Video: Urbandale Teen Cautions Others After Surviving Skateboard Trick Gone Terribly Wrong

An Urbandale teen survived a brutal fall while attempting a risky skateboard trick, and is now cautioning others.

Brandon Witt, 17, was holding on to a moving car while riding his longboard to gain speed, but a bump sent him tumbling, hitting his head multiple times on the pavement. He fractured his skull, suffered severe bleeding, underwent surgery and was in a coma for nine days. He barely survived. 

"The doctors said I was a miracle," Witt told KCCI. "And there were times that they thought I wouldn't make it."

This was over Memorial Day Weekend. 

Witt was taken to the Methodist Medical Center, where is mother was working a respiratory therapist in the emergency room. Lisa Witt said she knew it was her son when she heard over the speaker a "level one trauma alert" and she said she knew it was her son. 

"I ran up to the trauma room, and they have a white board outside the ER and it said a little about patients," Lisa Witt told KCCI. "And it said a 17-year-old skate board accident, and I just knew. I knew it was him. I've been doing this 32 years, and you just can't prepare when it's your own child. It's a mother's worst nightmare."

Brandon is now urging other teens to wear helmets and be cautious on skateboards.