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Sam Cox

Rangiora, New Zealand man who survived a severe brain injury in a New Year's Eve 2022 car crash that killed his best friend, and shared his recovery story on Take It From Us with Kent Johns.

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Sep 10, 2026

Take It From Us with Kent Johns

Take It From Us with Kent Johns

Sam Cox survived the car crash. Then he had to relearn everything he'd lost

Sep 10 · 28m

4:42

Tell us about your recovery, Sam, and the support that you've needed.

4:48

After hospital, I was sent to acquired brain injury rehabilitation in Auckland, and I stayed there for a few months before coming home.

4:57

And when I was home, I was seeing therapists pretty much every day.

5:01

And I had my auntie.

5:03

I wasn't supposed to be left unsupervised just because I was still quite Odds at the time, I guess, would be the nicest way to put it.

5:14

And I still have a rehabilitation team.

5:17

I have a rehabilitation coach, a physiotherapist, a speech-language therapist, and an occupational therapist.

6:30

Take us back to the night at the end of 2022 when your life and those around you changed forever.