The family of a 17-year-old girl who was injured by a Navy parachutist who landed on her during San Francisco Fleet Week is sharing new details about the incident.
Mia DeGuzman recorded the sky in amazement as a Navy officer on a parachute flew over a crowd. Seconds later, her life would change forever.
“He crashed landed into her and her mom and the helmet actually hit the mom in the head. He landed on top of Mia,” said Tanya Gomerman, the DeGuzmans’ attorney.
A moment of awe quickly turning into agony; the mom suffering a concussion, and 17-year-old Mia rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.
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“She sustained pelvic fractures they took her to the hospital. They did surgery. They think the surgery went well – obviously we can’t tell yet,” said Gomerman. “My initial concern is she going to be able to walk without a limp? Did a growth plate get hit? It sounds like, the hope is that she will be able to walk without a limp and it’s not going to impede her growing. Her mom’s concern is that will she be able to have kids naturally? The doctors don’t know that will be possible unless they take the pins and screws out because it’s holding her pelvis in place.”