(calm music)

- [Narrator] Rural nation Michigan,

a minivan was passinga slow moving combine,

when a small figure appeared from nowhere.

- We both heard the tires screeching.

- Then I turned and looked

and Brendan was laying in the road.

First I thought was fear.

- [Narrator] Richard and JenniferScott's nine year old son,

Brendan, was running acrossthe street to the neighbors

when a minivan hit himat 45 miles per hour,

knocking him 75 feet down the road.

- His body looked pretty twisted.

- [Narrator] They arrivedto find his eyes open

but unresponsive andblood coming from his ear.

- I immediately thoughthe was already gone.

- This kept remindingBrendan that God has him,

mom and dad are righthere and to keep fighting.

- God please don't take my baby,

those were the only words.

- [Narrator] After calling 911,

Jennifer texted her church's prayer chain

with a simple message.

- Prayers Brendan.

And as soon as I hit send,

the comments started coming with

praying, praying

and a calm really did come over me

because I knew God was working.

- [Narrator] Brandon wastaken to Sparrow Hospital

in Lansing Michigan

with both legs and his jaw broken.

He also suffered a punctured lung,

a ruptured spleen and a brain hemorrhage.

Even then, the mostlife threatening concern

was the extensive bleeding from his liver.

Dr. Stephen Girton wasone of several doctors

on Brendan's case.

- He was in desperate condition

and the essential thing wasto get to the operating room,

get into his abdomen

and try to get the bleeding stopped.

- [Narrator] With her son in surgery,

Jennifer reflected on howafter many years of praying

to have children,

she and Richard welcomedBrendan into the world.

Now with two more boysand two adopted girls,

they once again leanedon their faith in God,

as their firstborn fought for his life.

- I was definitely scared.

I had to rely on Him for the strength.

- I knew that Brendan was my miracle child

when I conceived him and hestill has miracles in him.

- [Narrator] In the O.Rthe team was still trying

to stop the bleeding whenBrendan's heart stopped.

- He actually bled to deathin the operating room.

There was no more blood in his heart.

And so what they did wasthe surgeon literally took

the heart in his hands

and as the heart started to fill,

he started squeezing it.

- [Narrator] By now morepeople had joined the family

in prayer, as the team continuedmassaging Brendan's heart.

But doctors knew that anyattempts after 20 minutes,

would likely be futile.

- When they got to the20 minute mark or so,

people started to question,can we really go further?

Will it help him to go further?

And literally right at that moment,

his heart started againby itself spontaneously.

- [Narrator] It was a win buthis liver was still bleeding

and Dr. Girton gave theparents little hope.

- I just didn't know if he could make it.

And his mother just lookedat me with this certainty

that I was sort of surprised by

and she said, no you're wrong,

he's gonna live.

- I couldn't let myselfbelieve that anything

but a miracle was about to happen.

- [Narrator] And the Scotts say it did,

as doctors were able to stop the bleeding.

Now in the pediatric ICU,

Brennan faced another fight.

with extensive head injuries,

doctors feared he wouldhave permanent brain damage.

- [Richard] They said he might not make it

through the next couple of days.

- To see him laying there,

fighting for his life,

was just really hard.

- [Narrator] Meanwhile prayers continued

to pour in from everywhere.

- If it wasn't for the support,

I don't know how we would have made it

through the first night.

- [Narrator] The nine yearold made it through the night

and over the next few critical days

they watched for positiveneurological signs.

Then on day five,

Brendan woke up,

not only able to respondto verbal commands

but a special touch from mom.

- He's never liked tohold my hand like this,

it's always.

And so whenever I would grab his hand

and I would hold on to it,

he would slowly, it started with the pinky

and then eventually he justlays his fingers through mine.

And I just knew that he wastelling me, mom I'm here.

- I just couldn't believe it.

The fact that he was alive

but also the fact thathe clearly was with it.

It was amazing.

- [Narrator] Brendan underwenta total of eight surgeries

during his four week stay in the hospital

before going to rehab.

But it only took three weeks,

not several months, as doctors predicted,

for him to go home.

- And they're like,

we can't explain this

and the body shouldn't beable to heal that fast.

And you don't have to explain it to me,

I know where it's coming from.

- [Narrator] Within a few months,

he was back to running aroundand even riding his bike.

- [Jennifer] I knew in my heart

that God wouldn't take my child

but even I didn't imagine thathe would restore him fully.

- He represents one of the best examples

I can think of in alifetime of doing this.

- [Narrator] Other than the scars

and brief moments of memory loss,

Brendan shows no signs of longterm effects

from his injuries.

He and his family knowhe's a walking miracle

and a testament to the power of prayer.

- Bible says where two ormore to come to me in my name,

the prayers will be answered

and we had countless numbersof prayers coming in.

- God actually does miracles.

- This just prove God's willing to answer

if you're willing to ask.