Bridge jumper accidentally lands on man in boat (VIDEO)
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 07/25/2013 07:50 AM
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What are the odds on this happening? A man in Montana was taking a leisurely float trip down the Clark Fork River near Missoula, MT., when all of sudden a man plopped into his lap breaking his legs in the process.
They, like scores of other summer floaters, put into the Clark Fork and floated under the bridge, their inner tubes tethered.
"Suddenly I had intense pain and I was under water," said Hill. "Somebody had jumped off the bridge and landed on me."
Right in his lap, breaking both legs, chipping both fibulas, tearing the ACL in both knees, and cracking his left femur.
"There was a guy on my lap," said Hill, "and he rolled off my lap and he just kept apologizing, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.'"
Hill was still in his inner tube. He said the man who jumped on him swam him to shore. Hill said the man's friend helped out.
***The video below is just an example of bridge jumping on the Clark Fork - easy to see how this happened since it is a blind running jump into the water.***
Now Hill will likely be in a wheelchair and on crutches for the rest of the summer.
"Who does this happen to?" he laughed. "I don't know of anybody this has ever happened to."
Hill was new to tubing. But he's a veteran fisherman. So much so that he's been forming a nonprofit agency called Fishabilities.
"To help people with disabilities get out on the water and go fishing," said Hill, of his nonprofit.
He's getting first-hand experience of disability. It's been a momentous year. Before the floating accident, he had just got out of the hospital where he underwent lung surgery.
They, like scores of other summer floaters, put into the Clark Fork and floated under the bridge, their inner tubes tethered.
"Suddenly I had intense pain and I was under water," said Hill. "Somebody had jumped off the bridge and landed on me."
Right in his lap, breaking both legs, chipping both fibulas, tearing the ACL in both knees, and cracking his left femur.
"There was a guy on my lap," said Hill, "and he rolled off my lap and he just kept apologizing, 'I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.'"
Hill was still in his inner tube. He said the man who jumped on him swam him to shore. Hill said the man's friend helped out.
***The video below is just an example of bridge jumping on the Clark Fork - easy to see how this happened since it is a blind running jump into the water.***
Now Hill will likely be in a wheelchair and on crutches for the rest of the summer.
"Who does this happen to?" he laughed. "I don't know of anybody this has ever happened to."
Hill was new to tubing. But he's a veteran fisherman. So much so that he's been forming a nonprofit agency called Fishabilities.
"To help people with disabilities get out on the water and go fishing," said Hill, of his nonprofit.
He's getting first-hand experience of disability. It's been a momentous year. Before the floating accident, he had just got out of the hospital where he underwent lung surgery.
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