Please keep us posted on Will's condition,
dom-dom. I was waiting and waiting for news to come out in Taiwan about it. It finally did.
Then, I went to visit the Mainland websites (he's more popular there) and hit the "jackpot." I've translated two articles. Please comment
here (news of injury) and
here (news of campus concert).
I've also got pictures.
Takes a Tumble At Beijing Concert; Wilber Pan WeiBo Injures His Left FootDate: November 11, 2008
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Wilber Pan WeiBo slipped and fell at his concert in Beijing, injuring his leg. According to his agency, Wilber, having contracted a cold, had been feeling a little weak; on the night of the performance, he was supposed to jump down into the center of a group of dancers. However, he accidentally twisted his left foot; worse, the "new" injury is in the same spot as his "old" injury (he snapped a ligament in 2004). In the end, Wilber insisted on finishing his scheduled five songs before allowing the workers to help him off the stage. He then returned to his hotel to rest. How does the injury look now? He will have to wait until he returns to Taiwan and sees the doctor before he knows for certain.
In that moment as Wilber jumped onto the stage, surrounded by his dancers, it is clear that he twisted his foot. He was unable to stand, instead falling to sit on the stage. Although he continued to perform and sing, a pained expression on his face, both the dancers surrounding him and the fans in the audience couldn't help screaming in concern.
Wilber sat on the floor of the stage for about three minutes; in the end, however, he managed to stand up, his left foot slightly lame. He insisted on finishing his performance. Wilber said, "This is what an entertainer is like. Born to be on the stage... and also dying by the stage. Isn't that right?"
Wilber injured himself during his very first song of the night; he insisted on holding on, however, and finished performing his scheduled five songs. According to our understanding, before he got up on stage that night, Wilber was feeling rather weak and debilitated, as result of his catching a serious cold. He re-aggravated his old injury, the snapped ligament for which he underwent surgery in 2004.
Gritting his teeth, Wilber very professionally finished his performance before allowing the workers to help him off stage. He then returned to his hotel room to rest. He will have to wait, however, until his return to Taiwan to see just how serious the injury is.
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Wilber Pan WeiBo's Left Foot Swollen Like a "Pig's Foot"; Bites Down Pain and Performs at Campus Concert in KaohsiungDate: November 11, 2008
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Wilber Pan WeiBo injured his foot during a performance in Beijing a few days ago; the media reported his injury just yesterday. He went to see a physician yesterday morning and had an X-ray done on his leg. Sometime today or tomorrow, however, he'll have to make time to get an NMR scan to understand just how serious the injury is. However, last night, Wilber actually bit down the pain and performed at a campus "schoolyard" concert in Kaohsiung. His foot was extremely swollen, looking like a "pig's foot"; while getting his hair done in the salon, he had to use ice to decrease the pain.
In thinking back to the circumstances surrounding his injury, Wilber said that, at the time, he had actually forced a smile to come to his face and said in a purposely light and relaxed tone, "As a singer, one is born to be on stage. We must die on stage, also!" This made the thousands of fans present scream and applaud for him!
Yesterday, the physician drained some of the accumulated thin blood from his leg to help the swelling go down. At the concert last night, Wilber's dancing segments were canceled; instead, he focused completely on singing.
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