Mr Lewis with sons Connor, left, and Oscar, right, at Royal North Shore hospital. Source: News.com.auThe heroic Father wrapped his body around his eight-year-old son as they both fell on to concrete
A Go Fund Me Page has been set up to assist the family of a man who suffered a cracked skull after leaping from a four-metre balcony to save his son’s life.
His injuries were reportedly so bad, that Doctors couldn’t believe Brad Lewis, 42, had survived the fall at all, when he arrived at intensive care.
According to the Go Fund Me Page, the father of two was at a friend’s house in Sydney’s north on Saturday, August 4th when his eight-year-old son Oscar shot a few Nerf gun bullets at him.
When the bullets missed and went over the first-floor balcony, Eight-year old Oscar ran to see where they went and lost his balance.
Mr Lewis saw what was happening and lunged to grab his son, but his speed and weight carried the two of them over balcony.
During the fall, the brave father pinned his son to his chest and curled around him, consequently taking the full force of the impact on his head.
Despite his severe injuries, the heroic dad still held concerns for his son as he drifted in and out of consciousness after the fall: “Are the kids OK? Don’t let them see me like this, don’t let me die mate,” Mr Lewis told his friend Beau as he lay on the concrete.
Source: News.com.auOscar was concussed, fractured his skull and suffered bruising on the brain.
The pair were treated by paramedics and a CareFlight team at the scene before Mr Lewis was flown to Royal North Shore Hospital in a serious condition, the Daily Mail reported.
Mr Lewis sustained major head and neck injuries — cracking his skull open, bruising his brain and fracturing his C6 vertebrae.
His recovery is expected to last for another six to 12 months, and he has now been moved from ICU to head trauma.
Oscar was taken to the same hospital and has since been released, but is still in shock and recovering slowly.
Annie Kendall, a friend of the family, wrote on the fundraising page: “He will not leave his mother’s side and now sleeps with six pillows around him from fear of falling out of bed.
“While the family are still trying to come to terms with what happened, they are so incredibly grateful for the out pouring of support from their family, friends and the wider community — many of you they don’t even know.”
She also wrote that Oscar’s mother 'Suz' had taken leave from her new job to care for the family, “but the household bills and mortgage repayments keep rolling in.”
At the time of writing $30,000 (AUD) of their $150,000 goal has been raised.
