Twenty days before Sasha Blair-Goldensohn was struck by a falling tree limb in Central Park, an arborist with the Central Park Conservancy sent an email to parks officials about a dead 15-foot limb hanging across the entrance at 63rd Street. A follow-up email by a park supervisor asked the next day, "Did the tree crew get this?" The response: "Yes, the tree crew got it." But "it" turned out to be the email itself, and the branch that severely injured Blair-Goldensohn, a father of two, was never removed.
City Struggles To Maintain Old, Sick Trees To Parkgoers' Peril
Central Park Rotten Tree Branch Lawsuit Worth $120 Million
On Friday, the NY Times reported that the Google engineer struck by a falling tree branch in Central Park was suing the city and Central Park Conservancy for negligence. Now, it turns out the still-hospitalized Sasha Blair-Goldensohn's lawsuit is worth $120 million.
Man Injured By Tree Limb Files Suit Against City
The 33-year-old who suffered brain and spinal injuries this summer when he was struck by a falling tree limb in Central Park is suing the city and the Central Park Conservancy for negligence.
Man Critically Injured By Tree Branch Now In Rehab Clinic
An update on Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, the father of two who was struck by a rotting 100-pound tree branch in Central Park in July. According to Daily News sources, he was moved from a Manhattan Hospital to the Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw, NY earlier this month.
Man, Critically Injured By Tree Branch, "Slowly Recovering"
The 33-year-old man who was struck by a falling tree branch in Central Park appears to be recovering: Sasha Blair-Goldensohn's mother Gwenda Blair told CityRoom, "He finally started responding when they said, ‘Raise your hand and open your eye.'" She also said to the Daily News, "He's slowly improving. We think that he's going to be okay."
Man Hit By Central Park Tree Branch In Coma
With his family keeping vigil at the hospital, 33-year-old man remains in a coma after being struck by a tree branch in Central Park yesterday morning. An uncle of Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, an Upper West Side resident and an engineer at Google, told the Daily News, "I'm not worried about Sasha because he has IQ to spare... He hasn't really woken up. He's young and healthy, we're hopeful."

