[KJ's RR]

Glad to read that it wasn't as bad as 1st thought.Still prayers & best wishes to him & family

Originally Posted by cbr99xx

My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.

Remember Chain if he didn't buy it from you he would have bought the bike from someone... Don't beat yourself up.

Sad news! Same thoughts as cbr99xx.

Edit: Just read the better news. Good to hear.

[CBR929RE]

I hope he comes out of the whole thing 100% when the healing process is all done. I hope he can get back out there and protect the people (assuming he still wants to/is cleared medically) and I hope if he can ride again if he chooses to. The biggest reason my mom didn't want me to get a bike and still doesn't really like that I ride is because of other drivers on the road even after my accidetn last year that was totally my inexperience.

maybe the choice to purposefuly low side the bike was the best choice, I saw on some tv show, I forget the name but they explained the whole process of how you should low side your bike under a tractor trailer if you come up on the situation where you're gonna ride straight into him and can't stop and can't swerve.

I wish the best for him, his friends and family.

[Chain]

Talked with Steve's best friend tonight. Other than blood relatives, he's the only one to have seen him today. He's in the intensive care unit, in guarded condition.

Surgery to repair the L2 (not L7 as earlier reported) was six hours in duration. He fairly much vaporized the vertebra when he landed; doctors removed the busted bits and filled his low back with titanium or some such. Post surgery prognosis is still uncertain except to say the surgeons could not detect any immediately discernable signs of spinal cord injury when they went in. So far so good. He's got a long road ahead of him, but this is much better than we first believed.

The Hellcat, which Steve had recently purchased used from a retired sergeant who is married to a local real estate mogul (hence, how a cop can afford a $30K bike new), apparently held up surprisingly well. Steve's friend Mike (the guy I spoke with from ICU) went to the police impound lot to get the bike this morning and he said the left case is damaged, left bar, exhaust and clutch lever - that's about it. Amazing. He said he figured the thing would be scrap metal when he made his way over to impound.

Also, what took place out on the highway is now clear. Steve was in the left lane of the westbound interstate. An older lady was in the right lane, unknown distance ahead, in a minivan. When she missed her turn to go south on I-29 via the clover leaf, she pulled to the right hand shoulder, then without warning lurched out into the traffic lanes at a 90-degree angle, supposedly in a failed attempt to negotiate a U-turn. I cannot fathom what she was thinking, if she was thinking at all. I also think Steve had someone looking out for him. The result of this so easily could have been a funeral.

Steve's gonna take visitors tomorrow or Sunday, according to Mike. When I go up there, I'll be sure to pass along the collective regards of Fireblades.org.

Thanks all.

Chain

[Bacchus]

Print this thread out and give to him. I'm sure there'll be more well wishes down the road.

[Chain]

Y'know what Bac? That's a freaking GREAT idea. I will do just that.

[Bacchus]

Dearest Chain, you act both stunned and surprised that I could actually come up with a good idea (for once ). Figured your friend could use a small laugh about now.

Please see below msg.

[djice929]

very upsetting to read.. best to you and your fellow officer.