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Dramatic Video Captures the Horrifying Moment a Boy Is Sent Plunging 45 Feet From a Ski Lift

Feb. 20, 2013 10:30pm
Dramatic Video Captures the Horrifying Moment a Man Is Sent Plunging 45 Feet From a Ski Lift

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What was supposed to be a relaxing day on the slopes turned into a nightmare for one person after he fell 45 feet from a ski lift. The video describes the victim as a “kid” though it is unclear how old he actually is.

According to the video’s description, the guy didn’t have the security bar down on the lift and fell out of his seat. He tries desperately to hold on, his feet dangling and flailing. He eventually loses his grip and is sent plunging 45 feet towards the snow.

“I was skiing when my friend gets off balance and ends up hanging from the chair. He did not have the security bar down. He hung from about Pole 8 to 21, and at 21 he fell,” the description reads. “This was on a lift that averages 37ft above the ground, But pole 21 was the 3rd highest [stretch] at about 45ft high, 19 being the highest.”

He was reportedly taken to a hospital by helicopter after suffering serious injuries, including a concussion, skull fracture, collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver.

Watch (Warning: Some strong language)

UPDATE:

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the incident happened at Ski Santa Fe and that the 17-year-old involved is in good condition.

According to the report, the accident occurred on Feb. 2 but was first posted on the Internet on Feb. 18. While the boy was, in fact, air lifted off the mountain, none of his injuries required surgery.

“Basically, the kid is home and he is fine,” Cody Sheppard, the ski patrol director at Ski Santa Fe, told the paper.

“They kept him for observation for a couple of days, and then he was released,” he added. “I’d probably shatter. There is something about being young and flexible, I guess, and just lucky the way you land.”

(H/T: Reddit)

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  • DebateMe
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:29am

    Skiiers shouldn’t post things like this on the net. Now the liberals are going to ban ski lifts because they have the potential to kill.

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    • BehindTheMouth
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:43am

      Hell, they’ll just and ban skiing itself

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    • DebateMe
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:41pm

      @NewCreationDave
      You know what? You’re absolutley right! I didn’t think this through all the way. But you’re right, snow is the devil’s work and must be banned.

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    • Fubared
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 5:55pm

      Didn’t Al Bore ban snow? That moron bounced.

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      Fubared  
    • LifeandLiberty2
      Posted on February 22, 2013 at 4:59am

      Obamacare will rule that this activity increases healthcare costs and therefore will be banned.

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  • crazyrightwingmom
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 11:04am

    One of my nightmares…and some lifts didn’t used to have bars!
    Once my daughter, age 8 was falling off, but we had just started and the workers stopped the lift and ran up and she fell into their arms.

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  • LikesToFightGuy
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:48am

    So this one time on like my millionth time on a chairlift ar my local spot out west. going up the chair my bother and ex riding behind us. one nice and epic powder day. im riding up the chair with this overweight guy probally 3 times my weight and near twice my age. about a third of the way up dude totally not paying attention and slipps and guess what the DA does…grabs my snowboard and pulls me off . luckily both of his legs broke my fall. i will never forget the sound of 2 femurs breaking…i rode away with 3 holes bit through my tounge spitting blood. i wanted to kill the guy. lucky for me i had on my helmet and a 35ft drop not to big as for my experience. i was told later by my patrol buddies he was pretty messed up…

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  • dablmc
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:10am

    your to keep on the riding gear on while sitting on the lift, he didn’t have it on so u know he was messing around.

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    • redfish52
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:30am

      So by now his parents have gotten a good ambulance chaser so they can sue the ski resort and probably win just because they have a ****** for a son. God bless America.

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    • Proverbs17-12NLT
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:49am

      Time to ban chairlifts democrats, never let a good crisis go to waste. Keep protecting us from ourselves

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    • jrow98
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:05pm

      i bet he wont mess around on a lift any time soon after that fall.

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  • Hippies_Smell_Like_Goat_Cheese
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 8:49am

    Definitely an Obama voter.

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  • walnutportconservative
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 8:16am

    What an idiot! That bar is there for a reason dude. At least they didn’t have to stop the lift. Hey… where was his board man?
    Send him to the tubing park if he comes to your ski area.

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    • jrow98
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:07pm

      he probably kicked off his board that’s what i would have done.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 7:34am

    What a nightmare.

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  • The-Monk
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 6:06am

    Get well soon kiddo….!

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    The-Monk  
  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:27am

    Was that yoursensei or his kid?

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:21am

    So horrible.
    Hope he makes a full recovery.
    Folks, pray for this guy.

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    LeadNotFollow  
  • Nowarningshot
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:38am

    What? kids these days can’t pull their own bodyweight up with their arms?

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  • AmericaMustBeFree
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:22am

    Whatever caused it I think many of you should be a little more compassionate, what if it were your son, your brother or nephew etc. we all make mistakes.. as Jesus said, “ye without sin, cast the first stone!”

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  • Mrose
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:06am

    Put the damn bar down!

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:01am

    With that kind of slope that kid could have made a pretty safe landing. He must be a real clod.

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    • RedDawn2012
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 6:04am

      Not much snow where he landed … rocks everywhere. Where were his skis? I’ve been on lots of chairlifts, and I’ve never seen anyone without skis.

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on February 22, 2013 at 11:11am

      It looks as if he was a snowboarder, not a skier. He took his board off for some reason–I think you can make it out hanging down below the chair just to his left. He probably slid off the chair after raising the bar when he twisted around to remove the board.

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  • Moondogg
    Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:00am

    I fell off of a ski lift when I was about 14 years old and I can attest, it’s not fun. I didn’t fall from nearly as high as this kid did. I hope he’s OK. My accident was partially my fault, and partially the fault of the chair operator. I was standing there waiting for the chair to turn the corner and reach me and wasn’t quite in the right position. The chair came around, but I wasn’t firmly in my seat and slipped out almost right after my feet left the ground. I held on while the chair kept going up and up and up. I could hear people screaming “STOP THE LIFT!” but the chair kept moving. Realizing I would be screwed if I waited too long, I let go and fell about 20 feet into a snow bank. I wasn’t hurt at all, but a guy from the ski patrol who happened to be nearby came flying to me and was insistent that I remain on the ground until he could check me out a little.
    After that, I spent the rest of the day skiing and had an awesome story to tell!! (:^||)

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  • topazmarie
    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 11:31pm

    Been skiing for over 30 yrs. Teenagers should be banned from the slopes. They are a menace to us all. Ages3-12….21-99, everyone in between go sledriding somewhere and leave the rest of to enjoy the mountains in peace.

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    • WAR PIGS CRAWLING
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 3:19am

      I don’t mean to laugh, BUT…. I had a mental picture of you standing on your porch, shaking your fist, rollers in your ****….. As a former 13-20 year old male, I’ve been on the receiving end of many a brow beating from folks like you…….that being said, I was just skiing with my wife and kids over the Presidents Day weekend, and I understand where you’re coming from…. but it still made me laugh.

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    • JGraham III
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 7:16pm

      Only boardheads should be banned. Most of them are testosteronally challenged young men with nary a brain in their heads.

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  • IndyGuy
    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 11:25pm

    The kid failed to consider the gravity of the situation…

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    IndyGuy  
  • jlightning1
    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 11:19pm

    Hope the poor kid recovers fully.. Not sure what to ban here.. Any libs out there that can help me with this?

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    • dogday
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 12:10am

      We need laws!!! I am sure the danger of ski lifts will require an investigative committee and more regulations

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    • asybot12
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 1:30am

      Not sure what to ban WoW I am positive now you are not a liberal !!

      Snow has to be banned all over the planet because when it melts people drown you see!

      And if they cannot ban snow they should ban winter it causes snow just ask the north East! and ban the summer because it causes heat waves and spring because it makes things grow.

      The final solution just ban the universe all problems solved :) :)

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    • stloocardsfan
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 9:23am

      More laws, tax payer dollars and good intentions can fix anything.

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  • mrspeedwagon
    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 11:15pm

    He’ll get better riding the lift next time around I am sure. Or if not….then the next, next time! Been skiing 50 years and never seen such idiocy. Have been stranded on stalled lifts, and have jumped from lower heights with more forgiving terrain, but never seen such stupidity before

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    • lowerclassrepublican
      Posted on February 20, 2013 at 11:28pm

      I agree, first he had to not use the bar, but forget that most lifts I ever used never had a bar. I think he was screwing with his buddies behind him and just lost his grip.

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  • lid.smoker
    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 11:13pm

    I’ve seen plenty of teens smoking pot and drinking beer on the chairlifts. How come he wasn’t wearing his snowboard or skis?

    Unlikely anyone would know what pole they were on and the height of the poles. Probably this is some stunt for a video.
    “He hung from about Pole 8 to 21, and at 21 he fell,” the description reads. “This was on a lift that averages 37ft above the ground, But pole 21 was the 3rd highest [stretch] at about 45ft high, 19 being the highest.”

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  • Whatdoesntkillyou
    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 11:13pm

    Staged?

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    Whatdoesntkillyou  
  • Jarhead 88
    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 10:48pm

    Sounded like a bag of eggs cracking.

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  • marthasusan40
    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 10:47pm

    Wow, why would anyone ride a lift without the bar down…..remind your children and anyone you know who skis….Prayers for this young man..Hope the Blaze does a follow up story on his condition…

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    • ADNIL
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 5:48am

      I ski a lot and when I ride with young people they rarely put the bar down until I ask them to. Like, bars are for wooses. Duh! When we load the chair I’ll wait a minute or so just to see before I ask.

      They (and here I really mean only SOME of them) also ski too fast, beyond their ability level, and those who are good skiers often take unnecessary chances, like skiing in packs, skiing too fast on beginner and intermediate slopes, getting too close to other skiers, taking blind jumps, poaching and skiing out of bounds, leaning way out of the chairs to slap sticers on the lift towers, etc, etc. Every now and then one would get out of control and hit a tree and code on the mountain or in the aid room or a couple would get lost on the back side and we would have to organize and coordinate a search with the warden service when they turned up missing after the lifts closed, after dark. I used to be a patroller at Sugarloaf, ME and saw all kinds of stupid things they did on a regular basis.

      Now that I don’t patrol any more, I only ski on weekdays when school is in session and stay away on “college weeks”. Few young people around except for groups and ski teams and a few kids on vacation with their parents. Problem solved, for old farts like me, anyway.

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    • tajloc
      Posted on February 21, 2013 at 8:56am

      The bar is not necessary…. When you grow a little older it help to keep your legs moving a bit. The bar usually has a place for the feet that would stop any keep warm movement in the lower legs. Still if you share a chair you just have to suck it up sometimes.
      Still the bar is a choice not a “regulation”

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    • Lloyd Drako
      Posted on February 22, 2013 at 12:20pm

      Worst nightmare: hooking your tip on a tower. It CAN happen, I’ve seen it. Pay attention!

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  • Master_and_Commander
    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 10:40pm

    Poor kid, I feel horrible for him. Pray he makes it through

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  • banjarmon
    Posted on February 20, 2013 at 10:34pm

    That has got to hurt!!

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