(UAB) – On May 20, 2025, Grayson Pope walked across the stage at his high school graduation. The straight-A student smiled as he accepted his diploma. It was a milestone moment — one his family thought they may never witness.
Almost two years prior, Pope was fleeing a pop-up storm while playing golf with friends when a large tree collapsed on his golf cart. The now 19-year-old suffered hundreds of brain bleeds, brain stem damage and swelling on his brain.
He was transported to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital, where he was comatose upon arrival. CONTINUE