Lori Says ‘Thanks for the Help’

Bay racer Lori Lombardo has plenty of time these days to replay the recent boating accident which has laid her up with a broken leg. But she still has no idea how the mishap occured.

Shortly after completing the Encinal YC’s 2nd Half Opener, Lori was walking back to Henry King’s boat, Jeanette: "The next minute I was in the water between two docks," recalls Lori.  At least three or four people close by grabbed me and pulled me up out of the water, laid me out on the dock where I was writhing in pain. A woman, who said she was a nurse, was there almost instantly, and someone else was tending to my bleeding foot. They took very good care of me while we waited for the ambulance." For the record, she had not been drinking.

With all the excitement, Lori didn’t catch the names of any of the good samaritans who helped her, but she hopes they’ll get in touch with her via email so she can thank them personally.

With a stainless steel plate and five screws helping her bones to heal, and "lots of love and attention from friends and family," Lori hopes to be out racing again soon.