A Florida highschool graduate flipped into viral infamy when he crashed right into a classmate in the midst of a celebratory backflip, stunning a packed enviornment of household and mates.
Senior Gavin Robinson wished to create a second for the gang to recollect at South Plantation Excessive Faculty’s graduation on the Rick Case Enviornment at Nova Southeastern College on June 1.
The 17-year-old stopped in the midst of the stage and carried out his stunt, however got here crashing down on fellow graduate recognized as Amelia.
“When I took off into the air and felt myself hit my classmate, I thought, ‘Oh this can’t be happening,’” Robinson informed Folks.
The onstage catastrophe performed out moments after Amelia’s title was known as and the excited graduate moved swiftly up the platform, waving to the gang.
She reached as much as repair her cap as Robinson was flipping round and the 2 classmates crashed into one another.
The drive of the collision triggered the 2 graduates to fall all the way down to the shock of the opposite college students and faculty officers.
The 17-year-old believed a backflip was a singular celebration to carry out on stage in entrance of the huge crowd and that it could be remembered by the 1000’s in attendance.
The 2 classmates had met solely two days earlier throughout rehearsal, the place Robinson revealed his plan to Amelia about his backflip try.
The catastrophe was captured on video and later posted to TikTok by Amelia. It shortly went viral, the place it has been seen over 3.7 million instances in three days.
Amelia didn’t maintain any critical accidents and took the blame for the viral second, saying that she was distracted from remembering Robinson’s warning.
“Hi guys! im all good and not hurt, he did tell me beforehand I just got distracted,” she wrote within the feedback. “Please dont send him any hate!!”
The 2 laughed off the incident after returning to their seats, no with their diploma in hand.
“After, when we went to go sit down, we were laughing about it together. Immediately after, one of my friends was laughing about it in a group chat, and he was the first to post it,” Robinson stated.
The teenager was stunned on the response to the video, not anticipating the 10-second clip to go viral.
“I didn’t think anything of it at first — I just assumed it was gonna flop — and three hours later, it went viral,” he stated.
Robinson says he has obtained harsh feedback about his stunt, however he stands by the flip because it stood out from others at his commencement.
“Looking back, I 1,000% still stand on doing the backflip because I personally think this is just as good an outcome, if not better, than if I hadn’t done it,” he informed Folks. “And not to blame her, of course it’s equally my fault, but if she didn’t run forward I would’ve landed it.”
