Thank God!

Travis Barker and DJ AM certainly have someone watching over both of them. Travis Barker was burnt on the torso while DJ AM had most of his face burnt. But doctors are optimistic that it will take them less than a year to recover, even as far as performing again.

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Following is the full report about the recuperating duo:

There is promising long-range news in the medical condition of air-tragedy victims Travis Barker and DJ AM.

The medical director of the Georgia burn center where the two are being treated after their escape from a fiery plane crash around midnight Friday said Sunday morning that both critically injured men are expected to make full recoveries.

Dr. Fred Mullins of the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors’ Hospital in Augusta said at a press conference that former Blink 182 drummer Barker, 32, and DJ Am (real name: Adam Goldstein), 35, are being treated for second- and third-degree burns.

Mullins says recovery from such burns can take as long as a year but says that the men suffered no other injuries, adding: “Since both Barker and Goldstein are in overall good health and didn’t suffer from any other crash-related complications, a full recovery is expected.”

As for a timeline, though he said recovery could require a year, Mullins also noted, “I would expect it would be much sooner than that.”

Mullins says Barker was burned on his torso and lower body, while DJ AM, was burned on his arms and a portion of his head. The doctor described both as remaining in critical but stable condition and in the intensive-care unit of the hospital.

Regarding their emotional state, he declined to discuss specifics, but said of burn victims that “45 percent of all patients have some emotional trouble.”

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It’s really sad that 4 other people (including Travis Barker’s assistant, Chris Baker) perished in the plane crash but I guess during these times we could only take comfort that not everyone died. Our condolences to the family of those who have lost their lives, their memories live on.