{"id":471,"date":"2012-01-22T02:37:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T09:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snowreporttv.com\/?p=471"},"modified":"2014-07-15T21:13:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T03:13:26","slug":"remembering-sarah-burke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snowreporttv.com\/remembering-sarah-burke\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Sarah Burke"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sarah Burke will be remembered as a pioneer of women\u2019s skiing after passing away recently due to injuries sustained performing practice in the sport she loved so much.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s so upsetting to know that such a skillful, talented and young athlete can die whilst performing the craft she is so passionate about. On January 10, 2012 whilst training on the Eagle Superpipe at the Park City Mountain Resort, Sarah suffered an horrific crash which later would be the cause of her passing at such a young age. Surprisingly, the area where she met that fateful accident was the same area where fellow freestyle skier, Kevin Pearce suffered horrific injuries previously.\u00a0 Pearce suffered brain injury after the accident but survived. Burke was not so lucky.<\/p>\n
It is reported Burke ruptured the vertebral artery that lead to an intracranial hemorrhage, putting her into cardiac arrest at the scene.\u00a0 CPR was performed on her at the scene, though was immediately flown to Salt Lake City Hospital.\u00a0 She was in a coma for 9 days and underwent a series of tests and operations until she finally succumbed and passed away on January 19, 2012 \u2013 9 days after the traumatic accident.<\/p>\n