A 52 year old man, who was brought back to life three times and needed 38 operations following a motorcycle accident has vowed to ride again.
Gary Brennan had a head-on collision with a car on his Ducati Hypermotard shortly after leaving a biker's meet near Leeds.
Brennan was 'confirmed' dead at the scene, however, paramedics continued to work on him and he was resuscitated, then flown to Leeds General Hospital.
Brennan's heart stopped twice more in hospital, however surgeons battled to save him, despite him having the worst injuries they'd ever seen in a living person. His injuries included: bleeding on the brain, a fractured spine in three places, a collapsed lung, two broken shoulder blades, a broken pelvis, crushed kidney, torn liver and various other broken bones. He was put into an artificial coma for 6 weeks to recover.
Brennan, who runs a vegetarian pie business, is currently in a wheelchair but vows to get back on a motorcycle once his injuries have fully healed.
his attitude is an inspiration to us all. Thumbs up that man, I hope he's a member of BM and sees this message (or if someone knows him, please get in touch with him about this topic)
makes my 1 smashed knee and 1 smashed wrist seem so trivial. Wish I could get in touch with him. We could have a wheelchair race. Few boards and bricks just to make it more interesting :)
Seriously though, like everybody else that's suffered injuries, it is difficult but if you keep that focus of riding again, then you will. and he will too. - best of luck to him x
Aye, very lucky indeed. Very similar injuries to mine, except I was fortunate enough to be able to hobble out of hospital on crutches. Took 3 years on the sick before I could get on a bike again, but what a feeling when I did....
It'll take him a long time to recover, but he'll get there, and love it when he's back on two wheels. Gotta give the guy some respect
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