Asbury Park, New Jersey – The guard who was It was activated from the umbrella of the beach in a strange accident this week She said that she knows how old she is as she pledged to return to the beach as soon as she recovered.
The 18 -year -old victim Alex, who does not want to use her last name, said that the pole missed its artery by a centimeter.
Since the accident on Wednesday morning in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Alex has undergone surgery and received some stitches.
Alex explained that she was trying to tie the beach umbrella when the accident occurred.
She said: “Therefore, we have umbrellas on the stands for hot days, and we usually have ropes linked to each of them so that you can link them to situations.” “But the rope was eager, and it was very short in linking it, and a storm of wind came. It was not particularly strong, but the wind came and chose the umbrella and tried to catch it because it was getting out of the situation, but it took me out of that and landed on the pole.”
She said that the paramedics arrived and gave them something to the pain, then the firefighters cut the ends of the pole by watching so that they could be transferred to the hospital.
Despite fear, Alex said she believed that she works well in stressful or chaotic situations.
Alex said: “I felt a little anxious at first and my mind was heavy because I was like, my God, I felt vitality,” Alex said. “But then the help came and one of my colleagues at work tilted against her. I asked them to put a towel on my head because she was bright and hot.”
Alex knows how fortunate is that its injuries are not worse.
She said: “I was very lucky as he hit me because he missed every major blood vessel and only passed through my muscles.” “So there was no serious harm. It could have been much worse, in fact.”
She says she will return to the rescue after she recovers and plans to visit the beach to see her rescuers colleagues soon.
“I felt annoyed when I discovered that I had to take six weeks,” Alex said.
This is the second year of Alex as a rescue guard, and it has just ended its first year at the University of Wisconsin.
In the wake of her accident, you also want to remind people to make sure they tie their umbrellas.
Tony Yates reports from Asbury Park.
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