he was on a one-day visit to colorado, and as russell hawthorne tells us, the biker's vacation has turned>> reporter: less than 24 hours after getting shot in the neck, stephen barton describes a scene like no reality he had ever experienced before. >> after i got it i fell to the ground and i was just waiting for the shooting to stop, and the thought crossed my mind that this is not actually happening. it was hard to believe that it was happening, and so, i mean, on some level i guess i realized there's a shooter in the theater and he's killing people, but on another level i guess i didn't want to believe it. >> reporter: from his colorado hospital bed barton said the theater shooter during the batman premiere was deliberate and purposeful. >> it was calculated, definitely. it seemed very methodical. barton and his friend ethan were just make a quick, one-night stop in aurora as they took a summer bike trip across america. they just wanted to catch a movie, having no idea their bike trip would end like one. >> it seems like it never happens to people that you don't know and because there