Travis Barker 'Trying To Stay Upbeat' After Crash!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:20 am

Drummer's friend also says assistant Chris Baker, who died in the crash, 'was like extended family.' Travis Barker is trying to stay optimistic after multiple surgeries related to the plane crash that caused second- and third-degree burns on his torso and lower half of his body, according to friend Bill Nosal.

"If you make it out of a crash of that magnitude, somebody's looking out for you," Nosal, who is also the spokesperson for Barker's clothing company, Famous Stars and Straps, told The Associated Press on Tuesday (September 23). "He's trying to stay upbeat."

Nosal said that Chris Baker, Barker's personal assistant who died in the Columbia, South Carolina, crash on Friday, "was like extended family." Barker also lost his bodyguard, Charles Still, in the crash, although Nosal pointed out that the drummer didn't always travel with security. The pilot and the co-pilot, Sarah Lemmon and James Bland, also died.