People sometimes disgust me (and sometimes amaze me with their compassion). This story is both. Driver- disgusting. Onlookers- amazing!
I'm glad that your friend has his life, but it'll be a long road of recovery. I'll be thinking of him!

People now don't care about others or their belongings. It's sad. This is NOT the same, but the other day I was in the parking lot of Old Navy. A huge SUV pulled into a spot and hit the car in front of it (like he didn't know how huge his front end was). He backed up, got out, and went inside like nothing happened. He knew he hit it, because he backed up. IDIOT! I wrote down his license plate # and went into the store to see if they could page the owner of the car that was hit, but they don't have a PA system. I would've left a note for the car that was hit, but it was raining buckets, and the note would've gotten wet and bled (I tried, but I didn't have a baggie to keep it dry). Grrrr... no regard for the other person's car. It didn't have any visible damage, but it still made me mad.