Parents of boy hurled from viewing platform at Tate Modern reveal he’s ‘making progress’
A BOY of six who was thrown from a 10th floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern gallery is “making progress”, his parents have revealed. The French youngster, who cannot be named due to his age, is slowly recovering from a broken back, legs and arms and a bleed on the brain. His parents said […]
A BOY of six who was thrown from a 10th floor viewing platform at the Tate Modern gallery is “making progress”, his parents have revealed.
The French youngster, who cannot be named due to his age, is slowly recovering from a broken back, legs and arms and a bleed on the brain.
His parents said his memory is “starting to work a little bit again” and he can now lie on his stomach and roll on to his back.
But they said: “He still has to spend his day in a shape moulded seating fixed on his wheelchair.”
The boy, who was on holiday, was hurled 100ft by autistic Jonty Bravery, 18, last August. Bravery admitted attempted murder at the Old Bailey and is awaiting sentencing.
They revealed the latest update in a post on a GoFundMe page, which has raised more than £205,559 for the boy’s treatment and rehabilitation.
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They said: “Despite appalling conditions of confinement at the hospital, we are happy to announce that we are holding on and that our little knight has continued to make progress!
“Our child has only his two boot-shaped splints now, and a splint on his left arm that he wears only at night. He still has to spend his day in a shape moulded seating fixed on his wheelchair.
“His sentences are always hashed, syllable by syllable, because he still lacks breath and muscle tone. We don’t always understand everything he says, especially when he’s tired but he expresses himself more and more.”
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