Texas RS

Prayers and best wishes for a speedy and full recovery.

Michael in his next to last F1 race

2012 USGP Austin, TX

hacker-pschorr

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mot...about-him.html

the flyin' scotsman

I watched that horrible day live.....it will be with me forever

Truly sending every best wish to Schumi.

winders

No change in his condition is reported, but this is the most detailed article I have read so far:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mot...ctors-say.html

redleg321

This is fresh off the press and his condition has improved but he's not out of the woods yet. Come on, Schumi!

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...kiing-accident

Polesitter

First positive update we have seen. Thanks for posting.

Veloce Raptor

MOTHERFVCKERS: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...iest-intrusion

multi21

Apparently MS was helping a friend who had fallen when he fell himself

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111986

My993C2

If true, talk about a freak accident. I am a former ski patroller from Lake Louise in Banff Alberta and the Lake is one massive series of rocks that sometimes is and often is not covered with sufficient snow. When you ski at Lake Louise you will notice that none of the lift towers are padded. Why is this? Because if they padded the towers they would need to pad the tens of thousands of trees and rocks on the resort. I can see someone losing their balance on a steep slope while standing still, possibly trying to help someone else up (heck I even occasionally lost my balance and toppled over). But what a freak accident if someone had toppled over and hit their head on an adjacent rock. Sure it can happen, one out of a million times. The vast majority of the accidents I was ever called to were on the intermediate slopes after lunch when the drunks came out of the bars or at the end of the day when people became tired. If you wanted to avoid the accidents, you stuck to the black and double black diamond runs.

DreamCarrera

I think the accident occurred after Michael helped a fallen friend. He helped his friend up and then continued skiing down the slope. It was after he began skiing again that he fell and hit his head on a rock. Luckily he was wearing a helmet...

Flying Finn

Yep, he fell after, not when, helping.

Still hanging in there, stable and no changes which is good. He's strong, I hope good news soon.

blake

Awful, awful news. It doesn't take much to get seriously hurt skiing. Bad angles even at really slow speeds can result in death. Reminds me of Liam Neeson's wife Natasha Richardson in Quebec (died from head trauma on bunny hill), and of course Sonny Bono in Lake Tahoe (hit tree on top of hill right off ski lift).

We live in Park City full time so that we can ski. My son's primary goal in life is to make the US Ski Team, and at 12, he was clocked at 82mph in a SuperG race.... Normal speeds for racers of that age. Unlike car racing, the only real protection one has on the mountain is a thin helmet and perhaps some body armor if you choose that route. Preventing injury just comes down to minimizing risk using your brain coupled with massive amounts of luck.

I am devastated about this news of Schumi. My whole family is pulling for him. Hell of a racer.

My $.02,
-B

jbossolo

Sad news indeed. Discussed case with a Neurosurgeon pal. Even if he makes it, he could have serious cognitive and motor deficits for life. My prayers go out to him and his loved ones.

TexasRider

There are guys that need a serious butt kicking in this world.

And from the looks of it there are others - the side bar on Phil on that same linked page. Another thread, another topic, another time. But the same.

Anyway c'mon Micheal. Got to do it now.

aj986s

This is a good example of how crappy the world can be. What a POS.