NY Concertgoer Left Partially Paralyzed After Singer Stage Dives Into Crowd
13.05.2024 - 17:31
/ perezhilton.com
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A young woman has been left with a “catastrophic” injury after a stage diving incident at a New York concert went horribly wrong.
Late last month, New Yorkers gathered at the Mohawk Place live music venue in Buffalo to see Australian punk-rock band Trophy Eyes perform. For Bird Piché, the night should have been unforgettable one, as the band is one of her favorites. But it ended up being unforgettable for a completely different and tragic reason.
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In footage uploaded to Reddit from the concert, Trophy Eyes lead singer John Floreani can be seen leaping off the stage into the crowd of people. And shockingly, Bird took the brunt of John’s landing. Family friend Leo Wolter Tejera told WGRZ, “there must just not have been enough people around there to catch him, or they weren’t aware that he was going to jump.” He added:
The Reddit user who captured the footage recalled in their upload:
Apparently, John landed directly on Bird’s head causing her to collapse. Leo told the outlet that concertgoers initially believed she fainted, so some went to get her a cold cloth. But after realizing she wasn’t getting back up, “they took her right to the hospital into emergency trauma surgery, and then she was admitted.” According to Leo, John rode with her in the ambulance.
According to a GoFundMe setup to help alleviate medical expenses, Bird suffered significant trauma to her spinal cord:
Leo explained that she’s now partially paralyzed and can only use her arms. OMG. How completely awful.
Trophy Eyes has since addressed the tragedy with a statement, too. They explained:
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