Bit of a reality check....

Pretty scary but we all know that Kiteboarding can be dangerous.

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'Miracles happen,' dad says of Benjamin School quarterback's recovery Story Tools Email this story | Print By KIT BRADSHAW kit.bradshaw@scripps.com November 29, 2006 Conner Kempe of Tequesta was "talking, arguing and complaining" from his bed at St. Mary's Medical Center, his father said Tuesday morning. It was in stark contrast to his apparent near-death condition following a freak kiteboarding accident near Jupiter Beach at about 3 p.m. Sunday. Advertisement The Benjamin School Buccanneers' star quarterback received last rites from a chaplain upon arrival at the West Palm Beach hospital Sunday, and the 17-year-old lay in a highly medicated state for the next 24 hours. "If there were ever a miracle, this is it," Joseph Kempe said Tuesday. "He is supposed to be up today — there are no surgeries needed. All the news was so good that I asked the question: 'Will he be able to play football?'

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