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Woman Impaled by Windblown Beach Umbrella in New Jersey

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/07/17/woman-impaled-by-beach-umbrella-on-jersey-shore/ This happened just today July 17, 2018!

07/17/2018
Positive Change

In May I met with Bill Schermerhorn, the President of beachBub USA. Bill reached out to me after I bought a beachBub. He recognized my name because both he and I were interviewed on WTVR CBS6 in 2016 after a woman in Virginia Beach died because the shaft of a windblown beach umbrella penetrated her chest. My injury happened the year before in 2015. Bill is passionate about preventing these injuries because of a personal experience of his own (visit www.beachBub.com to learn about his

06/23/2017
A Couple of Responses on Facebook

I'm not the only one who has been injured. Below are some comments from Facebook: Deborah: "I got hit with a run away umbrella a number of years ago while asleep in my beach chair.....on the side of my face. I was so angry that it would happen. I constantly look where umbrella are when I am at the beach. I realize how truly lucky I was that day." Amy: "Long ago, my aunt's mother was killed by a wind blown beach umbrella. Though I never knew her, I still react every time I see an umbrella

05/31/2017
Latest Activities

I'm sorry I haven't been posting more regularly to this BLOG. Since I started the outreach with BeachUmbellaSafety.org I've been very busy: Beach Umbrella Safety has been incorporated as a non-profit in Virginia. I built this website myself using some knowledge gained over years in information systems. I've put the warning out on Facebook and it has gotten hundreds of shares (we need millions). I've done some research on umbrella design and safety products. Have a look at the picture on this

05/31/2017
Ed Quigley Interviewed on Inside Edition

Inside Edition segment on deadly beach umbrella accidents! A few weeks ago I traveled back to Bethany Beach to do an interview with Inside Edition about my windblown beach umbrella accident. You can watch the video below:

05/03/2017
WWBT NBC12 Richmond, Virginia

Near the end of the 2016 beach season, just in time for Memorial Day weekend, WWBT NBC12 in Richmond contacted me. On August 31, 2015, Eric Phillips an anchor for the station and his camera man came to my house. His interview can be found at: http://www.nbc12.com/story/32940656/richmond-man-speaks-out-after-beach-umbrella-pierced-his-brain.

04/29/2017