Alabama State Sen. Garlan E. Gudger, seriously injured in a Fourth of July jet ski crash with his son, made his first public statement Sunday, thanking all who helped him that day on the lake and the medical staff who have treated him in the days that followed.
made his first public statement Sunday, thanking all who helped him that day on the lake and the medical staff who have treated him in the days that followed.
Burkett said bystanders in the area assisted the father and son out of the water and took them to a nearby dock. The state senator said Sunday he remains in UAB’s Intensive Care Unit but said he has been able to walk down the hallway. “From the first responders who were quickly on the scene to the members of the helicopter airlift unit to the doctors and nurses at UAB and everyone else who assisted during this accident, we offer our deepest thanks and recognition that each of them kept a difficult situation from being even worse.”
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