Woman and bull injured in Pamplona
A Canadian woman was trampled and a bull lost its horn as hundreds of daredevils hurtled through Pamplona with six half-ton bulls in pursuit at the first full day of Spain's San Fermin fiesta Thursday.
Women rarely run and for years were forbidden from doing so but this year 19-year-old Canadian Alexandra Popovska, risked her skin."The whole herd went over her and trod on her," a hospital spokeswoman said, but added her injuries were not serious.
She only suffered a minor concussion, a broken nose, several puncture wounds, and an assortment of broken bones. She'll be fine in six months or so. The bull may never recover. Especially if they make it a steak.
While many of the dense crowd of runners are there for the first time, some, like Jean Louis Desperies from Dax, France, comes back year after year.
"It's a passion," the 50-year-old said, after running for his 10th year. "All life's suffering is left behind."
"Well, you know, because that lady who got trampled fell down in front of me. After I stepped on her face on my way by, her suffering was behind me."
A Canadian woman was trampled and a bull lost its horn as hundreds of daredevils hurtled through Pamplona with six half-ton bulls in pursuit at the first full day of Spain's San Fermin fiesta Thursday.
Women rarely run and for years were forbidden from doing so but this year 19-year-old Canadian Alexandra Popovska, risked her skin."The whole herd went over her and trod on her," a hospital spokeswoman said, but added her injuries were not serious.
She only suffered a minor concussion, a broken nose, several puncture wounds, and an assortment of broken bones. She'll be fine in six months or so. The bull may never recover. Especially if they make it a steak.
While many of the dense crowd of runners are there for the first time, some, like Jean Louis Desperies from Dax, France, comes back year after year.
"It's a passion," the 50-year-old said, after running for his 10th year. "All life's suffering is left behind."
"Well, you know, because that lady who got trampled fell down in front of me. After I stepped on her face on my way by, her suffering was behind me."
that's kind of like saying that once you see your baby for the first time, all the pain of birth disappears...
it might step aside for a moment, but it doesn't disappear
I'm still suffering from the pain of my birth -- and that's no bull
This year, you can follow San Fermin through the satellite with GoogleMaps and a little bit of hackery. Check The San Fermin googlemap of injured people. There she is, Alexandra, at the exact place where she was injuerd the 7th of July.
Dang. Heads up, though, it may take a couple tries to get through to that link. Thanks, luistxo.
(Thankfully, this is the internet, and I don't have to learn pronounce that.)
urgency surgery at the bullring? by doctors or vets?