» 2017 Dominique Hessert – “The Chris Percent”

<script src="/jbcore/juicebox.js"></script><script>new juicebox({baseURL: '/2017_Winners/Hessert/Chris_Percent/',containerId: "juicebox-container",galleryWidth: "100%",galleryHeight: "100%",backgroundColor: "#222222"});</script><div id="juicebox-container"><noscript><h1>The Chris Percent</h1><p></p><p><img src="images/831-Hessert_Chris_01.jpg" title="" alt="Sarah Clemens tells her son Chris, 21, about the stuffed Tigger a family friend sent him in effort to get him to respond at Strong Memorial Hospital on Feb. 29, 2016. Chris was hit by two cars on Feb. 13 and suffered from a Diffuse Axonal Injury, a type of Traumatic Brain Injury." /><br> Sarah Clemens tells her son Chris, 21, about the stuffed Tigger a family friend sent him in effort to get him to respond at Strong Memorial Hospital on Feb. 29, 2016. Chris was hit by two cars on Feb. 13 and suffered from a Diffuse Axonal Injury, a type of Traumatic Brain Injury.</p><p><img src="images/832-Hessert_Chris_02.jpg" title="" alt="Chris, still unaware, struggles in his chair at Strong Memorial Hospital. Nurses move comatose patients from the bed to the chair one to two times gives them a better chance to wake up." /><br> Chris, still unaware, struggles in his chair at Strong Memorial Hospital. Nurses move comatose patients from the bed to the chair one to two times gives them a better chance to wake up.</p><p><img src="images/833-Hessert_Chris_03.jpg" title="" alt="Sarah Clemens watches as the doctors at Strong Memorial Hospital strap Chris into his chair on Feb. 22, 2016 while she continues her work. Sarah worked from the hospital during Chris's time at Strong Hospital." /><br> Sarah Clemens watches as the doctors at Strong Memorial Hospital strap Chris into his chair on Feb. 22, 2016 while she continues her work. Sarah worked from the hospital during Chris's time at Strong Hospital.</p><p><img src="images/834-Hessert_Chris_05.jpg" title="" alt="Doctors at Golisano Rehab Center help Chris get into bed on Mar. 3, 2016." /><br> Doctors at Golisano Rehab Center help Chris get into bed on Mar. 3, 2016.</p><p><img src="images/835-Hessert_Chris_06.jpg" title="" alt="A nurse spoon feeds Chris's first meal at the Golisano Rehab Center on Mar. 3, 2016." /><br> A nurse spoon feeds Chris's first meal at the Golisano Rehab Center on Mar. 3, 2016.</p><p><img src="images/836-Hessert_Chris_07.jpg" title="" alt="Sarah Clemens watches her son Chris to make sure he doesn't rip off his neck brace before going to sleep on their first night at the Golisano Rehab Center on Mar. 3, 2016." /><br> Sarah Clemens watches her son Chris to make sure he doesn't rip off his neck brace before going to sleep on their first night at the Golisano Rehab Center on Mar. 3, 2016.</p><p><img src="images/837-Hessert_Chris_08.jpg" title="" alt="Chris wears reading glasses as his occupational therapist works with him to improve his vision at Golisano Rehab Center on Mar. 11, 2016." /><br> Chris wears reading glasses as his occupational therapist works with him to improve his vision at Golisano Rehab Center on Mar. 11, 2016.</p><p><img src="images/838-Hessert_Chris_09.jpg" title="" alt="Marisa Langlois, a friend of Chris', holds the phone so Chris can video chat with his family on Mar 3, 2016. Chris's mother, Sarah Clemens, set up a video chat with her family so that they could see and talk to Chris every evening." /><br> Marisa Langlois, a friend of Chris', holds the phone so Chris can video chat with his family on Mar 3, 2016. Chris's mother, Sarah Clemens, set up a video chat with her family so that they could see and talk to Chris every evening.</p><p><img src="images/839-Hessert_Chris_10.jpg" title="" alt="Sarah Clemens and her son Chris watch a movie at Sarah's brothers home in New Hampshire on the way home to Maine on Apr. 2, 2016." /><br> Sarah Clemens and her son Chris watch a movie at Sarah's brothers home in New Hampshire on the way home to Maine on Apr. 2, 2016.</p><p><img src="images/841-Hessert_ChrisPercent_05.jpg" title="" alt="Sarah Clemens reacts when her son Chris Clemens, 21, mouths “good morning” at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. on Mar. 3, 2016." /><br> Sarah Clemens reacts when her son Chris Clemens, 21, mouths “good morning” at the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. on Mar. 3, 2016.</p></noscript></div>