Bruce Cook with his mother at Hamilton General Hospital Saturday, Jan. 4, 2013.

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January 07, 2014 - 8:38 AM

NITRO CIRCUS RIDER RECOVING IN HOSPITAL

KELOWNA – The video of Bruce Cook’s crash at the Nitro Circus event at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ont. on Friday is hard to watch. It’s horrific.

The stunt dirt biker was attempting a world record-breaking double flip.

In the video posted on YouTube you watch as he launches himself into the air off a giant ramp as the crowd packed into the arena cheer, but the landing goes wrong. He wipes out and is tossed like a rag doll. His twitching body slides down the ramp to be quickly swarmed by paramedics. The crowd’s cheers quickly turned to the applause reserved for injured athletes.

Cook was rushed to Hamilton General Hospital and it looks like he’s going to make it.

A picture posted to his Facebook page shows the Kelowna native recovering at Hamilton General Hospital with his mother at his side.

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