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'So full of light': Survivor of deadly crash stays positive through recovery
Quanecia Fraser
Anchor/Reporter
'So full of light': Survivor of deadly crash stays positive through recovery
IN A SPLIT SECOND AND IF YOU TAKE ONE LOOK AT THE WRECKAGE AND SARPY COUNTY SHOWS YOU WHY WELL THE CRASH ON I-80 KILLED HER BEST FRIENDS AND LEFT HER IN A COMA BACK IN JANUARY. OKAY TV NEWSWATCH EVANS QUEEN EASIER FRASER REPORT. SHE’S FINALLY HOME AND MAKING PROGRESS BECAUSE SHE’S STAYING POSITIVE. FOR THE PAST MONTH TANZANIA BASS HAS SPENT HER DAYS STEPPING YOU CAN MAKE IT TIGHTER IF YOU NEED TO BENDING WITH MUSCLE STARTING TO WORK AND THEN COME RIGHT BACK UP NICE AND STRONG NICE AND TALL AND WORKING HER WAY TO HER LAST DAY OF INPATIENT REHAB AT CHI EMMANUEL. OH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND YOU MIGHT NOTICE TANZANIA ISN’T SHY ABOUT HER LOVE FOR SUPERVILLAIN HARLEY QUINN SOMETHING SHE AND HER HER BEST FRIEND SABRINA REYNOLDS BONDED OVER. I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HUSKY FOR AT LEAST. OH, I KNOW I PHYSICAL THERAPISTS NINA NELSON SAID SHE NOTICED SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT TANZANIA FROM DAY ONE. IT’S JUST SO FULL OF LIGHT. SO OPTIMISTIC AND SO POSITIVE BUT EVERY MOMENT ISN’T SO BRIGHT FOR TANGINA, YOU KNOW ICE CRY EVERY DAY SITS MARCH, YOU KNOW, AND IT HURTS, YOU KNOW, I WAKE UP 30 DAY AND TO THEIR FRIENDS ARE GONE WHEN TANZANIA WOKE UP FROM HER COMA SHE LEARNED SHE WAS IN A CRASH WITH REYNOLDS AND DAVID HARDY ON JANUARY 29T PARTY AND REYNOLDS BOTH DIED. I DID HOUSE SURVIVOR SKILL, YOU KNOW, LIKE GOT IT ON NAKED, BUT THEY DIDN’T YOU KNOW BEFORE SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO A MANUAL MEDICS RUSHED HER TO SEE UMC BURKE AND MERCY FROM THE CRASH. SHE HAD A LOT OF ACTORS IN OUR PELVIS AND IN HER RIBS AND HER ARMS TANGANYA ALSO SUFFERED BRAIN DAMAGE AND SOME MEMORY LOSS FOR THREE AND A HALF MONTHS. I COULDN’T WALK. LIKE I JUST STARTED WALKING TOGETHER ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO BEFORE THE CRASH THE 27 YEAR OLDS HAD A BUSY LIFE AS A MOTHER AND FULL-TIME COLLEGE STUDENT WORKING TWO JOBS. SHE WAS DETERMINED THAT SHE’S GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THOSE ROLES IN HER LIFE AFTER SHE RECOVERED AND LEFT HERE NOW TANGINIA IS MOVING FORWARD TO LIFE THAT IS FOREVER CHANGED, BUT SHE’S DETERMINED TO KEEP HER HEAD UP ALONG THE WAY OUR GIRL TO LAST OUR SCARS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY STILL EITHER IN OMAHA WHEN
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'So full of light': Survivor of deadly crash stays positive through recovery
Quanecia Fraser
Anchor/Reporter
On Jan. 29, a crash on Interstate 80 in Sarpy County, Nebraska, killed David Hardy and Sabrina Reynolds, the two best friends of Tanjeneia Bass.Bass, 27, was the only one in the crash to survive.For the past month, Bass has spent her days stepping, bending and working her way to her last day of in-patient rehab at CHI Immanuel Hospital. "I'm going to give you a hug before I leave too," she told her physical therapist Nina Nelson.Nelson said she noticed something special about Bass from day one."She was just so full of light, so optimistic and so positive," Nelson said.But every moment isn't so bright for Bass."I cry every day since March... and it hurts. I wake up every day and my two best friends are gone," she said.When Bass woke up from her coma, she learned about Hardy and Reynolds dying from the crash."They should still be here. They should not be gone," Bass said. "I did have survivor's guilt, like why did I make it but they didn't?'"Before Bass was transferred to Immanuel, medics rushed her to CUMC Bergan Mercy from the crash."She had a lot of fractures in her pelvis and in her ribs, and her arms," Nelson said.Bass also suffered brain damage and some memory loss."For three and a half months, I couldn't walk. I just started walking again about two weeks ago," she told sister station KETV.Before the crash, Bass had a busy life as a mother and full-time college student, working two jobs."She was determined that she was going to continue with those roles in her life after she recovered and left here," Nelson said.Now, Bass is moving forward to a life that is forever changed. But she's determined to keep her head up along the way."I've grown to love my scars because it makes me a survivor," Bass said.
OMAHA, Neb. —

On Jan. 29, a crash on Interstate 80 in Sarpy County, Nebraska, killed David Hardy and Sabrina Reynolds, the two best friends of Tanjeneia Bass.

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Bass, 27, was the only one in the crash to survive.

For the past month, Bass has spent her days stepping, bending and working her way to her last day of in-patient rehab at CHI Immanuel Hospital.

"I'm going to give you a hug before I leave too," she told her physical therapist Nina Nelson.

Nelson said she noticed something special about Bass from day one.

"She was just so full of light, so optimistic and so positive," Nelson said.

But every moment isn't so bright for Bass.

"I cry every day since March... and it hurts. I wake up every day and my two best friends are gone," she said.

When Bass woke up from her coma, she learned about Hardy and Reynolds dying from the crash.

"They should still be here. They should not be gone," Bass said. "I did have survivor's guilt, like why did I make it but they didn't?'"

Before Bass was transferred to Immanuel, medics rushed her to CUMC Bergan Mercy from the crash.

"She had a lot of fractures in her pelvis and in her ribs, and her arms," Nelson said.

Bass also suffered brain damage and some memory loss.

"For three and a half months, I couldn't walk. I just started walking again about two weeks ago," she told sister station KETV.

Before the crash, Bass had a busy life as a mother and full-time college student, working two jobs.

"She was determined that she was going to continue with those roles in her life after she recovered and left here," Nelson said.

Now, Bass is moving forward to a life that is forever changed. But she's determined to keep her head up along the way.

"I've grown to love my scars because it makes me a survivor," Bass said.