John Alex Lowell standing kitty corner from the crosswalk where he was hit by a car nine years ago  at 14th on Mission streets in San Francisco, Calif., remembers eye witness accounts on Tuesday, December 14, 2010.  According to witnesses he was dragged to almost the next block suffering serious brain trauma with broken limbs.  He is now on the city's pedestrian safety committee. Photo: Liz Hafalia, The Chronicle