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Kite surfer V Hurricane(Video) He was caned

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Created by coldshot > 9 months ago, 5 Jun 2013
coldshot
WA, 218 posts
5 Jun 2013 11:06PM
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Kite-surfer who hit building improving

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- The condition of a kite-surfer thrown airborne into a Fort Lauderdale building by strong winds this week has improved, his mother said Wednesday.

Broward General Medical Center upgraded Kevin Kearney's condition from critical to serious Wednesday morning, said his mother, Alicia Paradise-Garza.

Monday's incident, which a television crew captured on video as Tropical Storm Fay approached Florida, left the 28-year-old Kearney with spinal fractures, brain swelling, a broken rib and a broken ankle, among other injuries.

Kearney was harnessed to a kite, or sail, along a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, beach when strong wind caught the kite, sending him into the air, WFOR-TV reported.

WFOR video shows Kearney rise into the air before slamming into the beach and being dragged for a brief time along the sand.

The kite then lifted into the air again, slamming him into a nearby building, WFOR reported.

Paradise-Garza said Wednesday her son is able to walk but has spent a lot of time sedated at the hospital so his injuries could be treated.

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She said Kearney has no recollection of what happened, and that no one has yet shown him the footage of Monday's incident.

In a statement given to the news media the family said Kearney, a Fort Lauderdale resident, is an "experienced kite-boarder."

Kite-surfers stand on boards while winds catch their kites and move them across water. The video showed no board at Kearney's feet while he was airborne.

Kearney's friends said his harness had emergency releases, but that it is possible things happened too fast for him to unhook his clasps, WFOR reported.

DutchRooster
NSW, 325 posts
6 Jun 2013 1:34AM
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It's 2013 buddy. You're half a decade behind.

dusta
WA, 2940 posts
5 Jun 2013 11:50PM
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marc ffs that was 2009 lol . you numpty

coldshot
WA, 218 posts
5 Jun 2013 11:55PM
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I'm bored

BennyB12
QLD, 918 posts
6 Jun 2013 6:22AM
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Then google Eric eck...

nvs180
QLD, 66 posts
6 Jun 2013 10:27AM
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coldshot said..

I'm bored


Have you seen the 'Top Hat' kitesurfing movie??????



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