but perfection comes to an end when their buddy brandon gets to the edge. there goes brandon, his shoe pops open and immediately the lines are twisted. slam, into the cliffside he goes. now he's just a rag doll at the bottom of that chute and crashes down to the bottom of that cliff. brandon is unconscious when they reach him. they do get emergency services there as soon as possible. he was seriously injured, but remarkably look at the video they get a month later. >> i'm so happy you're still alive, buddy. >> that accident wound up saving brandon's life. when he went into the hospital, they did a body can. doctors found some sort of artery abnormality. if that hadn't been found and fixed, he may have only lived another year. >> wow. >> can you believe that? >> here we are in ottowa, canada, on a very fast-moving river. we've got paddle boarder thomas patterson. there is a squirrel that is stranded. he can't get to shore. thomas is coming to his aid. of course, the squirrel doesn't make it super easy. he's tapping the board. come on, little buddy. >> how di