This Friday, December 29 marks 10 years since Michael Schumacher’s terrible skiing accident. The seven-time F1 world champion suffers from serious after-effects which prevent him from communicating and moving around. Ten years ago to the day, on December 29, 2013, Michael Schumacher, barely retired from Formula 1 circuits, fell violently on skis during his family vacation in Méribel, in Savoie. His head hits the edge of a rock and the impact breaks his helmet.
When the rescuers arrive, the man nicknamed “The Red Baron” is “stunned” by the impact, “but conscious”. He was rushed to hospital where he was in a coma for several months. In the evening, the Grenoble University Hospital revealed that the former champion “suffered from serious head trauma with coma upon his arrival, which immediately required neurosurgical intervention”. Michael Schumacher also has a brain hemorrhage and his life prognosis is in jeopardy. When he wakes up six months later, nothing will ever be the same again. Even today, it is difficult to know the state of health of Michael Schumacher, as his family is so discreet on the subject.
The latter keeps him away from the media and does not disclose any information about him. The F1 world champion can now neither walk nor stand, and it is impossible for him to communicate with those around him. Michael Schumacher is cared for 24 hours a day by around fifteen doctors, nurses and physiotherapists. He has lived in a medical suite in his family villa, in Gland, Switzerland, since September 2014. He is “prisoner of an immobile body,” said Gaëtan Vigneron, F1 commentator and author for 30 years at the heart of Formula 1. His younger brother, Ralf, gave some news to local media, whose testimony was taken up by the Daily Mail: “I miss the Michael of the past.
Life is sometimes unfair. Michael has been very lucky throughout his life. And then, there was this tragic accident… That day was full of bad luck. This terrible destiny changed our family forever. Fortunately, medicine has made great advances that offer many opportunities, but nothing is the same anymore. »
