Monday, July 16th, 2007
The fan who suffered a broken neck at a Yankees game last week was released from the hospital
today.
The Yankees have chartered a private plane to fly Paul Robinson home to Kirkland, Washington.
The 53-year-old was in the upper deck during last Sunday’s game when a man fell down several
rows of seats and crashed into him.
Robinson says he is looking forward to getting home, while his doctors say he is lucky to be alive.
“Well obviously this wasn’t the way we were planning to leave New York when we arrived ten days
ago,†said Robinson. “Even though we had an awful eighth inning in last Sunday’s otherwise successful
game against the Angels, I feel fortunate to be leaving New York on my feet, and I am determined
to recover fully.”
“I would say that he is phenomenally lucky,†said Dr. John Hooten of Montefiore Medical Center.
“Not because every single fracture in the spine results in paralysis, but because the location of
this fracture was in such a location that if there had been spinal cord injury it would have been
absolutely catastrophic.”
Robinson says he hopes to come back to the city to go to another Yankee game sometime in the
near future.
The man who fell into him has not been found.
The Yankees are asking anyone with any information to call them at 718-579-4420 or the
Robinson’s attorney at 212-349-2000.
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