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‘I’m a dope’: 98.5’s Michael Felger says he was airlifted off Nantucket after bike accident
Felger was airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital after a bike accident Saturday night, he said.
Michael Felger, of 98.5’s Felger and Mazz show, received backlash from listeners for missing Monday’s broadcast. But, he revealed his unexpected whereabouts during Tuesday’s edition.
“I was in the hospital yesterday after getting airlifted off Nantucket,” Felger said at the end of Tuesday’s show, shocking his co-hosts. “It’s more dramatic than it is, thank God, but for about 12 to 18 hours, it was a little dramatic.”
“What?” co-host Jim Murray responded.
The radio host said he was riding his bike on Nantucket Saturday night and fell off the bike.
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“It happened in a blur,” he said. “I cracked my neck on, I believe, the handlebars. I just sort of buckled and fell into the handlebars, and bam!”
Felger, who said his neck was sore after the accident, did not go to the hospital until the next day after his daughter urged him to.
A CAT scan showed air pockets “in places they shouldn’t have been” in Felger’s neck, he said.
“I think I’m going to get the x-ray, a clean bill of health, and walk out of there, and they said, ‘No, we found these things, and we got to get you somewhere pretty quick,’” Felger recounted.
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Felger was airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital via helicopter in case he needed surgery.
“There was a 12 to 18 hour stretch there where I didn’t know if I was looking at throat surgery, neck surgery, or something like that,” he said.
Michael Holley, a guest on Tuesday’s show, said he was glad Felger listened to his daughter and went to the hospital.
Felger ended up not needing surgery, saying the doctors did not find any damage to his neck after several tests.
Felger thanked the Nantucket hospital, Boston MedFlight, and Massachusetts General Hospital doctors during the broadcast.
“Big dumb Felger driving in the dark on little Nantucket streets, just lost my balance,” he said, adding, “I’m a dope. I’m a big dummy. It was all on me.”
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