Scott Carl was born in 1965 and grew up in the Santa Cruz mountains of California with his two brothers., Sam and Johnathan. At age 19, Scott made a journey to Australia. After having been in Australia for only four weeks he was accosted in a stairwell when coming upon a burglary. He was pushed down a stairwell where he was discovered about eight hours later in a coma. After being in a coma for four months , he came out of the coma, however was a quadriplegic and in a foreign country. He had no medical insurance and his mother was required to get volunteers for his care in both Australia and later England. Scott’s House is dedicated to Scott’s life. He died in 1989.