Thursday, January 12, 2012

Sarah Burke Still In A Coma


Sarah Burke is by far the best female freestyle skier in the world. On Tuesday, the Canadian was training in Park City, Utah on the half-pipe course and crashed from her feet to her head. The half-pipe at Park City has been the subject of serious accidents before including one to Olympic Medalist Kevin Pearce who suffered a very bad brain injury almost three years ago and is just now getting on a snowboard for the first time since it happened. Sarah's husband had to put out a call for help to get to Salt Lake City from his home and was finally able to do so. Sarah is in critical condition.

14 comments:

Diane said...

Stay strong Sara.
Canada loves you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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cheesegrater15 said...

That's horrible! I hope she recovers. Why is the half-pipe at Park City so dangerous?

Rita said...

Hope she wakes up soon!

Sue Ellen Mishkey said...

Co-sign Diane. And when you see the half-pipe ski event in 2014, you can thank her for it.

RenoBlondee said...

I hope she will be okay! That is terrible.

surfer said...

I heard that she's in a medically induced coma, so they probably did that to relieve pressure on her brain.

Apparently she landed on her feet, but then fell or bounced and this is what caused the trauma.

Keeping my fingers crossed for her speedy recovery.

MnGddess said...

Horrible. That possibility always scares me when I watch those athletes do their tricks. But Enty - how exactly do you crash from your feet to your head?

Anothergrayhare said...

Praying every day for her. From what we've read in the papers here in Toronto, her injuries were described as possibly "catastrophic".

Himmmm said...

Sarah is an AMAZING person, this breaks my heart. PLEASE keep her in your prayers/thoughts for a recovery. She's one of the nicest, sweetest, most humane people alive - devoid of attitude and would do anything to help others. THIS is a real tragedy. Be well Sarah...

Del Riser said...

Beautiful girl, amazing skier. I really hope she comes out of this alright.

Robin the Mad Photographer said...

Hang in there, Sarah--we're all pulling for you!

Wil said...

For some reason my Google News page thinks I am in Alberta [maybe it is hoping Minnesota will finally request asylum from Canada??] .. so I am reading a lot of Canadian news right now. Saw this story today .. horrible.

Apparently, she torn a major blood vessel and caused massive brain bleed. Very much hoping they got her into surgery in time. From the article, she sounds like a really special wonderful person.

Anonymous said...

Medically induced coma...not good. Hope the family stays strong. Went through this recently with a great friend of mine and he did not make it.

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