Head Diving

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At the US diving championship this 15 year old boy flips in the air and slams his head into the diving board

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  • http://www2.davidson.edu/athletics/ath_n...

    “I could tell he was angry that he had hit the board,” Hautau said of the Olympic hopeful. “He was in fourth place after the first dive in the round"

    "Ferrucci, who sustained a minor skull fracture and spent one night in the hospital, will have to keep his feet on the ground for the next month, but Hautau expects the promising young athlete to make a strong recovery."

    “Greg’s in the upper echelon of divers in the country, and while very few make the Olympics, he certainly has the talent and mental ability to compete at that level.”

    By Eric4x4 1152623154 Reply Spam [+6] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • jeez, hate these videos

    always feel so bad for these kids.... glad to hear he's alright

    By lil stanz 1162409956 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • lol

    i think his head was this close >| |< to coming off

    By chachilla 1157577267 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • *sigh*

    johnny was a happy child...now after the head trauma and memory loss he just sits by the window, thinking he is a cat. what a sad, sad sight for poor johnny.

    By BlackMetal 1155027650 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Hope he's ok now

    i wonder if he's ok now

    By Tori_breezy 1153146330 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • OMG!

    That hurts! Its just one of those things.

    By calessa 1152721027 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I did the same

    Back in 1971 my head did the same thing. I can still feel it from time to time.

    By Tellusnow 1152714444 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • ouch

    that must have really hurt...poor guy is gonna be scared for life..but i have to admit it was kinda funny

    By yasoof 1152686348 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • well

    at least got some body to help him out

    By fofo_sport 1152612347 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • What's with the treatment?

    As a lifeguard, there's always a possibility of a spinal injury when a diver hits their head on the diving board. Yet, in all the cases I've seen where this has happened, the coach has gotten in and not considered this. The kid is lucky to have only fractured his skull.

    By the_viper11 1152629974 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Ok Mr. "Lifeguard",

      As an EMT myself and a vaulenteer on my national ambulance service I know this simple little fact that I was tought, you trea the thing that kills first. Meaning, a live boy with a broken spinal cord because of the trauma he may or may not have sustained during the dive OR a dead drowned boy without a broken back. Errr... I pick answer number 1!

      By Diablo 1152718005 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Actually that "Lifeguard" is right

      I too am a lifeguard and I was there at the US Open in Indianapolis when Greg Ferrucci hit his head. And it could have been a lot worse. If someone hits their head like that the rescue should look a lot different. The victims arms should be secured tightly on either side of their head and you should be coming up at an angle...not a directly up while pulling the victim by their chest. I'm just saying, before you guys jump the lifeguards ass maybe you should realize that he's a trained professional. Luckily Greg was okay and was out of the hospital after only one night.

      By Xewells 1167103376 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • idiot

      What would you do let him drouwn? you are just a idiot ho thinks he is a lifeguard stupid F"uck

      By DaddyPumbaa.NL 1152650625 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • dumb

      i know what the procedure is for injurys like that but if you wait for a life guard and do the S**t you say ,he will be to long in the wather, and wy i comment like that is only becose, i will not be a idiot how say "hello i am a life guard and i know what to do and this is wrong" you just think you are a life guard but your not .

      By DaddyPumbaa.NL 1152689925 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • where the F**k were you?

      as a lifeguard why arent you at diving competitions to keep the coaches from having to get wet. get off metacafe and go train so you can beat the coaches to the rescue.

      By avgjoe 1152688975 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Read the article posted above...

      “I was up fast. I didn’t even wait for a lifeguard. Once I saw him go limp and start sinking, I was in the water,” Hautau said. “ I wasn’t exactly dressed for swimming in my jeans and shoes, so I was afraid my clothes would weigh me down, but I caught him about halfway to the bottom, and we were up in three kicks.”

      By Abathur 1152656507 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • That's gonna ache in the morning...

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    By link- 1152626166 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
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