Allee Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Sad to hear this on the news this morning : http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/canadian-freestyle-skier-sarah-burke-in-a-coma-after-training-accident/article2298186/ Fingers crossed that she heals fast and well. She's an amazing skier, and a wonderful advocate for the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 I read that she needed to be resuscitated after the fall-this is not a good sign. Most people don't survive if resuscitation needs to be done and it makes me wonder if she didn't break her neck on impact. I've seen plenty of people die-usually with a brain injury, death is not instantaneous (excepting gun shot wounds, of course). High cervical spine fractures, tho---C1 or C2---it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Latest Canadian Broadcasting Corp. news was that Sarah's injuries included a ruptured vein in her neck which was repaired . No further information as to extent of injuries or prognosis. Presently being held in induced coma. Implication was that it is S.O.P until brain swelling is reduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Latest news conference cancelled by family, they are asking for the public to pray for Sarah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Latest news reports Sarah Burke has died today as a result of her injuries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcarve Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Tragic! She was way too young to die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted January 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Oh no. That's a tragedy. A huge loss to the sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronG Posted January 19, 2012 Report Share Posted January 19, 2012 Sad, sad news. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powdahbonz Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Terrible...her family made a difficult decision, however, donating her organs perhaps can save other lives. RIP Sarah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy12 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 A classy, inspirational lady. RIP, lovely rose. Heaven's newest angel came with wings already attached-to her feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 All of Sarah's organs have been donated for transplant. Source http://www.newschoolers.com/readnews/4629.0/RIP-Sarah-Burke www.giveforward.com/sarahburke. For donation information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafcadio Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Wow. Is it possible that things could actually get worse for her family: http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120120/sarah-burke-medical-bills-legacy-120120/20120120?hub=BritishColumbiaHome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 However impressive, the gifts from god of her beauty and talent, they pale compared to her gifts of life & health to others. Rip in peace girl:ices_ange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafcadio Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 The following site has been site up to raise money to help pay medical bills: http://www.giveforward.com/sarahburke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 ....the Canadian govt. picks up the bill for Canadians injured in the US. The "billed charges" are an obsolete holdover from the days of indemnity insurance and those policies paying a certain percentage of billed charges. I'm sure the hospital will agree to Medicare allowable rates with the Canadian authorities. Hopefully, the parents will have a lawyer set up a foundation with the money raised so far. As for the artery injured, it was most certainly the basilar/vertebral artery. That artery is practically connected to the cervical spine and a disruption at C1 and C2 would avulse it.... I posted A.E. Housman's poem To An Athlete Dying Young a few years ago... Here it is again..... THE time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay, And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears: Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge-cup. And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Donnelly Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Feb 24 - tonight on CBC CBC News: the fifth estate CBET - 9 - Fri, 2/24, 9:00 PM 1 hr "Fearless" New, 2/24/2012, News A look at the life and death of freeskier Sarah Burke, and other top athletes who seek fame and fortune by risking life and limb to compete in a risky sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Does the CBC stream their content online?-some of us are not within their broadcast signal.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Donnelly Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Does the CBC stream their content online?-some of us are not within their broadcast signal.... As far as I know they do not stream their content on-line within the USA. Here is a synopsis and trailer http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2011-2012/fearless/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted February 24, 2012 Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 As far as I know they do not stream their content on-line within the USA.Here is a synopsis and trailer http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2011-2012/fearless/ ...even the video trailer ain't available! maybe Hulu... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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