I cried out Oh No when I heard the news this morning. The aorta wasn't repaired in time to keep the blood flow going to her brain. I heard today there was massive brain damage and that she died of cardiac arrest - which she had also suffered right after the accident. Her organs and tissues were donated.

She wasn't doing anything fancy - just a regular run down the slope.

http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...ub=CalgaryHome

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke is seen on her wedding day in 2010 to fellow pro-skier Rory Bushfield.

Updated: Thu Jan. 19 2012 16:54:47

Jered Stuffco, CTVNews.ca

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke died on Thursday, nine days after she was severely injured at the bottom of a routine training run in Utah.