Firefighter Clay Thornburg Critically Injured
Clay Thornbridge, 17, Senior at Cherryville High SchoolHugh's Pond Fire Department - Gaston County NC
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
There has been another crash incident involving a Firefighter responding on a run.
Firefighter Clay Thornburg, 17, of the Hugh's Pond VFD in Gaston County, NC was responding to a dwelling fire last night at around 22:45 when he went off the road to the right and hit a driveway culvert and flipped his truck 5 times.
He was wearing a seat belt.
Members of his own FD (Hugh's Pond) found him and had to extricate him from his pickup truck. He was treated and transported by EMS to Cleveland Regional Medical Center and was then flown to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. As of this morning, he is still in a coma with a severe skull fracture, brain swelling, and nerve damage to his shoulder and is listed in critical condition.
You can find updates on his condition and send your best wishes to him at: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/claythornburg
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
There has been another crash incident involving a Firefighter responding on a run.
Firefighter Clay Thornburg, 17, of the Hugh's Pond VFD in Gaston County, NC was responding to a dwelling fire last night at around 22:45 when he went off the road to the right and hit a driveway culvert and flipped his truck 5 times.
He was wearing a seat belt.
Members of his own FD (Hugh's Pond) found him and had to extricate him from his pickup truck. He was treated and transported by EMS to Cleveland Regional Medical Center and was then flown to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. As of this morning, he is still in a coma with a severe skull fracture, brain swelling, and nerve damage to his shoulder and is listed in critical condition.
You can find updates on his condition and send your best wishes to him at: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/claythornburg
We are all Praying for you little buddy!!!
Click the Photo to EnlargeLets all use this Bible Verse for Clay Thornburg
Chief Barlow, Thank you so much for you dedication to the youth. Clay has lived for firefighting since the age of 3 and never for one minute since then questioned what his profession would be. I'm living a nightmare right now, but I have faith that Clay will pull through. I have that faith because of Clay's strong faith in God. You see, for the past 3 years my son has been an example for me, instead of the other way around as one would expect. He's a great kid... no more to be said.
ReplyDeleteThanks again and God Bless,
Vee Thornburg (father)