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A teenager is still in intensive care after suffering serious injuries in a weird diving accident in Hampton Beach.
The incident happened on Monday afternoon In Hampton BeachNew Hampshire, 19-year-old Aiden Sloan and his cousins play in the water to beat the heat.
“He was jumping into the waves in the water, which I think is lighter than he expected,” Hampton Beach Fire Chief Michael McMahon told Fox News Digital.
Sloan’s mom Melina Burton responded to McMahon and described the torture of Fox News Digital and her life since the news of her injury to her son.
Aiden Sloan is in intensive care after suffering serious injuries in an accident on the coast of New Hampshire on Monday afternoon. (Melina Burton)
“They dive into the waves like kids,” Burton said. “There is another sandbar that no one knows there, so he waved and he hits the sandbar directly.”
Burton shared that Sloan’s cousin also saw some wrong mistakes and dragged him to the beach, and they realized he wasn’t breathing.
One of Sloan’s cousins: “He just doesn’t move.” Tell NBC10 Boston When the accident happened. “It’s like we carry bodies.”
Burton said her son had been completely eliminated and he might not have been alive today if it weren’t for his cousin.
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Aiden Sloan’s employer, a teenager who was seriously injured in a freak accident in Hampton Beach, was rallying after he recovered. (Greenleaf Milford Facebook)
“They are actually great kids, and they handle it very well. I did check it out with them. Michael, Michael, who actually pulled Aiden out of the water was here yesterday. I said, ‘Can I give you a hug?'” Burton said.
“I said, ‘I’m so thankful for rescuing my boy and pulling him out of the water,’ because if you didn’t do that, he wouldn’t even be here today. So I’ll be forever grateful.”
McMahon added that in almost the same situation, he had gone out on a similar call.
“So it didn’t shock me, but it didn’t happen often for us. It’s unfortunate,” McMahon said.
“Sometimes we go and call, people are doing stupid things, drugs and alcohol, which is not what we see. It’s just a kid on the beach because it’s hot and he gets hurt in a very unfortunate way.”
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Aiden Sloan’s mom Melinda Burton said he has a long road to recovery but hopes he can rebound. (Melina Burton)
A GoFundMe page has been set up for Sloan, which is described as The neck was broken.
“He misjudged the depth of some water in Hampton and broke his neck,” the post read. “At this point, he can’t move his legs and hands, but he can move his arms. His mom, Melina, is a single mom, and as he recovers, he needs to be with her boy.”
Burton said now to judge if there is any permanent damage, saying Sloan is trying to be strong and working hard every day.
“This morning the doctor met him just to explain to him what the surgery they had done on him and what exactly was his injury.
“So they came back this morning and they said he had two things to do.
Sloan, who is also a chef at a restaurant within Nash Casino, is getting support from his employer who is donating part of his sales for his medical expenses.
“Our Greenleaf family member Aiden Sloan, unfortunately, had a great day at Hampton Beach earlier this week and suffered a serious neck injury,” Greenleaf Milford wrote in an article on their Facebook page.
“Aiden joined our Greenleaf family at a very young age and over the years we watched him grow up as a man and a chef, and he and his family were filled with our love and support during these difficult times.”
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Burton said Sloan is expected to stay in the hospital for a few weeks before going to the rehabilitation facility, which is a matter of hope.
Burton explained: “They (the doctor) asked him many times a day if he could move his hands and fingers, if he could move his feet and toes, and if he could raise his knees.
“And he didn’t understand why they kept asking him to try these things. So he was crying. He was so excited today that for anyone who knew Eddie, it wasn’t who he was. He was always smiling, joking and happy. And, even if you know, even if you know, life is not what he does for him, he still always wanted him to laugh, so laugh now.
Stepheny Price is a writer at Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, state crime cases, illegal immigration and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
