Footage posted on-line reveals him hit the bottom after the assault, mendacity in a pool of blood.
His accidents embody a damaged vertebrae, an eight-centimetre slash to his neck and a "life-changing" reduce to his left hand, his household says.
Jeffers is in intensive care after a mammoth 21-hour surgical procedure and his determined household desires to get him dwelling.
His mom and grandmother have flown to Malaysia, the place Jeffers is now secure.
However he did not have journey insurance coverage, and prices are spiralling, they are saying.
An internet fundraiser says "it was such a last-minute journey, Luke did not have journey insurance coverage".
"The medical payments, the continued rehab and what it will value to get him dwelling with the help of a physician is an expense that our household was not ready for."
Malaysian Police have detained three males aged between 20 and 30 in reference to the brawl, and are searching extra suspects.