Rushed to Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan after falling 25 feet
off a ramp while performing a stunt for "The Late Show with David
Letterman." She was attempting to go down a makeshift U-shaped slope,
sail through the air, then land on a snow patch on the street.
Letterman ran outside to check on her, then canceled the show. Dakides
was released the next day with stitches to the back of her head. (5
February 2004)