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01-15-2012, 11:22 PM
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Re: Horn Thru the Jug
too bad this doesn't happen to all bull fighters. bull fighting is cruel...
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07-16-2012, 06:05 PM
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Re: Horn Thru the Jug
Julio Aparicio Díaz On May 21, 2010, Aparicio was severely injured during a performance when a bull gored him. Aparicio was participating in the San Isidro Festival in Las Ventas, performing with a 1,168 lb (530 kg) bull named Opiparo when he lost his footing and was gored through the neck and out of his mouth by the bull's right horn. The incident happened as Aparicio was attempting the faena, a series of passes in which a torero uses their cape and sword before delivering the estocada, or death blow. The bull immediately withdrew its horn from Aparicio's neck and he attempted to leave the bullring, but lost consciousness and had to be carried out. Two other matadors stepped in and slew Opiparo. The result of the injury was a punctured tongue, a fractured hard palate, a fractured upper maxilla and several broken teeth. Doctors at Las Ventas operated on Aparicio for an hour and performed an emergency tracheotomy to stabilize him. He was transferred to the Hospital 12 de Octubre (October 12 Hospital) in Madrid where he underwent six hours of surgery to repair his fractured jaw. He left the intensive care unit on May 24 after recovering from surgery. He went back to the hospital in critical condition on May 28 due to acute respiratory failure that required ventilation through a breathing tube due to swelling from an infection. He left the hospital on June 6 after recovering once again. After the accident, Aparicio fired his manager Simon Casas who had said in an interview that Aparicio would not be able to psychologically recover so quickly. Aparicio made a return to bullfighting in Pontevedra on August 1, ten weeks after the accident.He later revealed that on the day of the accident, he had competed with a broken middle finger on his left hand. DAMN!! |