Posted on 07/10/2006 12:26:06 PM PDT by Westlander
A North Carolina man's condition deteriorated Monday after being injured last week in an event connected to an annual festival in Pamplona, Spain.
Ray Ducharme's condition worsened since Sunday while he was in intensive care and he was receiving help breathing, Pamplona spokeswoman Begona Lopez told The Associated Press Monday. Ducharme was being treated for a collapsed lung and required a tracheotomy, according to a Web site maintained by his supporters.
The latest update on the Web site www.pray4ray.com said Monday that Ducharme would be unconscious for three days while fluid was drained from his lungs. "This is a critical time in Ray's recovery," the site said.
The 31-year-old bond trader for Bank of America was left partially paralyzed in a side event Friday on the first day of the San Fermin festival. The festival dates back to the 16th century, but Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel, "The Sun Also Rises," made it an international event. Thousands of runners traditional white shirts and pants with red handkerchiefs dash in front of bulls that are raced through Pamplona's streets to the bull ring.
Ducharme was hurt during a side event to the bull run. He was among hundreds of people who taunted five cows in a bull ring, chasing the cows and pulling their ears and tails.
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Ditto!!!!!
That's why their trading is VERY closely monitored. By people who don't do idiotic stuff like this.
You dont need legs to trade bonds, do you?
If this guy survives, he would do well to set himself up with a laptop with Internet connection and video capability, and devote himself to persuading other people who are thinking of doing this, not to.
I gather you haven't spent much time around bond-trading desks . . .
For me at least, it is not his "thrill-seeking" that bothers me. It's his participation in a cruel activity. For example: getting seriously injured while skydiving versus getting seriously injured while beating your dog.
One thing I will agree with you on is that it's a shame he decided to partake in this, but he didn't care how the bulls and cows would fare in his quest to get his "thrills."
Oh definitely. Of course, slaughtering cows to make Big Macs is also cruel, but this is cruelty for cruelty's sake. There's nothing redeeming about it and serves no purpose.
I had my left leg fractured from a kick from a 350 lb Charlois,it required 2 screws,on crutches for seven months.
Farmers don`t play games with bulls & cows, they can kill or cripple a person easily.
I do enjoy reading Hemmingway,great American writer.That running of the bulls is crazy,bulls and alcohol filled young men.
This guy had sown the wind and now he is reaping the whirlwind. Why would someone want to taunt barnyard animals that are five to fifteen times their weight and just as fast? Most of my sorrow is for his family who were unable to properly beat some sense into this kid a decade ago.
~ Blue Jays ~
I'm sure he'd love the challenge. He's exxxxxxtreme!
Bulls have horns? Who knew?
....and in turn 3 Racin' Ray has hit the wall. That's what happens when you get caught up in the marbles Darrel....
He's from BofA in Charlotte, NC
Or maybe originally from Bath NY...
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