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Originally Posted by Agdee
I was thinking about the irony of all the padding and protective gear that he wears when he plays football, but will ride a motorcycle at high speeds without a helmet. How much sense does that make?
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Say you make millions of dollars off of your body and its agility and coordination... if that were me, i'd be walking around like a friggin' Charmin commercial. I'd be doing my best to take care of myself. Not to mention all fo the other people that depend on him for their livelihood.
Latest update on his condition (they just had a press conference)- he was in surgery for 7 hours today and they were able to fix all of the fractures. He broke his jaw, lost a lot of teeth, broke his nose, and had a 9 inch gash in the back of his head. The good news is that there appears to be no real injury to his brain (talk about lucky), neck or spine. The doctors didn't mention his knees, I had heard before that they were sprained.
He's very lucky to be alive. Even luckier that there is no apparant brain damage. He's probably lucky he hit the car windshield, which obviously had some give to it (i.e. it can shatter) Had he hit pavement first, he would've been dead. Had he hit at a different angle, he could've been thrown down the bluff to his death.
I just drove through that intersection last week. So far there have been no changed pressed against the woman driving and they don't believe Ben was speeding, so we'll see.
Such a shame. No one is invinsible.
