. >> reporter: with a gentle wave, rudy norlander walked into today's press conference at university hospital with the support of his two daughters and his surgeon. >> hello. >> reporter: it's been five weeks since norlander was attacked as what he described as a ten-foot mega bear in big sky, montana. he was helping a group of hunters locate an injured deer. >> he said he was glad it was him and not somebody else. >> reporter: during the attack, the beer tore off his lower jag, bit his arms and legs, put a scratch on his chest and collapsed his lung. he has had three surgery, including a complete jaw reconstruction that took ten hours to repair the damage. >> we did a virtual planning section that allowed us to create a custom plate that was used to reconstructhis jaw and also create they're called cutting guides so we could customize a flap from his fibula bone. >> reporter: norlander is out from that major surgery, and he quickly. >> we're working on getting rudy eating. maybe if you're really lucky, you'll have a root beer float. >> norlander says while it's difficult to talk, wh