By Della Hasselle
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Christopher Tierney, the Broadway actor who plummented more than 30 feet during a performance of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," recounted his fall as he prepared for his release from a rehabilitation center.
"The last thing I remember was, like, uh, just going, 'Oh God," Tierney told WCBS-TV news in an interview, according to the New York Post.
"I was falling, and then I saw, once I hit the darkness of the stage, I had to just turn it real quick, so I wasn't going to fall on my head and I crashed on my back," he said during the exclusive interview, to air Monday at 11 p.m.
The actor is expected to be released from the unidentified rehabilitation center Wednesday, when he plans to return to his home in Portsmouth, NH, according to several reports.
Tierney suffered internal bleeding from several broke several ribs, a small skull fracture, a broken scapula and three cracked vertebrae on Dec. 20 when his harness snapped as he lept off a platform during part of the performance.
Tierney is the fourth cast member to be injured in the $65 million show. His fall prompted lead actress Natalie Mendoza to leave the show.
