A Spanish matador was struggling to recover today after suffering horrific injuries when a bull's horn entered his throat and exited his mouth. The half-ton bull caught Julio Aparicio under the chin when the matador lost his balance and stumbled while executing a pass in Madrid. Aparicio, 41, was tossed into the air and landed on the sand of the bullring, spurting blood. Surgeons worked for 6 hours to reconstruct his throat, jaw, tongue and the roof of his mouth. He's out of critical danger and is conscious, reports the Telegraph.
"It was a serious goring. Almost his entire mouth was destroyed. It's too early to talk of recovery, " said Aparicio's father. The matador comes from a famous bullfighting family, and was a major draw to the San Isidro bullfighting festival where the injury occurred. A photo of the goring ignited a furious debate in Spain, where some protested that it was too graphic, while others deemed it a powerful argument to end the sport
Matador=0 Bull=1
Nice to see the bull win once in a while.
you play with the bull you get the horns. +1 bull, personally like the one where the matadoor took a horn up the poop chute. cruel sport, good for the bull.
Looks like his tongue is hanging on the end of the horn like a side of beef on a hook at the slaughter house.
the guy lived!! i saw it on the morning show the other day.. they say he will be in recovery for awhile.. lol YA THINK..
who wakes up and say to them selves, ok today im gonna play with a bull.. tisk tisk...
