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Sherwood Forest, Protestor Seriously Injured in Fall

Col [with minor additional stuff by imc-sheffield] | 27.02.2004 23:30 | Ecology | Sheffield

Rob, a young lad in his early twenties, lost his footing on a walkway almost 50 feet up when he slipped on an icy platform, plummeting to the ground. He has suffered multiple injuries, broken bones and organ damage. He is in the Critical Care Unit at Kings Mill Centre for Healthcare Services.

For more information on the Sherwood Protest, see also Eviction Alert!: Sherwood Tree Camp.

Read updates 02/03/04 and 05/03/04.

Rob taking a break high above the ground at the Sherwood camp.
Rob taking a break high above the ground at the Sherwood camp.


Sherwood Camp, Protestor Seriously Injured

Col, 26.02.2004 20:23

Late last night one of our fellow protestors fell and was seriously injured at the sherwood protest camp, Rob a young lad in his early twenties lost his footing on a walkway almost 50 feet up when he slipped on an icy platform, plummeting to the ground without any breaks in the fall, he has suffered multiple injuries, broken bones and organ damage etc, he is currently in the operating theatre in the critical care unit at Kings Mill Centre for Health Care Services, Sutton in Ashfield, where he is said to be in a stable condition.

Rob has never really been accepted or felt part of anything in his entire life, he has spent much of his life being the victim and was so keen feel or be a part of something he took extraordinarily brave risks in helping to make the site more secure and really feel part of something, i think that is something many of the people in this movement can probably identify with at some point in their lives and i'm putting this call out for two reasons accordingly.

We had an informal discussion about it last night and we felt it would be great if we could swamp him with get well wishes from the many facets of the movement, as a show of solidarity and to make him feel that his efforts were widely appreciated by many others and not just those inside the camp, just to make him feel important and recognised would be greatly beneficial to his overall mental and emotional well being during the recovery period, so I am asking you to forward this to many enviro/eco/anarcho email discussion lists, forums, sites etc, around the world to ask you to send him a get well soon card, this small gesture from as many individuals as possible would mean so much and i ask all of you who can afford it to send him a card at the following address:

Rob - Ward 9
Kings Mill Centre for Healthcare Services
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG17 4JL

Thank you in advance to all who help.

If you are unable to send a card please email your get well soon wishes to c_o_l@btopenworld.com and I will print them out and take them to him.

The second reason for the callout is to source out some extra harnesses as we feel a "No Harness, No Climb" policy may be a better option in the future (Rob wouldn't have fallen at all if we had more harnesses), as we are currently so poorly equipped this would not be feasible at the present time, so anyone with spare harnessing or safety equipment pls contact me on the above email or phone (0115) 987 4636 ask for Col and/or leave a message, alternatively you could post it to:

Mansfield Woodhouse Protest site
c/o Sumac Centre
245 Gladstone Street
Nottingham
NG7 6HX

But it may be possible that we could have it collected by traffic heading to from this site or nine ladies if you contact us first, please label it if posting to sumac with, Mansfield Woodhouse Protest site. Thanks to all in advance who can offer assistance or get well cards.

Col [with minor additional stuff by imc-sheffield]

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