mr. brian schmidt a welcome back at the high school for a teacher and coach nearly killed in june in a cyclingccident. students and staff surprised him with this pep rally tribute. this is how brian schmidt looked 12 weeks hospital. at first in icu after breaking his pelvis and tailbone. looking at his crumbled bike, you can see what a close call it was. his cracked helmet probably saved his life. when he collided with a pickup truck. >> i was kind of nervous. i was like, is he going to be paralyzed? that would be so hard for him. but, yeah, once -- yeah. it was good once we knew he'll walk again. >> reporter: part of their confidence rooted in the fact that when schmidt competes, he does 100-mile races, ultra marathons. they are rugged affairs. this is what he looked after one race that earned him a magazine cover. >> i really knew he could make it through because we have pictures of him running races with bloody heads and stuff like that. >> reporter: so no surprise for schmidt's team when cross-country practice started earlier this month and there he was, using a walker or a wheelchair but