Norman Hickey suffered severe injuries recently in a fall while on a Peace Corps mission in the former Soviet republic of Georgia
Hickey, Peace Corps volunteer, injured in overseas duty
Last update: 31 March 2004
DAYTONA BEACH -- Norman Hickey, a former Daytona Beach city manager, suffered severe injuries recently in a fall while on a Peace Corps mission in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
Hickey, 76, a South Daytona resident, fell into a 16-foot construction pit while walking at night near his home in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, said Gladys Jacobs, his mother-in-law.
Several hours passed before he was found and several more hours before he could be removed from the pit, which had rocks at the bottom. His injuries included a broken right arm and broken hip, as well as injuries to his right shoulder and leg.
He was taken to a hospital in Helsinki, Finland, where he underwent an operation Tuesday.
Hickey was coordinating Peace Corps volunteers who teach English in Georgia. For more than 30 years, he has had assignments in faraway lands such as Vietnam, Colombia and Russia for various U.S. agencies.
He was city manager of Daytona Beach from 1963 to 1966, as well as manager for local governments in Titusville, San Diego, Hillsborough County and St. Petersburg.
