A person misplaced each his legs in a freak accident after falling onto a New York Metropolis subway monitor in Manhattan simply earlier than a practice arrived.

David Cassidy, initially from Clones, County Monaghan, within the Republic of Eire, was on the best way dwelling to his condo in Woodside, Queens, one morning in December when he stumbled and fell onto the tracks.

Regardless of the most effective efforts of bystanders, Cassidy, 33, couldn't be hauled again onto the platform earlier than being struck by the practice.

Cassidy was rushed to a specialist trauma facility at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan the place medics needed to amputate each his legs under the knee.

The 33-year-old, who moved to the U.S. in 2013, is now present process a collection of surgical procedures on the hospital and faces an extended interval of rehabilitation.

The person's brother, Niall Cassidy, instructed The Irish Instances that he was lucky to flee the accident together with his life.

"To be trustworthy it is a miracle that these are the one actual accidents he sustained. He additionally has two fractured fingers," the brother mentioned. "We're counting ourselves fortunate that we did not lose him."

The brother has arrange a GoFundMe web page with a view to assist the 33-year-old together with his medical bills and different dwelling prices. To this point, the fundraiser has acquired greater than $207,000 in donations.

"As a result of nature of David's accidents, his future medical bills and prosthetics necessities are troublesome to foretell," Niall Cassidy wrote on the GoFundMe web page. "Prosthetics alone will value tens of hundreds per limb and usually should be changed each three to 5 years."

"David's medical insurance coverage will solely go thus far in direction of assembly the lifelong prices related together with his accidents. On discharge from hospital, David will want wheelchair accessible lodging and also will require help with many points of day by day life as he recovers."

The brother mentioned docs at Bellevue anticipate the 33-year-old to regain a "good stage" of mobility, though it will take a while.

"David's resilience, positivity and power for the reason that accident have been an inspiration to all of us," the brother mentioned. "He's keen to maneuver ahead, get again to work and get on together with his life. It can undoubtedly be an extended highway."

Niall Cassidy mentioned his brother was well-known for going above and past to assist the individuals in his life.

"The help from everybody thus far has been wonderful and has made a really troublesome time a lot simpler to cope with," he mentioned.

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