Injury
He suffered a fractured skull and left orbital bone near his eye in a fall on November 7, 2008, in Rosemont, Illinois, when his clothing got caught on the door of a taxi as it pulled away, and was hospitalized in critical condition. His website indicates that he is still recovering from the traumatic brain injury that he received, and that his family hopes he will soon be able to "continue to work so that, in spite of his injury, he can enjoy a quality of life in keeping with his imagination, intelligence, and service to his Church and community."
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