While this December 29 marks the 12th anniversary of the terrible skiing accident suffered by Michael Schumacher, the first announcements about the state of health of the seven-time world champion were intended to be reassuring.
It was just a simple ski outing with friends. However, Michael Schumacher saw his life turned upside down on the slopes of Méribel on December 29, 2013. “
I can’t logically explain why Michael didn’t have an accident as a pilot, but while skiing with his son and friends.”,
will react Nicki Lauda, himself a survivor of a terrible F1 accident.
If he was going off-road, the former Ferrari driver was going at very low speed at the time of the accident. Alas, all it took was a stone hidden under the snow to tip the seven-time world champion forward, causing him to lose his skis before his head hit another rock also hidden under the snow. Although the shock was not violent, Schumi’s helmet, equipped with a camera, shattered into several pieces.
This banal ski accident will cost the seven-time world champion six months in a coma.
profound cerebral after-effects which have since deprived him of a normal life. Although he was able to return home, a large medical team takes care of him on a daily basis. He nevertheless remains bedridden and seems to be able to communicate with his loved ones without being able to speak to them normally.
However, the first announcements about Michael Schumacher’s state of health were intended to be reassuring. Shortly after the announcement of his accident, Christophe Gernignon-Lecomte, general director of the Méribel station, explained that he “was shocked, a little agitated but conscious » at the time of his transfer by helicopter to Moûtiers hospital.
According to the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon, if Michael Schumacher suffered from head trauma, his life was not in danger. Alas, the former pilot’s state of health would quickly deteriorate. So much so that Professor Saillant, famous neurosurgeon and friend of the F1 icon, decided to go to his bedside to support the medical team at the Grenoble University Hospital where he had been transferred.
Michael Schumacher’s vital prognosis was now in jeopardy. Having fallen into a coma, he would have to undergo several operations to notably absorb the hematoma caused by the shock.
