MIAMI – The family members of a man who grew up in Miami claimed an explosion burned more than half his entire body all through a holiday with mates in Medellin.
Family members of Michael Eugene Clark, Jr., who now life in Orlando, want him flown to South Florida for medical care at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s melt away unit. Even so, authorities in Colombia will not release him with no payments, according to Clark, Jr.’s sister.
CBS News Miami emailed reps with Hospital de San Vicente Fundacion for comment. No one particular replied in advance of this story’s deadline.
Clark’s spouse and children shared pics and a video clip of the father of two who enjoys the Miami Dolphins. Cherished kinds mentioned Clark, Jr. joined two close friends from his alma mater Clark Atlanta University on a guys’ journey final Wednesday. The team traveled with each other every calendar year, relatives claimed. They have been to Medellin at minimum two times in advance of their latest journey, in accordance to kin.
This time, the group celebrated the 40th birthday of one particular of Clark, Jr.’s close friends, relatives reported. The trip went to a friend’s apartment in which hassle erupted Friday night.
“They have been out on the balcony and they experienced like a fuel hearth pit or something like that and in some way it exploded,” Michelle Asbury, Clark, Jr.’s sister claimed.
Asbury stated one particular of the adult men died even though flames burned around 50 percent of Michael’s entire body.
“My heart stopped to be honest with you,” Asbury claimed. “This is my youngest brother (we have a) quite close romance and it was just tricky when you are not able to achieve a liked just one out of the country and get to them as fast as you can.”
Michael’s spouse, mother and father and niece flew to be by his aspect.
“He was wrapped like a mummy,” Arias Austin, Michael’s niece reported. “He’s wrapped from head to toe for the reason that he is burned from head to toe. That first day his head was rather swollen. His lips ended up rather large. It is one thing you wouldn’t would like on your worst enemy.”
Clark, Jr.’s spouse and children desires him flown to Miami in which they consider he will get the best care and get better very best. However, he did not have travel insurance will have to pay back the clinic San Vicente Fundacion out of pocket.
“We ended up instructed that he would not be unveiled right up until all those charges had been paid,” Asbury claimed. “So he has clinical coverage. It really is just his healthcare insurance plan isn’t going to include him in another state.”
Relatives hope for the ideal when scrambling to discover cash to pay for Clark’s health care flight too.
