Kurt Angle has revealed he recently went on a family vacation in Florida; however, it appears things were very nearly spoilt after he got into difficulty while out on a jet ski. He’d discuss this on the latest episode of his podcast and reveal that if it wasn’t for his 11-year-old daughter Giuliana, he could have died.
I actually took my kids jet skiing. My first kid that I put on the back for me to ride them because they’re too young to drive themselves, I put her on the back and we went out, and when I went to make a turn, I slowed down and stopped, I wanted to make a turn and I didn’t put the accelerator on when I was turning and we flipped over. We went into the ocean.
Now, thank God my daughter is like an Olympic-caliber swimmer. I even had the safety vest on me, but it wasn’t working. I was still sinking. I can’t swim. So I’m in trouble. I couldn’t get above water. I was going under. My daughter kept her composure. The jet ski got away from us. It was like 50 feet away from us. She didn’t know whether to go to the jet ski or to me, and she came over to me and saved my life. She pulled me over to the jet ski. She swept 50 yards with me in her hands. Then she was pushing, and I couldn’t get myself on a jet ski. My arms are so weak now because of my neck. I can’t push myself up. So now she’s putting her hands under my ass and pushing me up onto the jet ski and she got me up there.
Thankfully Angle is fine, but perhaps it’s time he gave up such activities, given his health limitations. As in addition to the multiple broken necks he has suffered several months ago, he also had both knees replaced, leaving him confined to bed. Nevertheless, despite this, he has recently revealed he still thinks about returning to the ring, which given the revelation he can’t support his own weight with his arms, sounds like a tragedy waiting to happen.
