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“The Day I Died” — Hammond speaks

October 23, 2006

Following up on my previous posts about the accident: In his first interview about his horrific 288-mph crash last month, Top Gear star Richard Hammond talks about what happened and what went through his mind on that day. Hammond’s progress in recovery has astonished everyone; the moment they pulled him out of the car, doctors were almost certain he was about to die…after being stabilized, it was expected he would be in the hospital for anywhere from 6 to 15 months…now, 33 days later, he has returned home and has nothing to show for the accident except a bloodshot eye. “Doctors use a point system. Fifteen is normal, three is a flatline. I was a three. I was that close to being dead. …Yet here I am ready to go back home after five weeks. I’m so bloody lucky. I can’t believe it.” Read the great interview on The Mirror.

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