Kavan Markwood is finally speaking.
The Pittsburgh Pirates fan had everyone praying for him after he fell over PNC Park’s 21-foot wall. The fall created a haunting scene at PNC Park, and some questions about how it happened have since been answered.
Speaking with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Kavan said he has been unable to watch any video of the fall that left him motionless on the warning track. Play stopped immediately as medical staff sprinted to the outfield to find a shirtless Markwood on the warning track dirt with blood visible on his face.
Markwood reportedly described his injuries as “broken everything” but said he is expected to be released from Allegheny General Hospital in about a week.
From the Tribune-Review:
“I’m all right,” he said. “I can’t really sleep. I have a lot of back pain.”
Kavan Markwood reportedly added that he’s grateful for the donors to his GoFundMe, which was organized by his girlfriend’s mother, Jennifer Phillips, and has raised more than $54,000 as of Thursday morning.
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Newer footage showed the 20-year-old jumping to his feet before his leg clips the railing directly in front of him in new footage of the horrific PNC Park incident.
Security cameras took the heart-stopping video inside the stadium at the bottom of the seventh inning.
The fall is being treated as “accidental in nature” by Pittsburgh Public Safety, which investigated the incident.
Kavan Markwood Describes His Injuries
Kavan Markwood was in critical condition after he toppled over a bar from his front-row seat in the right field bleachers over Clemente Wall at PNC Park last Wednesday.
In the week since his accident, the Pennsylvania man’s friends and family have been encouraged about his recovery. He has now broken his silence.
The 20-year-old man remains in pain and described his injuries as “broken everything.”
He told TribLive on Wednesday that he hasn’t seen video of what happened.
“I’m all right,” he told the outlet. “I can’t really sleep. I have a lot of back pain.”
He added of the injuries: “I think when I get home, I’ll just put ice on it.”
Markwood is dealing with a broken neck, clavicle, and back.
