The world of motorsport changed forever on December 29, 2013. One year after retiring permanently from Formula 1, Michael Schumacher He skied with his family, as was their tradition during the holidays, at the Méribel resort in the French Alps, where the Schumachers had a private residence.
After 11:00 a.m., the seven-time world champion stopped to help a friend who had fallenand to get back on track decided to cross a dangerous area full of stones between two tracks.
The German journalist Jens Gideon spoke for the tenth anniversary of the accident with an instructor from the Méribel station, named André, who revealed new details about the facts.
“You don’t go in there on a day like that“explained the instructor, referring to the fact that it had snowed little in the previous days and, therefore, The rocks were more exposed, although many of them were hidden under a thin layer of snow. “Even on the slopes there were not ideal conditions for skiing. It was very dangerous venturing off-piste on a day like that.
Schumacher crashed into a rock in that areaimpacting first with his head. The German was wearing a helmet that broke instantlythus preventing his immediate death, although the metal mount of his GoPro jammed into Michael’s skull, which could have worsened the damage.
The rescue
Stephane Bozon, the person in charge of helping Schumacher and calling a helicopter, recounts the first moments after the fall: “We received the call from the mountain rescuerswho looked after Michael Schumacher on the track. We’re told he landed on his head and suffered a serious injury to his head. “I immediately dispatched the helicopter.”
The ‘Kaiser’ fell into a place that was difficult for health services to access: “I still remember that helicopter emergency medics had problems on the slopes due to the accident area“.
The helicopter initially headed to the small Moutiers Hospital, although during the journey the condition of a previously conscious Schumacher worsened drastically. Once The German lost consciousness and needed to be intubatedthe transport changed course to a specialized clinic in Grenoble.
Hospitalized
Schumacher underwent surgery the next day to treat intracranial pressure and cerebral hemorrhage. The doctors found serious injuries in the ‘Kaiser’s brain, so it was decided to induce a coma. Despite showing a slight improvement in the first hours, the German underwent surgery again two weeks later with the aim, again, of lowering his intracranial pressure.
The secrecy that the Schumacher family has maintained around the case was forged since the hospitalization. Few were able to see him, and morbidity about his state of health grew exponentially. The medical report on his condition was stolen in June 2014 and later leaked to the press. In August of the same year, the accused man committed suicide in prison.
Michael Schumacher left the hospital of Grenoble in September 2014, and the best kept secret in the motor world was finally forged. Information about the health status of the legend Formula 1 It began to arrive in dribs and drabs, and since then only the few statements or leaks have updated its fans.
Your current status
Despite having followed a revolutionary stem cell treatment in recent years, There are hardly any signs of a significant improvement in Michael Schumacher’s condition.. One of his doctors, Nicola Acciari, commented: “The goal is to regenerate Michael’s nervous system. Although there is small progress, it is impossible to say how much he can recover. Brain injuries are always unpredictable, and he spent a long time in a coma.”
The journalist Giorgio Terruzi published in 2015 that Michael sometimes cries when hearing familiar sounds such as the voices of his children, his wife or his dogs.. Similar information was revealed by the French magazine Match thanks to information from a close relative of Schumi, who stated: “When you put him in his wheelchair looking at the beautiful panorama of the mountains over the lake (Lemán), Michael sometimes cries.
Bernie Ecclestonethe head of Formula 1 until 2017, declared about Michael Schumacher: “He is not with us right now“, referring to a mantra that the family has practically made official: they miss Michael, the person he was. Now he is different, and even though he is physically present, they cannot maintain a normal relationship with him.
The latest news we have about Michael is that he would have appeared publicly for the first time since that tragic accident to attending his daughter Gina-Marie’s wedding last weekendheld in his mansion in Mallorca and with high restrictions for guests.
