San Francisco Fleet Week Viewers Hit by Skydiver – NBC Bay Area

New video was released on Wednesday taken by one of the two bystanders hit by a Navy paratrooper during Fleet Week in San Francisco.

Footage shared by Viewers' Advocate shows a member of the Navy Leap Frog parachute team descending towards the Marina Green landing zone on October 13, but veering off course and hitting a mother and her 17-year-old daughter on the ground.

The family's lawyer said the mother suffered a concussion and her daughter needed surgery for a fractured pelvis.

“There is no doubt that this was not what this paratrooper or the Navy wanted, but unfortunately a young woman was injured and left with a mountain of medical bills,” Tanya Gomerman, the family's attorney, said in a statement. “She faces a long, difficult recovery and is unable to manage even the most basic tasks without the support of her family. It is a tragic incident that raises questions about safety protocols and accountability at events with such high-risk displays.”

After the incident, the Navy issued a statement saying it would launch an investigation and that “safety is our top priority.”