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Barker: 'Thankful to Be Alive'

Wants to hold kids again, play drums

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(Newser) – Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker says he's glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash last month. "My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so ... I'm just grateful to be here at all,” Barker told Us Weekly magazine from the hospital. "I am doing the best I can possibly be.”

"I've just been in surgery after surgery. I have third-degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands has second-degree burns and one has third-degree burns. I'm trying to have a quick recovery and play the drums again and be able to hold my kids again."

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and his daughter Alabama wait at a valet stand on W. 3rd Street July 29, 2007 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and his daughter Alabama wait at a valet stand on W. 3rd Street July 29, 2007 in Los Angeles, Calif.   (Getty Images)
Drummer Travis Barker appears onstage during MTV's
Drummer Travis Barker appears onstage during MTV's "Total Request Live" at the MTV Times Square Studios, in this Nov. 17, 2006 file photo in New York.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
In this Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 picture, Travis Barker performs during the T-Mobile Boulevard block party in Columbia, S.C.
In this Friday, Sept. 19, 2008 picture, Travis Barker performs during the T-Mobile Boulevard block party in Columbia, S.C.   (AP Photo/Sidney Moorer)
In this Sept. 7, 2008 file photo, DJ AM, left, and musician Travis Barker pose backstage at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot in Los Angeles.
In this Sept. 7, 2008 file photo, DJ AM, left, and musician Travis Barker pose backstage at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards held at Paramount Pictures Studio Lot in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)
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