Crash Course
The story begins with every parent's worst nightmare. Terry Stone (Meredith Baxter, TV's "Family Ties") and her husband Geoff answer an early-morning phone call to learn that thei r son, Andrew, has been rushed to the hospital after being injured in an automobile accident. T hey arrive at the emergency room and are told that Andrew has suffered severe head injuries and  may never fully recover. Andrew, a college honors student with a bright future, had been a pas senger in a car that was side-swiped by a young man with a history of drunken driving.Terry  watches for many months as her son struggles to hold on to life, and then as he starts to rega in the steps of his life back. She is not about to let the driver with a drunken driving histor y use his family's influence and wealth to escape his justified punishment. But for Andrew, ret ribution and sympathy are not what he is seeking. His passion is to recapture his lost past, hi s once promising future, and the person he once was. Andrew and his family pull together, each taking a different route to help them heal the physical and psychological wounds of this tragic  experience. In this tale of hope and despair, strength and weakness, the lessons learned are n ot always obvious to the naked eye. There are times when a person needs to fall before he can f inally rise. Sometimes justice is best served when forgiveness is granted. Based on a true stor y.