Johansen: Hogan's daughters 'were his heroes' after beach accident

POOL OF BLOOD AT THE BOTTOM OF

THE STAIRCASE IN 2001.

>>> OUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUEOFF

HOGAN CONTINUES TO RECOVER

AFTER AN ACCIDENT THIS WEEKEND

AT THE COAST.

JEFF WAS VACATIONING WITH HIS

FAMILY WHEN THE SAND SHIFTED

LITERALLY.

>> Reporter: DAVID CRABTREE

SPOKE AT LENGTH WITH BRAD ABOUT

WHERE THICKS STABBED.

>> Reporter: THERE IS NO DOUBT

THIS WAS A SCARE, A MAJOR

SCARE.

THE SURF WAS ROUGH.

RED FLAGS WERE FLYING WARNING

OF THE CONDITIONS.

NOW, THOSE FLAGS DO NOT MEAN

YOU CAN'T GET IN THE WATER.

YOU JUST NEED TO BE AWARE.

FOR EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS LIKE

JEFF AND BRAD, IT WAS A DAY TO

HAVE A GOOD TIME.

YET, EVEN THE MOST EXPERIENCED

BODY SURFERS KNOW THERE IS

ALWAYS A RISK.

>> YOU CAN'T PREDICT SO YOU CAN

SAY I'VE GOT THIS AND I'M A

STRONG SWIMMER AND I'M ALL GOOD

AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO WORK

OUT AND MOTHER NATURE MAY HAVE

A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR YOU.

>> Reporter: THE DIFFERENT PLAN

FOR OUR COLLEAGUE WAS A WAVE

SLAMMING HOGAN FACE DOWN ON A

SANDBAR.

EVEN FOR THE SEASONED

TRIATHLETE, THE FORCE

PRACTICALLY KNOCKED HIM OUT.

HE TOLD HIS FRIEND.

>> HE SAID I SAW STARS.

I KNEW I BANGED REALLY BAD BUT

I WAS AWARE AND COULD HEAR THE

STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON AROUND

ME.

>> Reporter: JOHANSEN WAS A

HALF MILE WAY WHEN HIS SON RAN

AND GAVE HIM THE NEWS.

WHAT DID YOUR CHILDREN SAY TO

YOU?

WE'VE HAS BEEN HURT REALLY BAD.

HE WAS IN BAD SHAPE.

I TOOK OFF RUNNING.

>> Reporter: MEANWHILE, HOGAN

COULDN'T MOVE.

HIS DAUGHTER KEPT HIM ALIVE.

>> HIS DAUGHTERS REALLY SAVED

HIS LIFE.

SKYLER WAS ABLE TO GRAB HIM AND

PULL HIM UP ENOUGH FOR HIM TO

DO ONE VERY TAKE ANOTHER BREATH

BEFORE SHE COULDN'T HOLD HIM

ANYMORE AND SOMEONE CAME OFF

THE BEACH TO BE ABLE TO DRAG

HIM OUT.

>> Reporter: TODAY, JUST TWO

DAYS LATERS JEFF IS MUCH

BETTER.

>> HE IS DOING GREAT.

>> Reporter: HE TOOK A FEW

STEPS TODAY.

>> BANGED UP MY HURT, HURT MY

NECK.

>> Reporter: AS JEFF HOGAN

RECOVERS, HIS FRIEND AND

COWORKER BRAD JOHANSEN WILL

CONTINUE TO CALL AND VISIT AND

ENCOURAGE.

>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW BAD

IT COULD HAVE BEEN AND THE

GRACE THAT WE HAVE THAT HIS

DAUGHTERS HAPPENED TO BE BY HIS

SIDE AT THAT TIME WHEN I WAS

NOT AND THE GRACE OF PEOPLE

WOULD DID NOT KNOW HIM WHO WERE

ABLE TO PULL HIM UP AND THEN TO

HAVE THE MEDICAL PEOPLE BE ABLE

TO GET TO HIM AND HIS PRESENCE

OF MIND TO BE ABLE TO SELF-

PRESERVE AT THAT TIME, IT ALL

FIT INTO A REAL BIG BELLYINGS

OF HOW HE IS GOING TO COME OUT

OF THIS -- BLESSING OF HOW HE

IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS

WITH GREAT, HE WILL COME OUT OF

IT AS GOOD AS WE COULD HAVE

EVER IMAGINED AND NOBODY IS

EVER GOING TO KNOW WHAT HE WENT

THROUGH.

>> Reporter: IT IS STILL SEE

SHOCKING TO SEE THOSE PICTURES.

JEFF REMAINS IN THE HOSPITAL.

THE PROGNOSIS IS GOOD.

COMING UP TONIGHT AT 6:00, BRAD

WILL TALK FROM THE HEART OF

WHAT HE IS FEELING TODAY AS HE

CONTINUES TO REFLECT ON THE

WEEKEND.

>> I TELL YOU, SURF HAS BEEN

OWE UNRELENTING THIS YEAR.

HE IS LUCKY IT TURNED OUT THIS