News about Jack Dolan

A 15-year-old boy left severely brain damaged after tombstoning off a seaside pier is now talking and smiling, with his family hoping for a 'full recovery'. Incredible video footage (centre and right) shared on his social media shows Jack Dolan (pictured left before the accident) moving his head, watching video games, and having focused eye contact with family. Medics thought the teenager's brain had been destroyed in the horror accident at Stone Pier in Margate, Kent and was expected to spend the rest of his life in a vegetative state.

Jack Dolan (pictured) did a flip off a pier in Margate, Kent and was knocked out as he hit the water head first. In new footage released by his family, he can be seen following his mother with his eyes. Previously believed to be in a vegetative state, the teenager will now be moved from a hospice in Kent to King's College Hospital London to be reassessed.

Jack Dolan, 15, was left in a state where he could not move, speak or laugh after the tragedy on June 23. The teen, who tried to jump from Margate pier in Kent in front of his pals and girlfriend, 'overspun' and 'landed face first on the water'. But after lying in a vegetative state for weeks, he is showing signs of improvement. He has been able to look his mum in the eye from his hospital bed and said 'help'. Photos released by the family show his eyes open, as he is now regaining control of his arms and toes.

Heartbreaking photos show a schoolboy lying in a vegetative state in hospital after flipping off a pier and landing face first on the water. Jack Dolan, 15, has been left with 'no quality of life' and cannot move, speak or laugh after the tragic accident on June 23. Jack spent eight minutes under the water just off Margate Pier before he was pulled out by a passing kayaker. The  aspiring Royal Marine, had 'so much to live for', but is now in a 'vegetative state' with a life expectancy of between three weeks and two years, his heartbroken family told MailOnline.

Jack Dolan, 15, went to the beach for the first time by himself on Sunday, June 23, and threw himself off Stone Pier in Margate, Kent. He had done the move dozens of times before, most recently on holiday in Egypt in September (right), but this time he landed head first on the water. The impact was so severe it knocked him unconscious and caused his brain to be damaged so badly that scans show it is beyond repair. When doctors withdrew his life support, amazingly Jack breathed for himself, but that is about as much as his body can do. He will not recover. Now his stepdad Dave Dolan and mum Lisa are desperately fundraising to move house so they can take Jack out of hospital and care for him themselves until he dies.