ONE Georgia High School Wrestler Facing a long recovery after he suffered a broken neck in a “freak accident” during a state championship tournament earlier this week.
Dominic Haines, a Jefferson High School Senior, suffered a broken neck in the final seconds of his quarter -final match of ghsa traditional wrestling state championships in Macon, GeorgiaThursday.
Dominic’s coach told Fox 5 that it was a “freak -accident.” (Mary Williford)
Assistant wrestling coach Matthew Seaman called it a “freak accident” that told Fox 5 Atlanta that it happened after his opponent performed a legal dismantling.
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“It’s a heartbreaking situation all for both sides, obvious to us, but determined to this opponent who absolutely did nothing wrong,” he told The station.
“This has been years in the works for him,” Seaman added. “Judgment has come up through the youth program at Jefferson, Middle School program and the high school program; this is a true family. This was his year, everything came together.”
Dominic’s father, Zach Haines, said his son is slowly regaining feeling in his lower half. (Mary Williford)
Dominic’s father, Zach Haines, provided updates about his son’s condition in a number of Facebook posts.
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He said after the accident, Dominic had “No feeling of shoulders down.”
Dominic underwent operation on Thursday, as his father said went “according to plan.”
In his latest update on social media, Haines said his son has shown positive signs of improvement with some feeling in his lower half. Dominic will undergo another operation later this week “to melt the vertebrae from behind as the muscles and ligament were all completely torn,” his father said in a recent update.
Dominic competed in a quarter -final match of GHSA traditional wrestling state championships last week. (Mary Williford)
Haines said if his son continues to move on, he could be transferred to a rehabilitation center in a week.
A Gofundme campaign for Dominic has raised over $ 62,000 from Tuesday.
