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By
ADAM
LAPIERRE
News staff writer
Snow and roses, notes written by loved ones and a laminated photo
of Christina Bockius, smiling into the wind, rest at Hood River’s
waterfront park, in a makeshift memorial fading slowly into the
cold white building up around it.
Bockius passed away on Friday at OHSU in
Portland
from injuries she suffered in a kiteboarding accident near La
Ventana,
Mexico.
The 43-year-old
Hood
River
resident left town on Dec. 5 for a kiteboarding vacation in
southern Baja, and less than a week later she was flown to OHSU by
a med-evac airplane.
Although nobody witnessed the accident on Dec. 9, those who were
around reported that the wind was getting gusty and something
happened before Bockius was able to land her kite. Once friends
were able to reach her, she had been dragged on the beach and
suffered a badly broken neck.
The remote location of La Ventana meant that the closest modern
medical facilities were an hour away in the city of
La Paz.
A friend gave Bockius CPR until they reached a hospital. Bockius’
family arranged for a medically-equipped plane and staff to fly
her from
La Paz
to
Portland
on Wednesday.
Bockius never regained consciousness, and on Dec. 12 she passed
away.
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