Tragedy as schoolboy, 15, is left in vegetative state after doing flip off pier to impress his mates before landing 'face first on the water'

A schoolboy has been near successful a vegetative authorities aft he flipped disconnected a pier to impressment his mates and landed 'face first connected nan water'.

Jack Dolan, 15, went to nan formation for nan first clip by himself on Sunday, June 23, and threw himself off Stone Pier successful Margate, Kent.

He had done nan move dozens of times before, astir precocious connected vacation successful Egypt successful September, but this clip he landed head first connected nan water.

The effect was truthful terrible it knocked him unconscious and caused his encephalon to beryllium damaged truthful severely that scans show it is beyond repair.

When doctors withdrew his life support, amazingly Jack breathed for himself, but that is astir arsenic overmuch arsenic his assemblage tin do. He will not recover.

Now his stepdad Dave Dolan and mum Lisa are desperately fundraising to move location truthful they tin return Jack retired of infirmary and attraction for him themselves until he dies.

Dave, 35, who brought Jack up arsenic his own, said nan teen was fundamentally successful a 'grey area' wherever experts don't cognize really agelong he will enactment alive, saying it could beryllium weeks aliases years.

'I deliberation he misjudged it and he landed look first connected nan h2o and knocked himself out,' distraught Dave said.

'It was only 3 aliases 4 metres and if he'd landed a 4th rotation 1 measurement aliases nan different he would astir apt person been fine.

'That's why we can't beryllium angry astatine him. He'd done it truthful galore times before, location is nary blame.

'I cognize he was laughing, I tin really spot him doing it, smiling and being a complete show off.

'The past point he would person known was being happy.'

It was nan first clip Jack had gone to nan formation without his mum and dada arsenic they were protective of him arsenic he had ADHD and was liable to enactment without thinking.

'It was nan first clip we'd fto him,' Dave continued.

'We'd ever said nary because we were rather strict. He had ADHD and he acts earlier he thinks.

'But he was 15 and we wanted to springiness him a spot much freedom.'

Jack, a pupil astatine nan Howard School successful Medway, was pinch 4 aliases 5 friends and his woman connected nan day.

The teen astir apt didn't realise really precocious nan pier was, was knocked unconscious and past drowned, though he wasn't successful nan h2o agelong earlier being pulled out.

A tragic past image shows Jack conscionable half an hr earlier it happened, smiling arsenic he arrives astatine Margate Station pinch a friend.

Video footage from his vacation successful Egypt successful September shows him laughing and doing nan aforesaid move disconnected nan broadside of a jetty.

Dave, who lives successful Rainham, Kent, said he was proud of Jack's friends for their actions pursuing nan horrifying accident.

One rang 999 while his woman instantly contacted Jack's mum, who rushed to nan celebrated formation resort.

The teen was treated by paramedics earlier being taken to King's College Hospital by aerial ambulance, but MRI scans show his encephalon is beyond repair.

When doctors withdrew his life support, amazingly nan youngster breathed for himself, but that is astir arsenic overmuch arsenic his assemblage tin do.

Doctors are unsure whether he will unrecorded for weeks aliases moreover years but he will request round-the-clock care, thing nan Dolans cannot supply for him successful their existent flat.

'He is successful a grey area,' Dave, an area supervisor for a accommodation guidance company, said.

'He's connected extremity of life attraction and while his assemblage is OK, his encephalon is dead.

'He can't spell to a children's hospice because you person to beryllium adjacent to death. He's disconnected life support and breathing, but doing thing else.

'His eyes flutter sometimes but he's dormant astir of nan time.

'We want to return him home, but we unrecorded successful a maisonette and we can't person him here.

'We request 2 reception rooms, a downstairs closet and bedewed room.'

They were fixed nan action of putting him successful residential care, sending him retired for fostering aliases taking him home. 

The family - including Jack's sisters Faith, ten, and Grace, 8 - 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 will request to complete renovations quickly to make it capable to header pinch Jack and nan wide of instrumentality he will need.

Jack is presently suffering from dystonia, which causes uncontrolled and achy musculus movements.

The family besides request thief uncovering a wheelchair for Jacks needs, whilst maintaining and creating a caller normal for his 2 younger sisters.

They person group up a Just Giving page to thief them make nan alterations if they get rehoused and to salary for nan eventual ceremonial costs. It has truthful acold raised £12,000 of its £20,000 target pinch 451 supporters donating.

Dave says it is nan slightest they tin do for Jack.

'We've looked aft him this acold and I won't move my backmost connected him now,' Dave added.

'We want to bring him location arsenic soon arsenic we can.'

Meanwhile Lisa, 33, is learning to attraction for Jack from nan doctors and nurses successful London and will springiness up her occupation successful finance.

Sam Cass, who organised nan crowdfunder for Jack, described him arsenic 'the biggest joker, pinch a bosom of gold.'

He added: 'He loves to show disconnected successful beforehand of girls and won't time off nan location without doing his hair.

'He loves his family, will do thing for his sisters and this fundraiser is to return a small spot of nan load distant from them.

'Many group emotion Jack and I'm judge they each wish nan family wasn't going done this correct now.'