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Old 09-20-2006, 04:40 PM
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Unhappy OT: Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is critically injured in a crash while testing

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Old 09-20-2006, 04:44 PM
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http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/...234566,00.html
Old 09-20-2006, 05:51 PM
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Geez. I hope he is okay. Love that show.
Old 09-20-2006, 06:37 PM
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wish him all the best.
Old 09-20-2006, 07:01 PM
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Dam I hate to hear stuff like this. I hope he's ok. It says he was driving a jet car

I love that show.
Old 09-20-2006, 08:02 PM
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I love that show. I hope he's okay. You can catch most of the flicks of the Porsche on Youtube.
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Just heard of the terrible news on BBC America. It says he is in Critical condition:-( Best wishes to Richard!
Old 09-20-2006, 11:48 PM
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Hammond strikes me as such a nice guy. A 300+ mph crash...OMG.
Old 09-21-2006, 12:15 PM
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Wish him a SPEEDY RECOVERY!!!
Old 09-21-2006, 05:27 PM
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The latest is that he has a significant brain injury but there is a very good chance that he will make a good recovery.Hes a big fan of all things Porsche having owned some older 911's and now a 997(carrera 4s coupe I think)
Old 09-25-2006, 10:44 AM
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I think he was buying the 997 turbo on order...last episode I remember watching. Hope he does well. Has a long rehab road ahead probably but should do okay if the brain injury resolves it sounds like. Lots of our guys in Iraq are coming home with the same....most do okay other not so good. It just depends on the location of their injury, overall health state, and availability to treatment and rehab as well as a little bit of luck and god's will.

Is there a posting anywhere on line to leave messages? Anyone?
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If you go to the top gear website, there is a place to leave messages.

http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1118/
Old 09-29-2006, 05:38 AM
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Here's the latest on Richard Hammond from today's UK Daily Telegraph. Good to see his smiling face again!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...nhammond29.xml
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He's okay Whew!

Does anyone know where you can see the whole show in the US, not just clips on the Internet. I love Topgear but have only seen the whole thing in the UK.



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