Last week, Santa Clara alumni and graduate student Jerel Dutton gained consciousness for the first time in 31 days. He spent 30 minutes with his loving parents who explained to him that he'd been in a very serious car accident. They told him that the accident had caused severe damage to his ankle, hand and brain as well as to his spine, and that he had had to have his right leg amputated before he drifted back into a drug-induced coma.

By the time he turned 31, Dana Ewell was supposed to be president of a successful investment company. The driven, focused finance major from Santa Clara who only wore suits and Ralph Lauren clothing planned to be following in the footsteps of his idols, Donald Trump and Joe Hunt of the Billionaire Boys' Club.