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CBS News
3 days ago
- CBS News
2 cyclists injured after running into kite string on NYC bridge
Two New Yorkers are recovering from a run-in with a sharp object they couldn't even see until it was too late — a kite string. "There was just so much blood" Jennifer Noble was entering the Marine Parkway Bridge on her bike over the weekend when she saw a kite floating in the air and suddenly ran into something she couldn't see. "It hit my upper lip and my nose, and then it cut through my forehead," she said. The string also cut through the muscle of Noble's index finger and cut her helmet's temple strap. She says the force knocked her over backwards. Jennifer Noble says she was cut by a kite string as she was cycling on the Marine Parkway Bridge in June 2025. CBS News New York "And then I just hear screaming behind me. And it hit my friend who was behind me in the throat and cut his throat open," Noble said. Noble said good Samaritans sprang into action, bandaged her finger and applied pressure to her friend's neck. "It looked like a movie. Like it looked fake. There was just so much blood," Noble said. "It tore through me" Her friend, Robert Hillebrand, remains hospitalized. Noble said the entrepreneur has a long road ahead. "He's not able to work. He's going to have a lot of medical bills," she said. Jennifer Noble says Robert Hillebrand's throat was cut by a kite string as they were cycling on the Marine Parkway Bridge in June 2025. Photo provided Noble said she's still in pain five days after the incident and has since returned to the emergency room for excessive pain in her finger. "Looks like there are bone fragments in the joint, which is why I'm having so much pain now," she said. She has an appointment to see a specialist on Monday. Noble believes the string was attached to a so-called "fight kite," where the string is a very sharp, abrasive line sometimes coated with crushed glass. "It just seems really horrifically, dangerously negligent to have this stuff out there in the world," Noble said. "It tore through me."
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Yahoo
A Cyclist's Throat Cut and Another's Head Sliced By Kite String on N.Y.C. Bridge
A man and a woman were cycling on the Marine Parkway Bridge in New York City on Sunday, June 1, when they were struck by a kite string The woman suffered injuries to her hands and head, but the man sustained serious injuries to his neck Though stable, he remains in the care of the Kings County Hospital's ICUTwo cyclists were injured by a kite string in New York City on Sunday, June 1, according to the New York Police Department. A 36-year-old woman, Jennifer Noble, and her friend, a 40-year-old man, were cycling northbound on the Marine Parkway Bridge around 5:20 p.m., when a kite string struck them. Noble told the Gothamist that they had spent a beach day at Jacob Riis Park in Queens, N.Y. But as they were riding home in the bicycle lane, Noble and her friend rode into the string. ' I caught it with my hand. I tried to prevent it from moving, but it cut through my fingers and then my forehead and then hit me on the helmet, and I went backwards and it went over me and hit him,' she told the outlet. Moments before the incident, Noble noticed a kite flying erratically near the bridge. However, its string was nearly invisible to track its path, until it was too late, she said. ' I'm a birder, so I'm always looking at the sky and I'd noticed this very, interesting-looking black-and-white kite in the sky as we were coming up the bike path,' she said. 'That was my first thought when I ran into the skirt string — I could feel the tension of the wind on it. I just knew it was a kite string.' Upon colliding with the string, the pair was tended to by their group of friends and other cyclists, who also called first responders. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Noble sustained injuries to her head and hands, while the man she was with sustained serious injuries to his neck. EMS transported both victims to NYC Health and Hospitals/Coney Island. Noble was discharged that night. The man is currently recovering and in stable condition at Kings County Hospital's intensive care unit, according to a GoFundMe page created to help him with his unforeseen medical expenses. According to the fundraiser, the man, who was not identified by police, had his throat "slit" when he struck the line. "He suffered profound blood loss and damage to his windpipe, and has a very long road ahead of him in terms of recovery,' the fundraiser read. 'He will be in the ICU for an unknown amount of time at this point, though is stable and getting better by the day.' Noble said she didn't witness what happened after the collision. However, she told the Gothamist that the kite string looked similar to those used in kite fighting. A glass-coated string is typically used in the spar, where people aim to cut their opponent's kite string. ' If part of kite fighting is that one of the kites gets cut off and flies away, I don't see how there's a way to do that safely,' Noble said. 'It's such a danger, it just feels like a matter of time before someone else gets hurt in this way. So as a public safety concern, I would like to see that addressed.' Read the original article on People
