The impact shattered Higden's C6 vertebrae and damaged his spinal cord near the base of his neck, paralyzing him from the chest down. "Basically, it broke his back instantly," said Higden's father ...

A second surgery was performed on Sept. 16 to reduce swelling around his spinal cord and to add more screws, titanium plates and rods on both sides of his spine from C3-C6 to improve stabilization.

Frappier was celebrating finishing his bachelor's degree in kinesiology at l’Université de Sherbrooke in June of 2019 when he dove off a dock and fractured his C5 and C6 vertebrae.

Former WWE Champion Big E has not wrestled since March 2022. He fractured his C1 vertebrae and C6 vertebrae on a botches suplex by Ridge Holland, and his in-ring future has been unclear ever since.

It’s been nearly two years since William Montpetit’s accident when the 21-year-old broke his C5 and C6 vertebrae after he dove into a swimming pool. Doctors told him he’d never be able to ...