"We love you brother, keep fighting! You got this!"
A Florida surfer was critically injured after hitting the Sunglow Pier off Daytona Beach on Friday morning. Jorge Alvarado, 49, was enjoying a fun little end of summer pulse when disaster struck around 9:00 am. Witnesses say that the Port Orange man might have hit a sandbar first but then struck his head on a piling, disappearing underwater afterward. It took other surfers in the water “several minutes” to free him, rush him to the sand and then directly to the hospital while life-saving measures were being administered.
Tamra Malphurs, director of Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue, wrote, “Sounds like the lateral current pushed him into the pier after he hit his head.”
Alvarado’s friend, Justin Gore, has set up a GoFundMe in order to help with expenses, explaining, “He (Alvarado) is currently on life support and needs all of the prayers and support he can possibly get. Jorge is loved by so many people and we want to make sure as a community that we take care of him and his family during this difficult time. If you can donate, anything would be greatly appreciated. If you can’t donate, please continue to pray for Jorge and his family. Thank you to all whom help contribute financially and thank you for all of the continued prayers. We love you brother, keep fighting! You got this!”
Thus far, nearly $12,000 of a $25,000 goal has been raised.
Another one bites the rust.
You’re next
You come on a story about someone who died and talk shit. That’s pretty weird.
I’ve heard of talking to yourself but … texting to yourself?
That’s weird
Ok weirdo
Fort Piers?
Florida is so backwards.
Shooting the pier – deadly
Shooting the pres – non-deadly
He wasn’t shooting the pier. The current took him into it after he was knocked out.