Pedro Horillo out of Coma

PHIAN
PHIAN Posts: 15
edited August 2010 in Pro race
Looks like big improvements in his condition, out of coma, and moving limbs. Dont know how he survived a 60m fall..
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Hopefully he will make a full recovery.

    3 years ago Christophe Brandt had a similarly horrific crash:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 298716.stm

    He was put into a medically induced coma, broke his arm, broke four ribs, punctured his lung, and had to have one of his kidneys removed. Where is he now? Racing the Giro d'Italia. Cyclists are tough.
  • don key
    don key Posts: 494
    brilliant news, lucky guy to survive such an awful crash.
  • Vino2007
    Vino2007 Posts: 340
    Touche, these guys have got a hard time lately for complaining about the stage safety but they make far valid points compared to the likes of Football players. Wish horillo a speedy recovery
  • ridgerider
    ridgerider Posts: 2,852
    This photo shows the drop involved quite clearly...

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2009/ ... 801_1_full

    Scary!
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  • dbg
    dbg Posts: 846
    Hard to believe anyone could have survived a trip down there!
  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    Good grief. He's one tough one.
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I suspect that most people will be interested in how Pedro is doing after his horrific crash in the Giro last year....

    Anyway, this year Pedro road most of the Tour's stages... He was at the Tour primarily as a journalist for El Pais... but was also getting in serious rides. The two pics below are taken near the top of the Col de la Ramaz on stage 8. Pedro was riding about 10 mins ahead of the leaders. Here an official car is pulling up next to him and he shows his credentials so he can continue on how way.. :D Chapeau I say.

    http://img641.imageshack.us/i/pedrohorillo.jpg/

    http://img443.imageshack.us/i/pedrohorillo02.jpg/
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  • SCR Pedro
    SCR Pedro Posts: 912
    emadden wrote:
    Chapeau I say.

    +1 Go Pedro! I remember his crash, and fearing the worst.
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  • andrew_s
    andrew_s Posts: 2,511
    PHIAN wrote:
    Dont know how he survived a 60m fall..
    by bouncing several times on the way down, so he effectively had lots of small falls instead of one big one.

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