Travis Barker has written to fans via his MySpace, thanking them for their support following his involvement in that much previously reported Lear jet crash that claimed the lives of four people.
In the message, Barker paid tribute to his two employees who died in the incident, PA Chris Baker and security man Charles Still. "To call them my employees does them such a disservice," he wrote, "as they were so much more than that. Chris was my best friend before anything else, and I can never put into words how much he will be missed. Che was an amazing person as well, and I was honoured to have him in my life".
Addressing the state of his own health, he said: "Like the doctors said from the beginning, it's been a slow recovery process. I am coming up on the 7th of my surgeries Monday. Today I finally was able to move all my fingers on my right hand. Every step seems huge at this point, and I'm doing EVERYTHING I can possibly do to get back to my kids. Yes, I did start eating meat again, but if it helps me to be home holding my little humans sooner, then it's all worth it".
He adds that he has seen his fellow survivor, DJ AM, aka Adam Goldstein: "I got to see AM the other day. Seeing him after he was discharged was an inspiration. I saw just how awesome the doctors' work here is, and got to see how well he is doing. I am so happy to see him doing well, and we are both so lucky and grateful that we are alive today".