If you enjoyed this article, you can get a Free Subscription to Special Reports via email or RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

This is a follow up Special Report from August 20th

The next time Kevin Kearney decides to go kitesurfing during a hurricane or tropical storm with winds of 60 mph, he says he will wear a helmet. The last time he went kitesurfing, Tropical Storm Fay dropped him on Fort Lauderdale beach, knocked him out, then slammed him into a building.

He doesn’t remember the incident that was captured on TV News video and spread around the world, because he was unconcious. But,he has seen the video and is still trying to remember what happened.

His mother says he suffered broken bones, but Kearney says he only suffered a bump on the forehead requiring a few stitches.

Kearney says he’s been kitesurfing for about 3 years and doesn’t want to smear the sport he loves by playing up his accident.

Further investigation into the incident, which a television news crew captured on video as Tropical Storm Fay approached Florida, say that the 28 year old Kearney had spinal fractures, brain swelling, a broken rib and a broken ankle, among other scrapes and bruises.

Kearney said his harness had emergency releases, but that he was knocked out after hitting the beach, then he couldn’t pull the cord to unhook his clasps.

“I remember the whole day, but I don’t remember flying across the street,” Kearney said.

But despite injuries that included a broken ankle and cracked ribs, the 28 year old said he would definitely go kiteboarding during a tropical storm again, only this time with a helmet.

“I should have packed it up a little bit earlier than I did,” said Kearney, who went against his friends’ advice that day when he decided to kite surf. “I regret it a little bit, but I’ve learned in the long run what is important is life.”

“My throat was injured when they tried to put me under a coma for a little while. The toughest thing has been sleeping, actually. I hurt my back a little,” he said.

“I do have a snowboarding helmet that I will use as a kite-boarding helmet for the next tropical storm,” he said.

The parents wanted to meet Yuzeith Osorio, who videotaped the incident which was seen around the world. On Friday, they did.

Alicia Paradise-Garza, Kearney’s mother, said to Osorio,”Thank you, for your compassion and kind words.” She was complimentary for the amount of concern he and others showed toward her son.

Kevin had no insurance to cover his medical bill from Broward General Medical Center, which could cost $75,000.

Click Here To Make A Donation To Kevin’s Medical Expenses