusar, said the soldier was suffering from a closed head injury and was responding a little.

At one point this summer, his breathing tube was removed and a miracle occurred.

"They said, 'What's your name. And he said, 'Zeke.' And they said, 'Hi Zeke!' And he said, 'Hello,'" Lacy Crozier recounted.

But the initial euphoria slowly evaporated when Zeke Crozier had little response in the coming days and sometimes his responses were "weird," she said.

Eventually though, little by little, he began to come back. He began talking. He later, through rehab, learned to walk again. Now he is running.

A staff of therapists work constantly to boost Zeke Crozier's recovery.

"I'm so lucky to have gone from where I was to where I am now," he said.

Zeke Crozier credits the power of prayer even from those praying that he has never even met.

"I don't even know them and I hear they've been supporting me and praying for me," he said. "I'm very proud."

He will recover from his injury. And he hopes to support and encourage other soldiers also battling life-threatening brain injuries from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"We're all in this together," he said.

KCTV5 Chief Investigative Reporter Dana Wright will have more on Zeke Crozier, his recovery and his family's ordeal on KCTV5 News at 10 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday.

Copyright 2011 KCTV. All rights reserved.

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[> Re: Prayers for former student, a wounded soldier -- BC, 18:38:52 09/20/11 Tue

What an amazing story Deb!
Zeke is truly a "walking and talking medical miracle!"
- BC


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