British father fighting for life after fall from Tunisia hotel balcony
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A British father-of-six is fighting for his life in a Tunisian hospital after falling two floors from his hotel balcony while on a family holiday.
Karl Nethercot, 35, had been enjoying a drink on the balcony on the holiday with fiancée Emma Huszarik and their two children, aged seven months and 20 months, when he fell the two floors from their apartment to the ground.
He is now in hospital in Port El Kantaoui with severe head and chest injuries, and the family have had to launch an appeal to raise the £20,000 needed to get him back to the UK.
It is thought Mr Nethercot had travel insurance but it did not cover the expenses of a medical flight.
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Emma told the Daily Mail: "I'm absolutely devastated and have cried numerous times. If it wasn't for my family out here helping me with the kids I would be in pieces.
"The massive help from people in Nottinghamshire is overwhelming and I'm truly touched by how many people care for this family.
"We are all strong people and Karl is such a big strong lad. He has to make it for the sake of all his beautiful children."
Karl, a sign-fitter from Nottinghamshire, is also father to four other children - Aidan, 14, Leyton, 12, Sheldon 10, and Kylan, eight, who live in Netherfield.
His sister-in-law Samantha Davison added: "As far as we know, Karl was on the balcony having a drink and then the next thing he had fallen.
"He was rushed to hospital and put into a medically induced coma on October 2 because he had suffered severe injuries to his head and chest.
"The doctors have said he will be in a coma for a few more days and the situation is still critical. To fly him back to Nottingham will cost £20,000, which we just don't have.
"We're asking people to give what they can, no matter how little it is, to help bring Karl home."
His family have set up a Facebook page where people can donate called Please Pray and Keep Karl Nethercot in Our Thoughts.
The news comes just days after a man on a family holiday in the resort of Ciutadella, Menorca, became the six Briton to die in a hotel fall in Spain's Balearic Islands this summer.
Paul Clough, 41, died in hospital from the injuries he sustained after falling from his third-floor hotel room at 3.30am on Saturday.
Police are investigating the circumstances, but early indications suggest that Mr Clough accidentally fell through a gap in the balcony and into the garden below.
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