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Fox News
a day ago
- Fox News
Teen lifeguard impaled by beach umbrella returns to work after freak accident: ‘I'm pretty good'
The New Jersey lifeguard impaled by a beach umbrella while working a summer job on the sand is speaking out about the ordeal that almost ended her life. Alex Kaus, 18, was working as a lifeguard on Asbury Park's 3rd Avenue Beach last month when the incident occurred. "Physically, I'm pretty good," Kaus told Kaus was setting up the umbrella when a gust of wind blew her off a lifeguard stand, dropping her on the point end of the 1-inch metal pole, reported. Fellow lifeguards found Kaus lying on the ground with the stake through her left shoulder and sticking out the back of her arm, Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy previously told Fox News Digital. First responders cut the umbrella stake off Kaus, making it easier to transport her to the hospital. Three weeks after the incident, Kaus is reportedly back at work, according to the local outlet. While she is not yet guarding beachgoers, the college student is reportedly checking for beach badges as she prepares to head back to school at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. "I hope to have at least like two-ish weeks on the stand before I have to go back to school," Kaus said. Kaus has no exact return date for when she will return to guarding, as she reportedly is waiting to be medically cleared before taking to the water. This summer marks the New Jersey native's second year on the Asbury Park beach, which she chose to apply to after spending time visiting as a child, according to "I knew I liked it here and I knew it was a busy beach and wanted some, like action," Kaus said. With the news of her accident making national headlines, Kaus looked to downplay the attention as she focused on her recovery. "I'm definitely one of those people who's just like, 'It's all good,'" she said. "I'm still processing everything." Kaus is especially thankful for her fellow lifeguards and those who rushed to her rescue. "I'm really grateful to the people that were there with me," Kaus told "My coworkers, Liz and Noah and Patty and Colin, they were all there." Kaus did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. While Kaus is still recovering from her accident, she hopes the level of attention her story created shines some light on the role of lifeguards protecting local beaches up and down the country's coasts. "We appreciate it when people appreciate us as lifeguards," she said. "Because we're out here every day, keeping everybody safe."
Times
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Sorry, Boss — I'm just not your biggest fan
Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ. Which will mean more to some of you than others. It's the title of Bruce Springsteen's first album. He played his early gigs with the E Street Band about two minutes from my hotel, at a venue called the Stone Pony. Others who gigged there on the way up: Blondie, the Ramones, Elvis Costello on his first transatlantic tour. Van Morrison shot a video at the Pony because he thought it had a cool atmosphere. But it's the Boss's lingering aura that is the draw, obviously. Making me something of an imposter. This isn't a pilgrimage to the source of the river. I'm not the biggest Springsteen fan. I know I'm probably missing something. There's enough people out there willing to testify to his genius and since he's taken a stand against Donald Trump, his standing in Asbury Park is greater than ever. Supportive signs in the shop windows, defiant messages on white tees, a real hagiography. All wasted. I used to spend a lot of time at tournaments with our golf correspondent, Derek. Absolute Springsteen nut. Golf writers spend a lot of time in the US. Derek had seen his hero dozens of times. The running joke was my lack of appreciation, exaggerated to a regular assertion that Springsteen was rubbish. • This singer is Bruce Springsteen's heir — here's why Actually it was more nuanced than that. If I had just trashed Springsteen, Del could have dismissed me as an idiot. But I always qualified it by saying I liked some Springsteen. Which is true. I like it when he doesn't sound anything like how we imagine Bruce Springsteen. So, not good time rock and roll or Born in the USA. Streets of Philadelphia, I love. And his cover version of Dream Baby Dream by Suicide, New York punks with a cheap synthesizer. And that, I think, made it worse. It's like the old joke about the difference between a dummy and a dummy's dummy. The former believes everything he reads in the Sunday Sport; whereas the latter believes some of the things he reads in the Sunday Sport. By the way, blue-collar Bruce did not actually come from Asbury Park. He played here. Asbury Park is nice, rather posh. Cool, artistic community, very liberal, very gay. Lovely, picturesque, colourful wooden-boarded houses, as many pride flags as there are stars and stripes. You'd be happy to live in Asbury Park. And it's on the sea. I'm here because the tournament I'm covering ends at Meadowlands in New Jersey. The stadium is in the state, the NFL teams that call it home are the two from New York, the Giants and the Jets. Most visitors will stay in New York. But I've done that many times, for work, on holiday. So here I am on the eastern seaboard. And it's America, and quite an important part culturally, so you still get that feeling of being on a film set. You drive the New Jersey Turnpike, like Tony does in the title sequence of The Sopranos; you come off at toll booths like the one where Sonny Corleone is ambushed in The Godfather. Frank Sinatra came from New Jersey; so did rap originators the Sugarhill Gang. Then, on the Garden State Parkway the other day, there it was: the Jon Bon Jovi Service Area. How great is that? Why don't we do this, name mundane road stops after local rock stars? A Johnny Rotten Little Chef just off the North Circular. A Dave Gilmour Drive-Thru Starbucks and Shell garage at the top of the M11. You'd be proud, wouldn't you, in Jon Bon Jovi's shoes? He loves it. Called the naming — it was previously the Cheesequake Service Area — a career highlight. I think I'd turn up there one day a year if I was him, put on a uniform and get behind the counter at Auntie Anne's just to see the look on people's faces. Thinking on it, though, Cheesequake? What a name for a band that would be. Better than Bon Jovi. Although that may have been spoiled for me on discovering there was a tribute act from Yorkshire, called By Jovi. Now they should definitely have their own service station.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Are beach umbrellas dangerous? How to secure your umbrella on the beach
A day at the beach can quickly be ruined by an errant umbrella tumbling unpredictably across the sand and hitting someone. A recent incident in Asbury Park, New Jersey, brought this issue into the headlines. A lifeguard was impaled and hospitalized by an umbrella, which went through her shoulder, on June 25. She has been released from the hospital and is in recovery. What's happening at Delaware beaches: Running of the Bull and a lifeguard rescue It's a high-profile case of what is an avoidable injury most of the time. There are good ways to keep an umbrella from flying away and hitting and potentially severely injuring someone. Lean your umbrella into the direction of the wind. Even if you want to get some extra shade in the opposite direction, it is dangerous to angle it in a way where a wind gust can rip it out of the sand. Close your umbrella if you are leaving your spot. Unattended, open umbrellas can fly away with a wind switch. Dig it deeper than you think. If you're using a heavier umbrella made of wood or metal, it needs to be dug at least a foot under the sand. Sand is a loose and soft surface and is susceptible to collapse. The deeper the umbrella, the better. Use an umbrella anchor. These offer extra support for cheaper umbrellas especially. They operate as screws into the sand, which provides a stronger base and keeps the umbrella upright. These are easy to find wherever you get beach supplies. Put down your umbrella on very windy days. You will be plenty cool without the umbrella on a gusty day on the beach. If you really need the shade or cannot be in the sun, move to the boardwalk to find it. Catch your umbrella if it starts tumbling away. An umbrella doesn't get any slower once it gets rolling. You would rather run and catch it before it catches someone else. This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: How to keep your beach umbrella from becoming dangerous
Daily Mail
27-06-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Glamorous lifeguard impaled by beach umbrella speaks out from hospital to relive freak accident
After being violently impaled by an umbrella, a New Jersey lifeguard has vowed to return to the beach, despite her injuries. The 18-year-old, Alex, who only gave her first name, spoke out about her near-death experience after being stabbed through the arm in a freak accident at Asbury Park Beach Wednesday morning. Alex was attempting to secure an umbrella from her lifeguard chair when the wind picked up and she lost control of it. She fell down onto the aluminum pole while trying to keep it from blowing away. The one-inch wide rod went through her armpit and out of her back, leaving Alex lying on the beach, impaled. 'So we have umbrellas on stands for hot days and we usually have ropes tied to each of them so you can tie them to the stands,' she told ABC7. 'But the rope was frayed, and it was a little too short to tie, and a gust of wind came. It wasn't particularly strong, but the wind came and picked the umbrella up and I tried to catch it as it was going off the stand, but it pulled me off of it with it and I landed on the pole.' First responders quickly arrived on the scene, paramedics gave Alex medicine for her pain and firefighters sawed off the ends of the pole to make her injury more manageable, securing the one foot piece lodged under her arm. Officials said Alex was 'conscious, alert, and in good spirits', as she was rushed to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey. 'I was kind of a little freaked out at first and my brain got heavy because I was like, "oh my gosh, I've been impaled,"' she said. Alex underwent surgery and received a few stitches. She said the pole missed a crucial artery by only a centimeter but she's already home and recovering. 'I was very lucky where it hit me because it missed every major blood vessel and nerve. It just went through my muscle,' she said. 'So there wasn't any serious damage. It could've been so much worse, actually.' First responders, fellow lifeguards, and onlookers admired her attitude through the whole incident. Her colleagues called her tiny but strong. Asbury Park Beach Safety Supervisor Joe Bongiovanni said he was unsurprised by her positive attitude during the accident. 'She's one of those people that's always upbeat, always smiling. I've never seen her without a smile on her face.' Alex wanted to encourage beachgoers to secure their umbrellas, especially on windy days. Local fire Chief Kevin Keddy told ABC News, Alex was a 'tough young woman'. 'I feel like I tend to do pretty well in stressful, chaotic situations,' Alex said. Alex hopes to return to her post in just six weeks. It's her second summer lifeguarding at Asbury Park Beach, but she's been doing it since she was 15. 'I was bummed when I found out I had to take six weeks off,' she said. 'I'm definitely planning on going back as soon as I can.' Alex, who just finished her freshman year at the University of Wisconsin, wanted to use her story to encourage beachgoers to be conscious of their umbrellas.
The Sun
27-06-2025
- The Sun
Lifeguard, 18, impaled by beach umbrella recalls horror and reveals pole missed artery by a centimeter in freak accident
A LIFEGUARD impaled by a beach umbrella has recalled she was lucky to survive following the freak accident. Alex, a college student, revealed the umbrella's pole missed her artery by just one centimeter as she spoke about the horror. 2 She was trying to tie the umbrella to a stand on the beach in Asbury Park, New Jersey, but encountered problems, as reported by the ABC affiliate WABC-TV. Alex wanted to protect herself from the heat as temperatures hovered around 95F on Wednesday. But, the rope she was using to tie the umbrella to the stand was frayed. But, the umbrella was then picked up by a gust of wind. Alex revealed that she tried to catch the umbrella but ended up landing on the pole. The pole went through her shoulder and her back. The 18-year-old admitted her brain was 'heavy' after realizing what had happened. 'I was like 'oh my gosh, I've been impaled,' she told WABC-TV. She admitted that she was fortunate her injuries weren't more serious. 'I was very lucky where it hit me because it missed every major blood vessel and it just went through my muscles,' she said. 'The pole was very close to major blood vessels,' the teen told the CBS affiliate WCBS-TV. 'It was a half a centimeter away from at least one major blood vessel. 'It could've been so much worse, actually.' Alex revealed that a band saw was used to get parts of the six-foot-long pole from out of her armpit. The pole had to be cut before the girl was taken to the hospital. Beachgoers were left stunned by what had happened. 'As a mother of teenagers, it's so shocking and scary,' Nancy Brillo told WABC-TV. Her injuries means she won't be able to return to lifeguarding duties for around six weeks. She had just finished her first year at the University of Wisconsin. But, Alex hasn't been put off returning to the beach despite the accident. 2
