Saturday, July 14, 2007
Brothers get Double Sticked in Bull Run
MADRID, Spain (July 14) - A bull that broke from the pack seriously gored two American brothers, catching one on each of its horns during the running of the bulls festival in Pamplona, where both were recovering Friday in the hospital.
Lawrence and Michael Lenahan, natives of Westlake, Ohio, were gored simultaneously by the bull , which also injured 11 other people Thursday. It was the worst day for injuries in the nine-day festival.
“I started yelling at my brother to show him I was bleeding everywhere but he showed me he was bleeding everywhere,” said Lawrence Lenahan, a 26-year-old Air Force captain from Hermosa Beach, Calif., in a telephone interview from his hospital bed.
He was gored in the buttocks, while Michael Lenahan, 23, of Philadelphia, was injured in his leg and was recovering well from surgery at the same hospital.
Michael Lenahan had recently overcome testicular cancer that had spread to his abdomen and the brothers were celebrating.
“He decided he wanted to live life to the fullest. He said once a year I’ll do something exciting. And he did,” said their father, Larry Lenahan of Westlake, Ohio.
“I decided to take life by the horns,” said Michael Lenahan, who had been diagnosed in March 2006.
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