Well this wasn’t supposed to happen!
A British couple trying to recreate the famous lift scene from Dirty Dancing was sent to the hospital after their failed attempt.
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Sharon Price and her fiancé Andy Price knocked themselves unconscious while practicing the lift for their upcoming wedding. It was a “spur of the moment” decision to “get a bit of practice in” for the famous Hollywood move.
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“There was no build up, no warm up and that was it,” Andy told the BBC. “We were about 30ft apart and Sharon ran and I grabbed her hips and the next thing we knew we were flat out.”
“I think I knocked myself out hitting the floor as hard as I did. I wasn’t too aware of what was going on after that.”
Bride-to-be Sharon, 52, added: “I can remember running towards Andy and then the next thing just struggling for breath and my back was hurting.”
The couple, who happens to share the same surname, was taken to Southmead Hospital immediately after their fall. Andy was falling “in and out of consciousness” and Sharon was “struggling for breath.”
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Andy suffered a concussion and needed a CT scan and a neck brace. They were both discharged six hours later. Andy had medical staff with him to monitor his health for a few days since he suffered a heart attack a few years ago.
As far as their wedding dance, the two decided to cut the infamous lift from the routine.
“I don’t think we’ll have that one at the wedding,” Sharon Price, admitted to the BBC. “I think we’ll go for a traditional slow one and I’ll let Andy choose.”
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