Video: Victim Of Serbian Beatdown Plans To Live Long & Prosper

Photograph by Bebeto Matthews/AP

If there is any way to garner more sympathy and further prove yourself an unfair victim for the monstrous college athlete who put you into a coma after a bar fight eleven months ago, it's ending your first press conference by tossing up the Vulcan salute. Today was the first public appearance by Bryan Steinhauer, the 22-year-old Brooklyn native who was brutally beaten by his Binghamton classmate Miladin Kovacevic, the Serbian basketball player nearly twice his size. The Daily News describes his words as "emerging slowly and heavily slurred," as seen in the video below from MyFoxNY.

Steinhauer's family recently received $900,000 from the Serbian government, after a drawn out process attempting to bring Kovacevic to justice after he fled to his homeland following his arrest for the attack. Steinhauer says he doesn't think about Kovacevic, who is currently awaiting trial in Serbia, and he doesn't recall the incident. He told reporters, "I think they want to see me angry. They won't get that. I have a poker face. I have a full house. So I'm not worried....Thankfully, I'm not full of hate."

Doctors said that Steinhauer had hemorrhages and contusions affecting almost every lobe of his brain when he arrived at Mount Sinai Hospital in the third month of his coma last July. He said, "I had a second birth and raising at Mount Sinai...I'm just a normal guy stuck in a bad situation who kept a positive attitude and kept my head held high."

Reporters at the press conference were impressed by Steinhauer's good humor throughout, particularly when asked what he did upon leaving the hospital and he responded that he went "looking for a job." While he is working towards being able to start an accounting job he had already accepted before the fight, he said, "In the future, I aim to inspire people to fight for those who fall through the cracks of our health care system. Nothing is more important than restoring people's health."

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By Billy Parker in News on April 22, 2009 6:03 PM

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Turkum Lan

Imagine this was your son, you bastard (whoever made fun of him in posts above).

This should have been a reason for war against serbia, I would send out assassins to fcking kidnap him and hang him off his dick from empire state building.

NannyState

He should join the military so he can finally face down his attacker in the burned out ruins of Serbia.

sexisicilian

I am glad that Bryan Steinhauer survived and is not making anyone bring him down. Good for him!! At least it is a positive outcome to a sad story for once. Good luck Bryan. Much Luv from Brooklyn!!

a girl

that is also used as the sign for the Hebrew letter Shin....it wasn't first made up by Star Trek.

Snoopy

Don't be silly. Star Trek and it's early non-televised episodes existed way before the Hebrew religion was started.

whitecastlerock

I am glad this guy is on the road to recovery... No one deserves to be nearly beaten to death.

Nick S

I think this guy is awesome. Really just some normal nerd that was int he wrong bar at the wrong time. He speaks well and seems to not be a media hound or anything. Regardless,

"If there is any way to garner more sympathy and further prove yourself an unfair victim for the monstrous college athlete who put you into a coma after a bar fight eleven months ago, it's ending your first press conference by tossing up the Vulcan salute."

coupled with the picture..fucking awesome.

Snoopy

The guy has a lot more courage and drive then any poster I've seen on this blog. Hoping for the best and that his voice will improve with therapy.

Meanwhile the Serbian goon and the goons in the Serbian government hiding the freak bball player are total pieces of shit.

"Look me, strong Serbian basketball player! Beat up little kid. Much fun! HA HA. Now run back to old country to live with mama. Thanks for American education. Work now in abandoned Yugo factory."

Rocknrope

Hopefully he will live long and prosper. Nanoo, nanoo.

dazehsk

Thats really sad, thats guys life is basically ruined. I hope that little Serbian bastard gets paralyzed or something.

Past Taliban

I think that Serbian bastard didn't hit him hard enough.

Mr Mel

Uncalled for, mean spirited, definitely not funny. There are limits.

Kevin Walsh

He's a better man than me. If it was me, my entire focus would be on getting the thug back here to face charges. It would be an obsession.

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