Dream year abroad in Australia turns to tragedy after 'life-altering' beach mistake |

Описание: Subscribe and turn on notifications🔔 : https://buff.ly/3F6ZiLt | Just 36 hours after arriving in Australia, this young American’s dream trip turned into a nightmare after a freak accident at a popular Sydney beach.

While spending a day with friends at Balmoral Beach, Max Allen dove into a hidden sandbar–fracturing his C5 vertebra and leaving him paralysed from the chest down.

Max’s father James told Yahoo News Australia, “He called us from the hospital himself and said something like, ‘Dad, I’ve been injured. I broke my neck. I’m going into surgery.’”… “My wife thought he was joking because his voice was so matter-of-fact.”

“When I first got here, Max couldn’t breathe on his own. He couldn’t eat… But the next day, he moved his thumb… Now he’s sitting in a wheelchair, moving parts of his body he couldn’t just days ago.”

While doctors can’t say what Max’s entire rehabilitation process will look like, the 23-year-old’s family are now focusing on how to get Max well enough to fly back to the US.

Read more: https://au.news.yahoo.com/dream-year-...

Follow us on:
► TikTok:   / yahooaustralia  
► Facebook:   / yahoonewsau  
► Instagram:   / yahoonewsau  
► Website: https://au.yahoo.com/

#YahooAustralia #YahooNewsAustralia #BreakingNews #LatestNews #YahooNewsAU