Rain talks about past injuries.

Asian news sources Nate and Naver have reported that on the MBC program Come Over And Play (Come and Play, Come Out To Play, etc.), that was broadcast on May 17th, Rain talked about a few injuries he’d gotten during the course of his career. He is quoted as saying, “Once, I misstepped and fell through the stage during my concert in Hong Kong, and blacked out, but I finished the concert without any further mischance. I was told [by doctors at the hospital afterwards] that I had a slight concussion and had fractured my arm.”

And in addition, he said, “I was on a plane flying to Australia and it nearly killed me. [Because there was sudden, violent turbulence. —Stephe ^@@^] I always wore my seatbelt, but I wonder why I wasn’t wearing it at that time. That’s why I was thrown sharply upwards and I thought I really was going to die then.” Rain continued, “I feel dizzy just at the thought of the incident. Just be sure to fasten your seat belt when you are getting on an airplane or in a car.”

It is said that Come Over And Play reached number 1 in the ratings with Rain’s appearance, and got its highest numbers ever (16.3%).

(Thanks to rain bird and Rain Europe for this information.)

We remember that terribly scary incident he’s talking about. Where, during his Rain’s Coming world tour stop in Hong Kong (multiple nights, January 2007), the elevator/trap door in the stage floor didn’t close on cue and Rain accidentally fell through it. At the time, the audience had no idea that it had even happened because he got himself back on stage pretty quickly. But as we understand it, the drop was about six or seven feet, and if the usual pile of debris (metal folding chairs, props, etc.) had been under that hole and he’d fallen into that, he would have had more than a broken arm. Talk about lucky. As it was, looked like Rain wore some type of soft support on that arm for the remainder of the tour and continued to dance full out. How he withstood that pain, especially without a cast, we just don’t know.

If you notice, during later tours, that familiar elevator/trap door (that used to always be center stage) was placed somewhere out of the way. For Legend of Rainism, it was up on the second level, past the band, where Rain could never casually step on it. And when LoR was in Las Vegas, there wasn’t a trap door at all—Rain always came and left the stage through the back curtains. — Stephe ^@@^

Arirang’s 2007 report on the incident. (courtesy of neverlandlady)