A severely injured Perth surfer has relived the moment he was dumped by a wave, changing his life forever. Dean Amos, 58, was in the water at Secret Harbour on Australia Day when he was caught out by the swell and slammed headfirst into a sandbar.
A severely injured Perth surfer has relived the moment he was dumped by a wave, changing his life forever. Dean Amos, 58, was in the water at Secret Harbour on Australia Day when he was caught out by the swell and slammed headfirst into a sandbar. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Surfer reveals moment wave slammed him into Secret Harbour sandbar. “I remember hearing the crack,” he told 7NEWS of the horrific moment.
The impact broke his neck, leaving him instantly paralysed and face down in the water, unable to move. Fellow surfers came to his rescue, flipping him onto his back and floating him back to shore before lifesavers and paramedics could take over. Amos has undergone surgery and is expected to spend months in hospital before he can return home. He had recently married the love of his life, Becky, and the pair were in the middle of renovating their fixer-upper in Warnbro, in Perth’s south. The home now needs a total transformation to accommodate his life in a wheelchair and it won’t come chea
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