A senior Outdoor Action leader was airlifted to a spinal cord injury center in Philadelphia Sunday after sustaining injuries on the last day of his trip.
Steven Anderson '06 is "alert, stable and receiving all necessary and appropriate medical treatment," University Chief Medical Officer Daniel Silverman said.
Anderson was hospitalized Friday morning after fellow students on the OA trip notified authorities of a water-related accident.
He was "fully conscious and receiving care when taken to the hospital," Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan said Friday in an email to the student body.
The University has not released more details out of respect for Anderson and his family, who traveled immediately to his bedside.
Trip participants returned to campus Friday and met with Silverman, OA coordinator Rick Curtis and the deans of Rockefeller and Mathey colleges, who offered counseling.
"Our concern is that students feel supported," University spokesperson Cass Cliatt '96 said. "If students need assistance, they should not hesitate to contact deans or counselors. The University wants to be there for its student body."
The trip included 10 freshmen and three student leaders, who each went through 80 hours of training.
No specifics about the accident have been released, but Cliatt called rumors of the injured student diving into a lake inaccurate and said Anderson "did nothing wrong."
"It was because he had trained participants so well that they could respond so quickly, and that we could get help so quickly," Cliatt added.
More than 500 students participate annually in OA, a pre-orientation wilderness program for freshmen founded 32 years ago.
In 1989, a student was killed in a hit-and-run incident during the program.
But overall, Cliatt noted, the program "serves as a model to other universities" and has an "excellent safety record."
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