
Florida fraternity brother with brain damage from hazing sends lifesaving warning to future Greeks
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A former FSU student has been sentenced to prison after punching fraternity pledge Nicholas Mauricio, who suffered severe brain damage as a result of a hazing incident.
"I’m still so emotionally exhausted. … I’m just tired of fighting a battle we’re never going to win." "You can tell them no, and you should tell them no." Audrey Conklin is a digital reporter for Fox News Digital and FOX Business. Email tips to audrey.conklin@fox.com or on Twitter at @audpants.
"Not only am I lucky to be alive, but I’m lucky to … be in a good condition upstairs," Mauricio told Fox News Digital. "It’s taken a lot of hard work and a lot of struggling and a lot of low points."
He said the "hardest part about" his brain injury "is that it’s not a visible injury like a broken arm or a torn ACL that takes physical rehab." It can be difficult for his friends and family to understand that he was severely injured and has been fighting every day since the "Scumbag of the Week" incident.