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Stirling Moss injured in fall!
British motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss was recovering in the hospital Monday after he was nearly killed falling down an elevator shaft at home.
Moss tumbled 30 feet and broke both his ankles, suffering four broken bones, gashes and four chipped vertebrae. He underwent surgery to have pins and plates attached to his shattered bones after the fall from the third floor of his up-market pad in London's Mayfair on Saturday. Moss, 80, expected the lift to be waiting when he walked through the doors. Instead a malfunction jammed the carriage but allowed the shutters to open. He was last night said to be "comfortable" in a London hospital. A family friend said: "Stirling was seriously injured after what was a horrific accident but he is in good spirits and won't let this beat him. "He was nearly killed several times during his career and always bounced back. This is no different." Moss won 16 Formula One Grand Prix titles and was dubbed "the greatest driver never to win the World Championship." He retired aged just 32 after a horrific car crash in his famous blue Lotus that left him in a coma for 38 days and paralyzed for six months.
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Wow, that would have been irony to have bought the farm in an elevator in your house after the life he's lived.
Those old racers seem to be pretty tough if they make it to old age. Paul Frere was still going 200mph in his 70s working for R&T. He was injured driving the 'Ring when he was '89 in a Civic R, and after seven broken ribs, a shattered pelvis and two punctured lungs he recovered and was in the paddock at several races the next year.
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Best wishes and a speedy recovery to one of the finest racers of his time (or any time)
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Sad to hear and hope he recovers quickly.
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Man you never know what life is going to throw at you. Here's a guy that risked his life on the race track for years and then at 80 he falls in an elevator shaft?? What the hell.
God's speed Sir Stirling.
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I shook his hand after he gave a 2 hour slide show/lyceum program at Ohlone College in Fremont, CA 30 some yrs. ago. Told us (small crowd - 50 or less) all about his races, MB racing crew, the cars, lots of personal info, etc. He said, "Once anyone raced for MB, it was all downhill from there." His fav car at the time was an Opel GT - he said it was light & maneuverable & "it just looks jolly good." He was accompanied by a young blond FOX in a tight navy blue dress. WOW! He wore a 3 piece suit and looked trim/fit himself with his tanned face. Very patient and cordial, he was.
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