A ‘miracle’ rescue
Honeymooner tells how his wife saved him after he fell into a volcano
Clayton Chastain, 23, wipes away tears as he and his volcano’s crater and suffering a serious head injury. before returning to Indianapolis.
“I don’t remember falling at all,” said Clayton Chastain, 23, who fractured the base of his skull, suffered a concussion and lost hearing in his right ear when a guide rope he was holding on the hiking trail broke, dropping him an estimated 50 to 70 feet.
“I just remember climbing across, one second, and the next second I’m on the ground.”
Acaimie Chastain, 25, had lost sight of her husband but heard faint calls for help so she started climbing down into the crater.
“I was screaming really, really loudly to make sure he was still responding,” she said.
“He didn’t know we were on St. Kitts. He didn’t know we were on our honeymoon. He had no idea what was going on.” — Acaimie Chastain, who rescued her husband, Clayton, after he fell into a dormant volcano on their honeymoon
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Transportation and traffic issues plagued the event there, with attendees seen trekking across the Rickenbacker Causeway to return to the mainland. Residents of Key Biscayne and Brickell had also complained about the traffic issues and loud music.
In May, festival organizers announced in a letter to fans that they were voluntarily terminating their license with the city of Miami and not returning, stating that “Virginia Key was simply not good enough.”
Shortly after, Homestead leaders expressed interest in hosting the event when Miami commissioners began reconsidering having the event return to Bayfront Park, according to the Herald.