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Woman partially paralyzed when singer did a stage dive at Buffalo concert shows signs of improvement

Bird Piché, 24, was in the crowd at Mohawk Place when the lead singer of the band Trophy Eyes did a stage dive into the audience, landing on Piché.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — There's an update on a Western New York woman who was partially paralyzed after attending a punk concert in downtown Buffalo earlier this month.

Bird Piché, 24, was in the crowd at Mohawk Place when the lead singer of the band Trophy Eyes did a stage dive into the audience, landing on Piche.

She was seriously hurt and suffered a spinal cord injury.

Piche and her family spoke to NBC News and has told them she has regained use of her arms and some leg function.

She's still not able to move her hands or toes though.

"I'm going to rehab either later today or tomorrow, but they do think I'll have full recovery," Piché told NBC News. "Nothing is certain, obviously, but they are predicting l will have full recovery of everything.  

"So my legs, it's involuntary, have been kicking a lot lately. I can't control it," said Piché, a patient service specialist for Planned Parenthood. "My arms, they're — besides my hand dexterity — almost fully there. My fingers don't have full movement." 

"I have a long road ahead, but I'm very optimistic right now," she said.

Bird is from the Olean-Allegany area and attended Fredonia University. She now lives in Buffalo and works for Planned Parenthood.

There is a GoFundMe to cover her medical expenses.

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