Caleb Coffee is currently fighting for life in ICU after a horrific 80ft fall climbing in Hawaii when he suffered injuries on lava rock that resulted in him being airlifted to hospital, and fans are concerned.
The TikTok star has taken to social media to thank his fans for their support and announced that he is lucky to be alive, providing health updates after the influencer‘s family raise funds to support his medical bills.
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Caleb Coffee suffers horrific 80ft fall climbing in Hawaii
TikTok personality Caleb Coffee was admitted to the intensive care unit on 17 August 2023, following a painful accident that occurred while he was hiking with his friends in Hawaii.
The social media star slipped and fell from a 60-80 ft cliff onto the lava rocks below and had to be airlifted to the emergency room of the hospital at 2 pm on Wednesday 17 August.
Caleb Coffee’s family revealed he sustained major injuries, including a spinal fracture, broken femur, elbow, and wrist, and multiple gouges and burns throughout his entire body.
TMZ also reports that the medic is said to have informed the family that more injuries will “most likely pop up over the next few weeks” and he is currently not able to hold down food.
TikTok star fighting for life in ICU
Caleb Coffee shared a video via his popular TikTok platform addressing the incident by stitching a user named @heyitscarlyrae’s video that reported the situation.
While laying in a hospital bed with visible injuries showing on his face, the star reveals he has found out that his neck and spine are not broken.
The creator captioned his clip with the statement:
“It’s a Miracle that iI’m alive today. Praise God, thank you for this 3rd chance at life! And also thank you to anyone who is supporting me today. You will never know how much that truly means to me and my family. Thank you for all of the prayers, kind words and donations, I am overwhelmed with gratitude.”
Caleb also sadly states that he has previously suffered other near-death experiences such as severe seizures so he is grateful to be alive today after his recent accident.
Caleb Coffee has a huge social media following consisting of more than 11 million TikTok followers along with over 1 million Instagram followers and his comment sections have since flooded with support.
Following the incident, his platforms have been filled with prayers from concerned fans wishing for the star to get well soon.
A GoFundMe, an American for-profit crowdfunding platform, was created for the 18-year-old by his family and features several images of him in the hospital with descriptions of the situation.
The page explains Caleb didn’t have health insurance at the time of his injury and currently features a goal of $100,000 in fundraising.
“Unfortunately, Caleb did not have medical insurance and we can not afford these medical bills that is why we are making this go fund me.”
At the time of writing, 621 donations have helped raise $16,250 USD of the target.
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