How terribly sad and tragic. I’ve kept him and his family in my prayers since learning of this terrible accident.
If you are keeping any kind of ping list for his updates, might you include me? Thank you so much.
more details on accident from CNN:
‘Catapulted onto his head’
His manager, Sabine Kehm, recounted more details Tuesday of how the accident happened, gleaned from friends and family members who were present at the time.
The party was skiing in an area of deep snow when Schumacher helped a friend who had fallen, she said. As he set off again and went to make a turn, he seems to have hit a rock hidden under the snow.
This catapulted him into the air and he fell head down with all his weight onto another rock, she said, resulting in severe injuries to his head.
Schumacher was not traveling fast at the time, Kehm said, so those with him were initially shocked by how badly he was hurt. “It’s not a question of speed but of the angle that you hit the rock,” she said.
Kehm also cautioned against reading too much into the doctors’ latest report.
“They made it very clear that they are not optimistic, that ... there was a slight improvement compared to the situation yesterday, which doesn’t mean we can be optimistic yet,” she said. “It’s much too early to say.”
Kehm declined to comment on the emotional state of Schumacher’s family.
But she said “heartwarming” messages of support have come flooding in via e-mails, text messages and letters from people around the world.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/31/sport/motorsport/michael-schumacher-accident/