After a high-speed waterskiing crash, Sean Gardner was given a 5 per cent chance of survival. But thanks to a series of 'amazing coincidences' he is living his 'second chance at life'.
The 43-year-old Gold Coast man suffered horrific injuries in 2019 when he fell while waterskiing at 180 kilometres per hour in New Zealand's Waikato River.Sean suffered fractures to his spine and ribs, a collapsed lung and bleeding on the brain.But while Sean's body has healed, his brain has not.
The trauma has left his wife, Fiona Daggot, with post-traumatic stress disorder and hazy memories of the ordeal. But after he woke from the coma and took his first step toward his wife with a gentle kiss, time stood still for Fiona.
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