While golfer Brian Harman was competing at a tournament in China last month, the rest of his family and a family friend took a trip to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida—and that friend has been in a coma ever since. Harman talked to reporters about the incident during a press conference before a Georgia tournament Tuesday, per the PGA Tour. "My son ... was out boogie boarding with one of his really good friends, got ripped out to sea by just a rip current," Harman said. Cathy Dowdy, the friend, who he described as being like family, "went in the water after my son. He's 6. Couldn't get to him. Another gentleman coming down the beach, Crane Cantrell, jumped in. He makes it out fine; Cathy (got) injured really badly ... She's been in a coma for going on six weeks now."
Harman's son was also uninjured, People reports. But Dowdy, a grandmother herself, was hospitalized in critical condition after a lifeguard pulled her from the water, the St. Johns Citizen reports. Her current condition is not known, but per an update from Monday on a GoFundMe campaign set up for her family, "She is still unconscious and still having some neuro storms. This causes a roller coaster ride with blood pressure and breathing rate. ... We need her on an even keel to try and wean her from the vent. Please pray for calmer days ahead." (More Florida stories.)
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