At the hospital, he’s being called The Hero.

Eighty-five-year-old Max Green was stuck by a Chevrolet van after pushing his wife, Nathalene, out of its way. Redditor SpoonHandle described the incident and shared a photo of the recovering couple in Reddit’s Pics community.

“Once she got up, she thought he was dead,” SpoonHandle wrote. “When we got the phone call, we couldn’t believe what had happened and all thought we’d lost Grandpa.”

According to the Eastern Arizona Courier, the Greens, who live in Pima, Arizona, were leaving a community festival when the van came toward them. Nathalene was knocked to the ground, but Max took the brunt of the crash, his body striking the vehicle and flinging into the windshield, the report says. The driver was inebriated, and arrested on charges of DUI and assault.

In spite of the long road ahead, the family seems good-humored. A day after the accident, SpoonHandle received this text:

The redditor has received words of support.

Here’s the very lucky couple.