Moments after this parents arrived he was air-lifted to Wellington Hospital for "life-saving surgery". They were not allowed to touch or talk to him "to allow Jordan's brain to rest". "We had managed to get Jordan's grandparents to go to Wellington from Levin because we didn't want Jordan to die alone," said Mrs Diffey. It's going to be a long, slow road ahead and Jordan knows that. They were dealing with Mrs Diffey's father's death days before the assault on Jordan.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 16, 2016 00:33 UTC