“His body and my neck”

Bird Piché attended the show of the Australian band Trophy Eyes on April 30 when she suffered a spinal cord injury

A 24-year-old woman who was left partially paralyzed after a singer jumped into the crowd during his band’s performance speaks out about the incident.

Bird Piché attended the Australian band Trophy Eyes show at Mohawk Place in Buffalo, New York, on April 30 when she suffered a “catastrophic spinal cord injury,” according to the Independent.

“When you hear about injuries like this, it’s clear that these are very serious injuries, so I didn’t expect to recover,” Piché told NBC News from her hospital bed on May 13.

She revealed that she never fainted in that moment and went on to recount how Trophy Eyes frontman John Floreani jumped backwards into the audience: “It was like his body and my neck. It was like crowd surfing.”

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“It’s pretty normal for concerts like this,” Piché, who has been a fan of the band since 2016, told the outlet. “I didn’t really know what to expect, but I definitely didn’t expect to be in a hospital after the concert.”

“I have a long road ahead of me, but I am very optimistic at the moment,” she added.

Piché also told the outlet that she has regained her “gross motor skills,” including basic movements of her arms and legs, but she also hopes to regain her “fine motor skills.”

“My legs have been kicking a lot lately. I can’t control it,” she said. “My arms are almost completely intact, except for my dexterity. My fingers can’t move completely.”

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She also announced that medical specialists predict a “complete recovery from everything”, although “nothing is certain”.

According to NBC News, Piché, as well as her mother and stepfather, declined comment when asked if they would pursue legal action, saying their main focus was on her recovery. “We were even afraid she wouldn’t make it,” Piché’s mother, Amy Leigh Flaminio, told the network.

A GoFundMe page set up for Piché has so far raised over $71,000 of the $100,000 goal to support her recovery.

“She has a long recovery ahead of her and will need all the help she can get,” the page’s description reads. “It’s too early to know her prognosis, but after she’s released from the hospital she will need to go to a rehabilitation facility. During this time she will obviously not be able to work.”

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Meanwhile, Mohawk Place, where the incident occurred, said in a statement to PEOPLE that the venue has “a very strict policy against stage diving and crowd surfing.”

“Signs are posted throughout the venue and a notice was included in the emails regarding this show with the show promoter and the band themselves,” the statement said. “Our policy and proven procedure calls for a complete show stoppage on any stage diving, which has been implemented for this incident.”

PEOPLE also reached out to Trophy Eyes management and GoFundMe organizers for comment, but they did not immediately respond.

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However, the band released a statement about the incident on X (formerly known as Twitter): “As a result of a tragic accident on the night of April 30th, a Trophy Eyes fan was injured at our show in Buffalo NY,” the post read. “We have decided to cancel the show immediately as John (Floreani, frontman) accompanied her to the hospital with her family.”

They also directed fans to the GoFundMe page.

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