An American basketball player's eye popped out of its socket
after he was poked in the face while going for a rebound during a game in New
Zealand.
Akil Mitchell, a 24-year-old former University of Virginia
forward, was playing for the New Zealand Breakers in a game against Cairns on
Thursday when the accident happened.
The game was stopped for 15 minutes while Mitchell was
treated by medical officials, with his teammates left visibly upset by the
incident. Cairns won the National Basketball League game 94-81.
On Friday, Mitchell said he had no vision impairment, but
won't be watching any videos of the incident.
"(Teammate) Paul (Carter) really wanted me to see it
and I was like, 'I can't do it,'" Mitchell told the New Zealand Herald on
Friday. "It kind of makes my eye throb a little just thinking about it, so
I don't know if I'll ever be able to watch it."
Mitchell told the Herald he could still see from the eye
after it had popped out of his socket, saying the sensation was akin to "a
chameleon, how they can see different directions."
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/01/27/basketball-players-eyeball-pops-out-during-game.html
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