|
Name:
|
Lake Magazine
-
|
Subject:
|
paralysis from Chimney Rock accident
|
Date:
|
8/3/2010 6:07:23 PM
|
|
Here’s an excerpt from a column I wrote about the Ryan Penney article:
“Thousands of people jump off Acapulco Rock each year and
swim away injury free, but a quick Google search reveals just how dangerous a
bad landing can be.
In 1994 former Auburn University head coach Terry Bowden
broke several ribs after jumping off the rock. In 1999 LPGA golfer Reilley
Rankin sustained a cracked sternum, two broken vertebrae, a bruised heart and
bruised lungs after a bad fall. Si Mathison, a Montgomery man, damaged his
spine, including a burst vertebra, but avoided paralysis after jumping from the
rock in 2006. That same year, a 16-year-old Ohio boy named Kyle Reaves was
knocked unconscious and suffered a collapsed lung after jumping from the rock.
He never resurfaced and his body was recovered about 20 minutes after he fell.
In most of these cases, the injured person had a bad
landing. Bowden reportedly dove off the rock. Rankin landed in a seated
position and Reaves supposedly landed on his side.”
You can read the rest of it here:
http://www.lakemartinmagazine.com/2010/08/03/column-in-the-weekend-outlook/.
Please feel free to contact me about the Chimney Rock article or anything else you'd like to see in the magazine.
Thanks, Katie Cole Lake
|