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Tennessee Mom Injured in Dolphin Encounter, Undergoes Surgery

3/26/2025

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Cierra Stockard, a mother from Tennessee, faced a harrowing ordeal during a dolphin encounter in Jamaica on March 16. After falling onto a dolphin's fin, she sustained a grapefruit-sized hematoma and underwent emergency surgery. Already battling sickle cell anemia, Stockard was hospitalized both in Jamaica and back home in Tennessee, while Dolphin Cove remains silent on the incident.

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Story summary

Cierra Stockard, a mother from Tennessee, faced a harrowing ordeal during a dolphin encounter in Jamaica on March 16. After falling onto a dolphin's fin, she sustained a grapefruit-sized hematoma and underwent emergency surgery. Already battling sickle cell anemia, Stockard was hospitalized both in Jamaica and back home in Tennessee, while Dolphin Cove remains silent on the incident.