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February 11, 2005
Humberto Fontova almost killed himself
From Root Striker/author/columnist/friend Humberto Fontova:
Don't know if you heard, but I almost killed myself a few months ago in a hideous accident that has left me crippled (lost vivison in my right eye, fractured skull)
Here's the story from the preface to my book:
........And one more thing. On the home stretch of completing this book, with my tongue hanging, with the crowds roaring, with the finish line in sight, I almost lost my life in a hideous accident. ( on exactly 9-11, 2004, as it turned out.)
I was thrown from my bicycle and plunged off a tall bridge, bounced off sharp steel girters on the way down and finally landed face and head first, twenty feet below on jagged boulders. I remained there unconscious and bleeding heavily for half an hour till passers-by rushed to the rescue.
Fractured skull, subdermal hematoma, smashed eye and orbit, 8 inch gash in forehead with cracked skull exposed, leg and hip broken in 6 places, 5 ribs broken along with arm and hand. Various internal injuries. The first few days in intensive care the speculations ran to survival. We cleared that one. Then came speculations about paralysis, life in a wheelchair (I'm a maniacal outdoorsman, not a happy prospect.) We cleared that one. Then came speculations concerning severe brain damage from the horrific trauma to the head (I write and speak for a living, again not a happy prospect)...
Well, to end this depressing screed, this past Christmas season, I found myself not just merrily celebrating the Holidays along with this book's completion, along with my dad's 78th Birthday, along with my 26th wedding anniversary, along with my parents 55th anniversary, along with my daughter's engagement-- but dancing at the multifarious and raucous celebrations!
And I'm talking everything from the Hustle and Bump to the Boot-Scootin-Boogie and Cha-Cha-Cha! I was on a crutch and wearing an eye patch--so, okay, I wasn't exactly John Travolta. But STILL!
So that takes care of the physical recovery, you say. Now how 'bout that brain damage? Hunnh?
Well, these rollicking festivities also found me as engaging, witty, erudite, sparkling, talkative boisterous....Hunnh?-- Oh Hi, honey (My darling wife often reads over my shoulder, making helpful suggestions.)
"A bit wordy, Humberto....just write as "obnoxious"as ever."
"Thanks Honey!" You get the point, amigos. Thanks to a chorus of prayers, thanks to a positively suffocating avalanche of moral (and physical) support from my family and a crowd of--not fairweather, by any means!-- friends I find myself firmly back in the saddle.
Posted by Rob at February 11, 2005 10:28 AM
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