October 26, 1984: A Day in History as the Last Best Chance for Man on Earth (2014)

This documentary spans 30 years in the making, and only now can the public identify the issue at hand: a 7-year old boy accidentally is hit in the head by his cousin, also 7 years of age, and suffers a typical head contusion. After taken to the local neighborhood ER that day by family, the boy is given ice, anti-inflammatory medication, and the small laceration is sutured closed. After the boy was given two series of x-rays, both not showing any conclusive evidence of a serious fracture, the boy's mother instructs the hospital to transfer her son for more imaging tests, given in 1982/1983, that hospital only had x-ray technology. A continuously stable boy is transferred to Yale Hospital; they perform craniectomy - rest is history.