Thousands crammed into hospitals with fractures and burn injuries.
But 24,350 required hospitalization, mostly with fractures and concussions.
He rode off the field on a cart with fractures to his eye socket and nose.
"The crust beneath Puget Sound is riddled with fractures," said Dr. Sherrod, a geologist with the Geological Survey.
He recalls the moment when the cumbersome vehicles used to cross the ice encountered an expanse, riddled with fractures.
By the time he sees the patients, they have a more serious injury from pushing themselves with fractures.
Dr. Patrick Sorkin, director of intensive care, said Sasha's mother was in serious condition with fractures in both legs and serious burns.
Like fissured quartz, the glacier was criss-crossed with fractures and cracks where the ice had broken as it 'poured' over ridges in the valley floor beneath.
Dave Wallace, chief executive officer of Woodward regional hospital, said 29 people, five in critical condition, were brought to the hospital, some with fractures and serious injuries.
Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten, leading the women's road race, crashed during a downhill attack and was rushed to intensive care with fractures to her lower spine.
In March, Jan Ondo and Michal Badzo, two Gypsies from Michalovce, 35 miles east of Kosice, were beaten by the police at the station and hospitalized with fractures.
