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Tennessee Mother Injured Swimming with Dolphins in Jamaica

3/23/2025

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Cierra Stockard, a Tennessee mother, faced a harrowing ordeal while swimming with dolphins in Jamaica, suffering serious injuries after landing on a dorsal fin. After emergency surgery and two blood transfusions, she requires a third. Her family is urgently raising $45,000 for a medical flight home, as her sickle cell anemia complicates her recovery.

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Cierra Stockard, a Tennessee mother, faced a harrowing ordeal while swimming with dolphins in Jamaica, suffering serious injuries after landing on a dorsal fin. After emergency surgery and two blood transfusions, she requires a third. Her family is urgently raising $45,000 for a medical flight home, as her sickle cell anemia complicates her recovery.