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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Tuffty on August 03, 2009, 06:37:34 PM
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Only six people in the world are known to have survived the so-called "hangman's injury".
But Chris became the FIRST to recover fully after a risky seven-hour op to reattach his skull to his spine using titanium plates and screws.
Mum Debbie, 43, said: "We didn't know if he'd even survive, walk or talk. So it's unbelievable he's back driving again."
Chris was 12 when his car hit a barrier, trapping him, as he led the race in September 2006.
Paramedics steadied his head - a one millimetre movement either way could have killed him - and took him to Southampton General Hospital.
Doctors told Debbie and fiancé Paul Cornell, 50, that Chris had only a seven per cent chance of survival and the op was his only hope.
Nine months later he was walking - after learning to speak and eat.
And doctors cleared him to drive earlier this year.
Debbie has outlawed car racing, but allows go-karting as it's "more controlled".
Chris is now a regular at a track near his home in Fareham, Hants.
Debbie, who has two other children with Paul - Patrick, 12, and Sophie, ten - said: "He's back doing something he loves, which is a miracle considering he was decapitated."
Surgeon Evan Davies, who operated on Chris, said: "He's the only person in the world who has survived such an injury and gone on to lead a normal life. A few others survived, but they ended up completely paralysed.
"For Chris to make a recovery like this is truly remarkable."
Holy shit! :shocked :shocked
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what race was he leading at 12??
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Wow...
/me holds his neck