A local Jacksonville hero, Kennedy Armstrong.

An update from Jay Armstrong, Kennedy's father -

When Kennedy was first injured saving Madison and Jacki I was

not aware of how severe his injuries were. Griffin Hoegee one of my employees at Barbara Jean's On The Water was kind enough to start a Gofund Me in Kennedy's name. My initial thought being a proud father l immediately announce to the local media that it was not necessary because He had insurance to cover it. Little did I know that over the next year Kennedy would have four surgeries, missed 5 or 6 months of work and still does not have use of a portion of his hand.

The deductibles, co-pays for physical therapy and the out of net work expense I did not

anticipate. After four surgeries the incredible surgeon referred Kennedy to a doctor at Mayo. The out of network deductible to even talk with them was going to be $5000. Kennedy has now decided to go to school starting in January to eventually become a paramedic. Therefore I have talked with Griffin and ask him to update the go fund me in Kennedy's name. I'm hoping in the future there will be new technologies that may revive the nerves in his hand so he regains full use.