Luke Ogburn, a second-year biology major at UC Santa Barbara and a beloved employee at Bagel Café in Isla Vista, is on the road to recovery after surviving a devastating fall from the Isla Vista bluffs on June 13, during UCSB’s graduation weekend.
According to Captain Scott Safechuck, Santa Barbara County Fire spokesperson, Ogburn was found unconscious on the beach below the Del Playa bluffs near Embarcadero Del Mar. Fire crews identified a clear path from where he had fallen — an estimated 30 feet — and carried him up the bluff’s stairs using a backboard and Stokes basket before transporting him by ambulance with moderate injuries. The incident was unwitnessed.
Ogburn’s injuries were extensive: collapsed lungs, a fractured pelvis, a broken clavicle and rib, deep lacerations, and multiple facial fractures. He spent time in the ICU but is now in stable condition and beginning the long journey of rehabilitation…