Kite-surfer who hit building improving, mom says
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The condition of a kite-surfer thrown airborne into a Fort Lauderdale building by strong winds this week has improved, his mother said Wednesday.Wind lifted Kevin Kearney over a Fort Lauderdale beach before slamming him into a building Monday.
Wind lifted Kevin Kearney over a Fort Lauderdale beach before slamming him into a building Monday.
Broward General Medical Center upgraded Kevin Kearney's condition from critical to serious Wednesday morning, said his mother, Alicia Paradise-Garza.
Monday's incident, which a television crew captured on video as Tropical Storm Fay approached Florida, left the 28-year-old Kearney with spinal fractures, brain swelling, a broken rib and a broken ankle, among other injuries.
Kearney was harnessed to a kite, or sail, along a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, beach when strong wind caught the kite, sending him into the air, WFOR-TV reported. Video Watch wind lift Kearney into the air »
WFOR video shows Kearney rise into the air before slamming into the beach and being dragged for a brief time along the sand.
The kite then lifted into the air again, slamming him into a nearby building, WFOR reported.
