Storm tosses surfer into restaurant

KITE surfer Kevin Kearney had just come ashore for safety reasons when a blast of wind, spun off by Tropical Storm Fay, landed the 28-year-old in a Fort Lauderdale hospital and put him on computer and television screens around the world.

Kearney remained in critical condition yesterday at Broward General Hospital, where he was surrounded by his mother and friends.

Shortly before 5pm on Monday a sudden gust caught Kearney’s parachute-like kite and tossed him at astonishing speed more than 100 feet across a road, before he slammed into the wall of a beachside restaurant.