Carson Briere, son of Que. NHL star, caught shoving wheelchair down stairs | 24CA News
In a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday, the son of Gatineau hockey nice Daniel Briere was caught on a surveillance digicam shoving an unoccupied wheelchair down a flight of stairs at a bar in Erie, Pa.
The video was posted to Twitter by Julia Zukowski, who stated she works at Sullivan’s Pub the place the incident occurred, and is aware of the particular person whose chair was broken. She wrote that she made the footage public as a result of she “just can’t stomach the thought of this kid getting away with it.”
The video exhibits Carson Briere, 23, strolling as much as the entryway of a dance flooring with three different folks when he notices an unoccupied wheelchair within the stairwell. He sits within the wheelchair and tries to manoeuvre round earlier than getting up and pushing the chair down the steps. The chair flips and the seat cushion comes off in the course of the descent. (It’s unclear if the wheelchair sustained any lasting harm.)
Briere has since been quickly suspended from his college’s NCAA hockey crew after “considerable outcry” condemning his actions, in accordance with an announcement from Mercyhurst University. Two different Mercyhurst athletes have been recognized as being with Briere that night time and have additionally been positioned on interim suspension.
The small college of round 3,000 college students added that Briere’s actions fell in need of respecting “the inherent dignity of each person” and the college is standing “in solidarity with the victim and all persons with disabilities who rightfully find actions like this to be deeply offensive.”
Carson’s father Daniel is the present interim normal supervisor for the Philadelphia Flyers and was a prime NHL participant throughout his time within the league. Daniel performed just below 1,000 NHL video games over 17 seasons for the Phoenix Coyotes, Buffalo Sabres, Flyers, Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche and gained a popularity as one of many league’s finest Stanley Cup performers, incomes 116 factors in 124 profession playoff video games.
In an announcement made by the Flyers, Carson apologized for his actions, writing: “I am deeply sorry for my behavior on Saturday. There is no excuse for my actions, and I will do whatever I can to make up for this serious lack of judgment.”
Daniel, who was promoted to run the Flyers final week when the earlier normal supervisor was fired, stated he was shocked to see his son’s actions within the video.
“They are inexcusable and run completely counter to our family’s values on treating people with respect,” he stated. “Carson is very sorry and accepts full responsibility for his behavior.”
Carson was beforehand dismissed from Arizona State’s hockey membership in 2019 for what the college known as a violation of crew guidelines.
The particular person whose chair was broken within the incident got here ahead Wednesday night time after a GoFundMe web page was made on her behalf to pay for a wheelchair alternative or restore.
“Sydney Benes (is) a double amputee that needs the chair to be mobile while she is learning to use her prosthetics,” the fundraising web page reads, including that the 22-year-old wished to stay nameless till she might file a police report for the damages to her chair.
The organizer of the GoFundMe Page famous that Benes’ chair was left alone within the stairwell as a result of she was utilizing the restroom on the backside of the steps. Sullivan’s Pub was constructed earlier than accessible design necessities have been enacted, so “I personally physically carry her down the stairs any time she has to use the restroom,” Nathaniel Sanders wrote.
The preliminary purpose of US$1,500 has far been surpassed, with the quantity raised sitting just below US$9,000 as of press time. Benes wrote on Twitter that she is seeking to donate the additional cash and thanked the employees at Sullivan’s Pub for serving to her by this ordeal.
In a video posted to TikTok, Benes explains that she misplaced each of her ft after being severely burned in a 2021 automobile accident. Her left leg quickly turned contaminated after the crash, requiring many of the leg to be amputated.
Benes is studying easy methods to stroll once more in bodily remedy.
Global News has reached out to Benes for additional remark.
— With recordsdata from The Associated Press
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