Armas required serial casting, a procedure used in therapy to strengthen and lengthen his muscles to regain mobility in his upper and lower extremities.

On April 21, 2022, Larsh, a motorman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, was driving his motorcycle at the intersection of Northwest 36th Street and Northwest 53rd Avenue when he collided head-on with an SUV.

When Grisel Carmenaty, 28, looks down at her leg, she’s reminded of how fortunate she is to be alive. On March 24, she was riding her moped when a distracted driver hit her. The impact sent her flying into the air and onto the vehicle that hit her.

Freek Vonk, PhD, and his crew were filming an extensive documentary on Caribbean reef sharks and hammerheads in South Bimini. Freek, 34, a fearless Dutch wildlife TV presenter, was in the water filming his introduction to the documentary while shadows of reef sharks were beneath him.

In July 2016, 27-year-old Chris Rotella and a friend were working on a 34-foot cabin cruiser in a canal in Fort Lauderdale, when the boat suddenly exploded.

In August 2015, the Mundy house was rocked by a piercing sound at 5:50 a.m. Darnal Mundy, then age three, had climbed onto a chair, reached into a drawer in search of an iPad and instead found a gun.

As Maty Hallcroft crossed the street toward the garage where her car was parked – crossing in the marked and signaled walkway – a driver plowed into her.

In January 2013, Evelin Matamoros was walking out of a restaurant in Miami when she was approached by an armed robber who demanded her purse.

“Ryder Trauma Center has been around for many years. As part of our job in law enforcement, we have been in Ryder for traumatic cases, and I’ve seen miracles happen,” said Diaz.