The late-night schedule was unusual, Roundy said. "Things" just kept coming up. An e-mail here; a phone call there. It all added up.

"We tried to leave at 9, then 10 and then at 11 o'clock, but for some reason things kept popping up that kept us here for a little longer," he said. "It was weird, but now I know why."

As Drake collapsed by the fence Roundy said he and his wife charged out to find the young man in a "huge puddle of blood."

Staring at a "half-ripped-off foot," Roundy said he didn't know what else to do but wrap the gaping wound with a shirt and wait for help. "Bones were showing and his skin was — well, he was just in bad shape."

Police and medical help arrived seven minutes later and he was taken to Utah Valley Medical Center.

Exactly a week after his terrifying night, doctors amputated part of his foot.

Drake hasn't currently been charged with trespassing or any other crime, according to Wolken. But, when the Deseret Morning News requested the police report via a GRAMA request Provo Police said, "It is being withheld for the time being because it has been referred for charges."

Possible charges would not be a surprise to Drake. He told the Deseret Morning News he knew he had trespassed and boarded the train illegally. "It's quite a way to learn a lesson," he said the night before his planned amputation. "And something else," he said proudly, "Now, I quit smoking. I think it's for good, too."

His positive thinking didn't quit there: "I wasn't planning a huge sports career in my life anyway," he said jokingly. "I'll be fine. I was just lucky."

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