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Old 08-20-2008, 09:30 PM
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Get well soon! The winter will be here before you know it.
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Old 08-21-2008, 06:38 AM
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Sending prayers and positive karma for a speedy recovery.

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Old 08-21-2008, 08:31 AM
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Best wishes to Kevin for a full and speedy recovery! And to all those who sent out prayers and good thoughts, especially his family and friends, you know that good karma is headin' your way!
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You can feel confident that your accident will save many lives...get well soon!
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Old 08-22-2008, 03:38 PM
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You can feel confident that your accident will save many lives...get well soon!
Very true. Get better soon Kevin. Everyone at Kiteworld is rooting for you!

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CLICK BANNER TO GO TO DONATION SITE AND FOR UPDATES ON KEVIN'S PROGRESS

Let's dig deep for donations and help Kevin out!
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Old 08-22-2008, 09:55 PM
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Kitesurfer doesn't remember his brush with Fay
By Rafael A. Olmeda | SunSentinel.com
9:19 AM EDT, August 22, 2008


Fort Lauderdale - Kevin Kearney remembers heading out to Fort Lauderdale beach Monday afternoon. He remembers kite surfing.

As for the harrowing moments when he was caught by a wind gust from Tropical Storm Fay, dropped into the sand, picked up and slammed into a nearby restaurant?

"I don't actually remember it happening," said Kearney, 28, in a telephone interview this morning.

Kearney was released from Broward General Medical Center Thursday. He said he got "some stitches in my head" and some body aches but otherwise felt OK, and lucky. "I'm glad I don't hurt that bad," he said.


Kearney said he hadn't been able to engage in kite surfing for a couple of weeks before Monday because winds were weak. He is an experienced kite surfer who has taught the sport to others in the Florida Keys, his mother, Alicia Paradise-Garza, said Tuesday.

Tropical Storm Fay, which was approaching and then striking the Keys on Monday, looked like a good opportunity to take advantage of some wind.

Lifeguards had advised Kearney and other kite surfers to leave the beach because of threatening weather, and they were complying, said Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue Lt. Gio Serrano. Kearney came ashore south of Las Olas Boulevard and was preparing to take off his equipment when the wind suddenly kicked up.

"I guess I caught an updraft of the wind," Kearney said.

Video taken by a television news crew shows the wind caught Kearney and whipped him off the ground too quickly for anyone to do anything other than stare in shock.

When he first saw the video, Kearney thought, "That's interesting. I don't remember that."

Right now, Kearney said he's "feeling fine; a little tired. I ache a lot."

Staff Writers Joel Marino and John Holland contributed to this report.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/loc...,7581878.story


It is a common enough thing with head impacts to lose memory around the accident. Keep on healing there Kevin.
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