Dropped Cheerleader Keeps Cheering

Kristi is an awesome cheerleader and an awesome person! She coaches my kids in cheerleading and I could not ask for a better coach or person! she is the best, I love her!

those basers should be punished for not catching her...and oh yeah that's real

is toch wel van de onnozelste dingen die men ginder over het water heeft uitgevonden zeker?? Ik dacht dat die grieten eerst eens deftig op hun kop moesten vallen om als cheerleader in aanmerking te komen

dought thats real but o well

I was at that game. She was soooo cute when she starting cheering on the way out.

THATS SCHOOL SPIRIT!

i'd score with her crippled body constantly

i think its awesome, that she is showing everyone her dedication and showing that she is okay.
cheerleading is a sport like baseball or football or whatever..
Everyone thinks its just hopping around and dancing but there's so much more to it..

Way to go, very moving.

Does it really matter? this poor child had one nasty fall and for that we should all be sympathetic. she showed a supirior level of spirt and enthusiasim. For that we should be thrilled. Dangerous, probably so but if she had in issues with showing her spirit her body would not have allowed her to act in such a way. If the EMTs felt it to be not safe they too would have stoped it. Be proud that we have at least a few people left in this country that really care about something.

GOOD GIRL !!!

As an SIU graduate (1975) I'm proud of her. Whether she was stupid for moving (or as others have said...her brain activity took over after the head injury), SIU Salukis have spirit. It's a great school with great students. GO SIU Salukis!!!

absolutely adorable

This girl has more guts and strength than most of us could only pray for...

As a father of 3 daughters and psycho therapist, this young woman demonstrated amazing resiliency. I am not certain where the rest of the world is; sounds like some very pessimistic worlds views abound.

The only reason she's getting so much attention is because of her lack of common sense. I was a cheerleader in high school and was dropped from a stunt at a basketball game in a similar way..I ended up breaking my tailbone (which is very hard to do, so you can imagine it hurt like hell). I landed on my back and was not allowed to move (not that I tried). I truly can't believe the medical personnel allowed her to keep moving like that with a possible spinal- or who knows, could have even been brain- injury. It's amazing to watch. I'm at a loss for words now, I just can't believe
1) that she would do that and 2) that the EMTs allowed her to keep moving..pretty absurd.

You all obviously have never belonged to anything that you feel is important to you. To make fun of someone else who feels so strongly about something is pathetic. Do you not realize that that was her way of letting everyone know that she was ok....Moving her arms was not dangerous for her. If she sustained a cervical injury and then moved her neck around then she would have done some damge. if anyone is stupid..it is you people for not getting a life of your own. Pathetic!!!!!

It was a very dangerous thing to allow this injured patient the ability to wildly and strongly move her arms sooooo very much. She could have done much more serious damage. That's what makes her "cheering" on the stretcher so ridiculous. Just because she has spirit and loves to cheer, there's a time and a place....common sense. The emergency personal are very liable in this instance. Not a good medical deicision not to strap her arms down too!

There is a word in Japanese that best describes Kristi Yamaoka and that's bakatare. And bakatare means stupid.

LMFAO, i shall never forget the first time i saw this video on the news, it totally made my day.

stupid ass cheerleaders.

She reminds me of that "Hard Headed Woman" Cat Stevens once sang about!
Go Dawgs!!!

she looks stupid in the end.. but is that girl famous?

I did that once!! I was dancing on a park 20 feet high and i fell, i broke all my ribs and feet and kept dancing !!! now thats spririt :D !! it true believe me :D !!!

The video was stupid, but i cried.....I did, really hard. Something about a person dedication to their work and craft, despite bad circumstances..

It happened at a Southern Illinois University basketball game in Carbondale IL, she ended up with a spranged neck and a chiped spine, but she'll recover.

what a trooper! You go girl! Hope you recover!

It is true courage, cheering as they carry her out on a stretcher.