Posted on 07/16/2009 10:17:39 PM PDT by Steelfish
Edited on 07/17/2009 12:15:09 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
LEAVENWORTH, Wash. (AP) -- The Washington State Patrol says actor James Caviezel suffered cuts and bruises when a man hurled a bicycle into the path of his Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Trooper Rich Magnussen says ''The Passion of the Christ'' actor was taken Thursday to Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth.
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He was probably busting it hard down the trail when he lost control. It's just too much fun. I remember how hard I rode my snowmobile. Way too hard, but got spared serious injury for some reason. Just a bloody lip or a headache here and there. When I think back, I realize I was borderline out-of-control crazy on that thing. Blasting down a singletrack with my friends though the woods in the middle of the night, North Maine Woods, temps below zero, crisp air, the moon and milky way overhead. Too much adrenaline, too much fun.
In the mid-1980's, it seems so forever ago now. Time flies. Can't believe so much time has passed.
And “Frequency” along side Dennis Quaid. I love the father-son bond in that film.
(Miss you Dad)
Because he chose to ride his bike there, you ignorant pig. It still is a free country.
Good one.
Actually, it appeared that the father was crossing a ditch or canal when the quad flipped over and landed on him. It’s just one of those things, but I felt bad for the family.
Sounds like the Lord was being very merciful in keeping you from killing yourself.
Yes, when you’re young you don’t think about the consequences. It’s just fun to go out and fly like the wind. I recall telling my parents stories years later about some of the things my friends and I did(from crashing into parked vehicles to crashing into neighbors homes while the people were in the house!). On one occasion, a relative almost ran me over after I came racing out of a side street onto the main. The look on both our faces were priceless, I’m sure. My relative had no idea I was in his neighborhood. My uncle never told my parents about the incident.
Had my mom and dad known at the time, I wouldn’t be alive today. :) I’m grateful that the good Lord watched over me.
“...struck by lighting during the filming...?
Yes.
He was also in “Frequency” I loved that movie
I’m so sorry about your cousin. I’ll keep him in my prayers for a full recovery. I’ll also keep you, your husband and the rest of the family in my prayers too.
Well, lots of folks are struck by lighting on movie sets, but this one got hit by lightning, too!
;->
CC
LOL! Ya got me!! AARRRRGGGGGG!
ML/NJ
Thank you for your prayers.
I just found out yesterday and have been too stunned to do more than prayers of gratitude that he’s not dead or brain-damaged.
(I’ve found the usefulness of the prayer lists years ago. Sometimes you’re too close to the situation to even *think* of a good prayer. Sometimes it’s hard to pray because you can’t face the enormity of a situation - your emotions are too powerful and your mind just wants to push it all away. That’s when it’s good to call in a “team”. They’ve got the distance to be able to offer prayers on your behalf.)
Try google :)
Probably not in Wenatchee. More likely he was just a drugged-out loser.... though what he was doing in Leavenworth on a bike is an interesting question.
FWIW, Leavenworth is about 25 miles from Wenatchee. It's got a strict "Bavarian" theme, backed by city ordinance. They call themselves the "Bavarian Village."
The town is a tourist trap, catering primarily to the Western Washington crowd. I grew up nearby ... we used to call it the Barbarian Village. And with great glee I can report that our HS sports teams routinely trounced them.
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