The accident happened in the warm-up training before the individual gymnastics competition. The time was 6: a.m. on July 22nd, Beijing time (the evening of July 21st, new york time), and the vault competition was about to be staged in the Long Island Gymnasium. In the routine warm-up, she is full of energy. She has done the "hand flip" twice, and the little girl wants to do it again, although for a player who is good at vault, this action can be said to be "familiar with the heart". Unexpectedly, this last jump actually caused her lifelong regret.
The assistant coach of the U.S. national team who witnessed the tragedy said: Sang Lan's movement was not very difficult. She seemed to hesitate when stepping and jumping, and her body turned a little more in the air. As a result, she landed on her head and immediately fell to the ground. Coach China and paramedics on the sidelines immediately rushed to give first aid. The poor girl was in shock for about 1 seconds, and everyone quickly made fixed measures for her and took her to Nassau Medical Center on a stretcher. This can only be an accident.
About 12 minutes later, Zhang Daiwei, a Chinese attending physician who is on duty in Long Island Radiology Department, began to examine Sang Lan. Results-Sang Lan's dislocation and contusion of the sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae, accompanied by nerve tissue injury, may lead to paralysis. That night, the goodwill games Organizing Committee sent a message to the China delegation saying that in view of Sang Lan's serious illness, it was decided to invite Sang Lan's parents to new york as soon as possible to "help Sang Lan recover with the encouragement of family."
The next day, the organizing committee held a press conference on the Sang Lan event at the Gymnastics News Center in Long Island, which was also the press conference with the largest number of reporters attending this tournament. At the meeting, Dr. Leoni, the attending physician of Nassau Medical Center, introduced Sang Lan's injury to the media. After diagnosis and treatment, Sang Lan's cervical dislocation has been successfully restored. She is conscious and her upper limb mobility has gradually improved, but she has lost consciousness below the chest. The doctor also said, "I have never met such a tenacious girl as Sang Lan, even though she is a 17-year-old girl in a very painful process."
Thomas, the chief executive of Nassau, said after visiting Sang Lan, "I am deeply encouraged by her courage in facing the pain."
Ms. Scanan, president of American Gymnastics Association, expressed regret for the accident, but she pointed out that the accident was not the product of unsafe environment.
Tu Mingde, head of the China sports delegation and secretary-general of the Chinese Olympic Committee, told the "foreigners" attending the meeting in fluent English that the China delegation thanked American friends for their concern and care for Sang Lan, and China would urge Sang Lan's parents to come to the United States as soon as possible, and said that China players would continue to seriously participate in the competition.
"when can I practice?" This is the first thing Sang Lan said when she woke up. When people heard the news from Zhao Yuxin, the leader of the China Gymnastics Team, they all stood in awe of Sang Lan, a girl who may be paralyzed just after her flower season.
Zhao Yuxin, who has been accompanying Sang Lan at the bedside, told reporters with red eyes: "This child is very sensible. The day after the injury, I asked her if she wanted her mother and whether she wanted her mother to accompany her. She said,' No, don't let her parents come. They will be sad to see me like this.' "Sang Lan on both sides of the head and neck are traction, still.
The Sang Lan incident shocked Long Island. Colonel Tu Mingde sent a naughty and lovely little white bear to Sang Lan when he visited her. On behalf of all the staff of the China delegation, he wished Sang Lan a speedy recovery. Shen Guofang, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, also visited Sang Lan in the hospital. All the contestants who participated in the goodwill games Gymnastics Competition sent a signed letter of condolence to Sang Lan. People from all walks of life, especially Chinese in the United States, have sent flowers and gifts. It is said that the hospital has set up a room for this purpose. There are countless e-mails expressing condolences to Sang Lan on the website of Nassau Medical Center ... In order to make Sang Lan recover as soon as possible, the day after Sang Lan was injured, the US Federal Food and Drug Administration authorized Nassau Medical Center to apply for the use of the experimental drug named "SYGEN" in Sang Lan. It is said that this synthetic protein is used to treat nerve injury and repair tissue structure.
At 8: am local time on July 25th (the evening of July 25th, Beijing time), experts from Nassu Medical Center performed cervical fusion for Sang Lan for seven hours so that she could sit up in the future. Before entering the operating room, Sang Lan said, "I really hope to do the operation quickly so that I can eat." She has been feeding on dribs and drabs since the injury.
A few hours after Sang Lan's operation was called "successfully completed" by a hospital spokesman, that is, at 7: 45 Beijing time, Sang Lan's father Sang Shisheng and his mother Chen Xiufeng flew to new york via Frankfurt. In order to prevent the China couple from being frightened by the scene, the organizing committee used very protective measures to make them leave JFK airport smoothly, which made the reporters from all over the world who went to track them with a sigh of relief.
The major media in the United States have invested heavily in the Sang Lan incident. In recent days, satellite vans and photographers have been stationed at the entrance of Nassau Medical Center, and the spokesman of the center is even more difficult to resist. Even the American Chinese TV reporter and two Shanghainese journalists Wu Xiaoqing and Chen Jun, who took Sang Lan footage when Sang Lan entered the customs with the team, were "worth rising" for a while, and ABC Broadcasting Company specially bought videos from their boss at a special price ... < P > At 1 o'clock last night Beijing time, Nassu Medical Center announced: Sang Lan's operation was very successful, and she could sit up and eat!
"Can Sang Lan still stand up?"
Although people didn't get a direct affirmative answer, it is certain that Sang Lan's tragic story is interwoven with countless good wishes.