University of South Florida’s football kicker was hospitalized after falling 35 feet from the gondola ride at Busch Gardens, fracturing his vertebra. Maikon Bonani, 20, remains in a Tampa hospital recovering after nearly paralyzing himself. Busch Gardens stated that Bonani was trying to close the gondola door which he thought was unlocked when he fell out, hanging on to the outside of the moving gondola for approximately 50 feet before crashing to the ground.
“He’s fine,” said coach Jim Leavitt, who spoke with Bonani by phone Saturday. “The main thing here is that he didn’t die. He isn’t paralyzed. The most important thing is his health.”
It’s a good thing for Bonani that the injuries weren’t more serious, although, if he were Axel Foley he’d have been fine…
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