Heartbreaking photos amusement a schoolboy lying successful a 'vegetative state' successful infirmary aft flipping disconnected a pier and landing look archetypal connected the water.
Jack Dolan, 15, has been near with 'no prime of life' and cannot move, talk oregon laughter aft the tragic mishap connected June 23.
The teenager, who had attempted the leap from Margate pier successful beforehand of his friends and girlfriend, 'overspun' and landed 'face archetypal connected the water'.
Jack spent 8 minutes nether the h2o earlier helium was pulled retired by a passing kayaker. But by that time, helium had gone into cardiac arrest.
He was past airlifted to King's College Hospital successful London where MRI scans showed helium had terrible encephalon damage.
The aspiring Royal Marine had 'so overmuch to unrecorded for', but is present successful a 'vegetative state' with a beingness expectancy of up to 2 years, his heartbroken household told MailOnline.
His stepfather, Dave Dolan, said: 'It's been our worst nightmare. We're heartbroken. It's sickening. He's live but it's similar he's not there. He was my champion mate. We cannot explicate however cruel each of this is.'
Jack Dolan's heartbroken household person released pictures of their lad lying successful a infirmary furniture successful a 'vegetative state' aft his pier-jumping mishap astatine Stone Pier, successful Margate, Kent connected June 23
It was the archetypal clip Jack had gone to the formation without his parent and father as they were protective of him arsenic helium had ADHD and was liable to enactment without thinking
Heartbroken step-father Dave Dolan, 35, pictured with his caput successful his hands, has kept a bedside vigil since the 15-year-old was earnestly injured
He had done the determination dozens of times before, astir precocious connected vacation successful Egypt successful September (pictured), but this clip helium landed look archetypal connected the water
Dave said the leap from the Stone Pier (pictured) was three oregon 4 metres precocious but if Jack had landed a 4th rotation 1 mode oregon the different helium would astir apt person been fine
Dave, 35, has kept a bedside vigil for Jack, and successful 1 heartbreaking representation is pictured with his caput successful his hands connected the furniture adjacent to the prone schoolboy, surrounded by wires and tubes, portion 2 members of infirmary unit look astatine monitors.
He added: 'I've been by his broadside since the start, holding his hand.'
Jack's household person launched a large fundraising run to equip a caller location with the specializer instrumentality helium needs truthful helium tin instrumentality determination to die. They judge astatine champion helium has 2 years to live.
It was the archetypal clip Jack had gone to the beach astatine Stone Pier successful Margate, Kent without his parent and father, as they were protective of him arsenic helium had ADHD and was liable to enactment without thinking.
The Howard School pupil, successful Medway, was with 4 oregon 5 friends and his woman connected the day.
The teen astir apt didn't realise however precocious the pier was, was knocked unconscious and past drowned, though helium wasn't successful the h2o agelong earlier being pulled out.
He had immense acquisition of the determination which ended successful tragedy, and has done it dozens of times before. Most precocious connected vacation successful Egypt successful September.
The mishap has near him encephalon dead. His encephalon stem shows signs of enactment and helium tin respire for himself but the remainder of his encephalon is severely damaged and helium volition not recover.
They judge the 'kind and caring' happening for Jack present is to fto him dice successful bid astatine home.
Stepfather Dave said: 'We cannot adjacent statesman to recognize however this has happened. He was truthful acceptable and active. His beingness was question and being retired and active.
The interaction of the leap was truthful terrible it knocked him unconscious and caused his encephalon to beryllium damaged truthful severely scans amusement it is beyond repair
Now his stepdad Dave Dolan and mum Lisa (pictured) are desperately fundraising to determination location truthful they tin instrumentality Jack retired of infirmary and attraction for him themselves until helium dies
'He wanted to beryllium successful the Royal Marines. He was not an world kid but helium was truthful progressive and loved the outdoors and improving himself.
'Our lives person turned upside down due to the fact that of this. It has shattered us. He's similar a newborn baby. He can't move.
'There's a heartbeat and that is it. There's nary oculus contact. He cannot speak.
'His grin was 1 of his top assets and helium does not person that now. There's nothing. He had a agleam and beaming grin but present that is not there.
'It's horrific. I cannot explicate however cruel it is to spot and woody with.
'He volition ne'er get it back. We volition ne'er spot that grin oregon perceive the laughter again. It's devastating.'
Dave raised Jack arsenic his ain lad and said helium believes helium misjudged the determination and landed look archetypal connected the water.
He added: 'It was thing helium loved doing. He had done it truthful galore times before.'
Now £15,000 has been raised to instal a caller location with the due instrumentality wherever helium tin instrumentality aft being successful hospital.
An online fund-raising leafage has been set-up which has received donations from implicit 600 supporters.
His mum Lisa and his 2 sisters, aged 8 and ten, are grateful for each the assistance received.
Dave added: 'It's a large response. We've precise grateful. It volition mean a caller location tin beryllium acquired and fitted to springiness him something.
'At the infinitesimal helium is successful a infirmary ward with different people. It's torturous.'
A tragic past representation shows Jack conscionable fractional an hr earlier it happened, smiling arsenic helium arrives astatine Margate Station with a friend
The household (pictured together) - including Jack's sisters Faith, ten, and Grace, 8 - are presently successful assembly accommodation and are hoping they tin beryllium moved to a suitable home
Dave said immoderate wealth near implicit from the fundraising would spell towards different youngsters successful akin conditions.
He said it was hard to enactment a beingness expectancy connected however agelong Jack would past successful his existent state.
He added: 'It's nary beingness for him. It's conscionable horrible to see.
'We deliberation 2 years oregon so. In that clip we volition marque each the adjustments imaginable to marque things arsenic comfortable.
'I privation to look aft Jack and evidently the household arsenic well.
'We've each been done hell.'
The operation manager added: 'He had truthful overmuch to unrecorded for. He had a agleam and astonishing future.'
Dave, who lives successful Rainham, Kent, said helium was arrogant of Jack's friends for their actions pursuing the horrifying accident.
One rang 999 portion his woman instantly contacted Jack's mum, who rushed to the fashionable formation resort.
The teen was treated by paramedics earlier being taken to King's College Hospital by aerial ambulance, but MRI scans amusement his encephalon is beyond repair.When doctors withdrew his beingness support, amazingly the youngster breathed for himself, but that is astir arsenic overmuch arsenic his assemblage tin do.
Doctors are unsure whether helium volition unrecorded for weeks oregon adjacent years but helium volition request round-the-clock care, thing the Dolans cannot supply for him successful their existent flat.
The household are presently successful assembly accommodation and are hoping they tin beryllium moved to a location suitable for Jack arsenic soon arsenic possible.
If they tin find a caller location they volition request to implicit renovations rapidly to marque it capable to header with Jack and the wide of instrumentality helium volition need.
Sam Cass, who organised the crowdfunder for Jack, described him arsenic 'the biggest joker, with a bosom of gold.'
He added: 'He loves to amusement disconnected successful beforehand of girls and won't permission the location without doing his hair.
'He loves his family, volition bash thing for his sisters and this fundraiser is to instrumentality a small spot of the load distant from them.
'Many radical emotion Jack and I'm definite they each privation the household wasn't going done this close now.'
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