Further along in the interview with People, Mitchell recalled the memory he had before the crash. He could remember getting out of his brother's Ford Explorer at a nightclub in Beaufort and getting his new gray boots dirty in the sand.
That was when he noticed his nephew Everette's bike. Everette had offered his motorcycle the day before to him, but he had politely declined because he had some drinks. However, on the night in question, Daryl was completely sober. So, he gave it a try.
The next thing in Mitchell's memory was waking up in the hospital in Charleston.
He had skidded off a gravel-strewn road on Warshaw Island near Beaufort, S.C., and suffered a fractured wrist, punctured lungs, bruised kidneys, and, worst of all, damage to his spinal cord. The injury on his spine left him paralyzed from the chest down.
