Thursday, October 13, 2011

Spanish matador left blind in one eye after being horrifically gored through the head - video

ONE of Spain’s most popular matadors has been blinded in his left eye and paralysed down one side of his face after he was gored through the head during a bullfight. Juan Jose Padilla, slipped after placing banderillas in the bull and the animal struck piercing him through the jaw during Zaragoza’s Fiestas Del Pilar on Friday to the horror of the 20,000 onlookers. Television images showed the sickening moment when the bull’s left horn penetrated Padilla’s lower jaw to emerge beside his protruding eyeball. He was helped out of the ring after the gory incident with blood gushing from his head screaming “I can’t see, I can’t see.” The 38-year-old native of Jerez then underwent a life-saving five-hour operation to repair severe damage to his eye, bone, muscle and skin...more

Here's a graphic presentation, including slo-mo, of the event.

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