Two American brothers badly gored at San Fermin

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[Sub-Driver]

Two American brothers badly gored at San Fermin

13 July 2007

MADRID - Two American brothers seriously gored during a bull run in the northeastern Spanish city of Pamplona were recovering at a hospital Friday.

Lawrence Lenahan, 26, of Hermosa Beach, California, and his brother, Michael Lenahan, 23, of Philadelphia, were gored Thursday by a bull who strayed from the pack. Thirteen people were injured and seven were gored, including the Lenahan brothers and another two men who were seriously injured.

Michael Lenahan, a sales executive for General Mills, was injured shortly before making it to the bullring _ the end point of the daily runs. The bull's horn broke through the skin on his right shin. The moment, caught on film, made the front page of several Spanish newspapers.

The older Lenahan suffered a 20-centimeter (8-inch) wound in the left buttock after a dangerous sharp right turn in the course, which he described as a ''dead man's curve''.

''I remember looking back and thinking I was in trouble,'' said Lawrence Lenahan, an Air Force captain, in a phone interview with The Associated Press from his hospital bed in Pamplona. His brother also remains hospitalized after undergoing surgery.

[TommyDale]

"De booll ees fast!"

[AmericaUnited]

My only question is did the USA’s Darwin candidates win, or did some other country beat us out via death?

[RDTF]

zero sympathy here

[Humvee]

Stoopid is as stoopid does.

[pgkdan]

Idiots.

[RDTF]

“Lawrence Lenahan, an Air Force captain”

sheesh

[COUNTrecount]

We’ve all been Gored...I feel their pain.

[Abathar]

I look at it as pre-emtive revenge from the bulls for what is going to come in the ring. Watching them tormented and killed in a slow and painful death makes me cheer for the bulls every time.

[Red Badger]

Lawrence Lenahan, an Air Force captain............Hmmmmm, not for long.........

[Slings and Arrows]

if(mess_with_bull)
     {
     get(horns);
     }

[tx_eggman]

Nature has a way of weeding out stupid people

[IonImplantGuru]

Nicely enough, however, is the fact that San Fermin hospital has possibly the world’s most experienced and capable trauma care for idjits that manage to be gored by bulls.

[Natchez Hawk]

Not a vegetarian or anything...
but if man chooses to taunt animal—I gotta pull for the beast.

[Abathar]

Hmmmm... Didn’t he just damage government property by doing this? I thought if you did something really stupid while on active duty that got yourself hurt you could be charged, is that true?

[Bon mots]

I would prefer to participate in The RUNNING OF THE SQUIRRELS.

[Vaquero]

I have as much sympathy for people who run with the bulls in Pamplona as I do for that jackass who stuck the stick of a skyrocket up his bum and lit it....(look to youtube for that one).

“The Dumb Also Rises”.

[poindexter]

Lawrence Lenahan, an Air Force captain,

Won't he get in trouble for "damaging government property"?

[Piquaboy]

Stupid is as stupid does. Screw with the bull and you get the horn.