'In the course of a few seconds, a million thoughts came to my mind, and that of dying was definitely one of them,' said Jaime Alvarez of San Francisco.
Alvarez admits his wife and daughter tried to talk him out of participating in the iconic event, which draws nearly a million people every year. They were watching Alvarez's son play soccer elsewhere in Spain when the incident occurred.
"The impact was unlike anything I've ever felt. It was like being hit by a car or a truck," Alvarez said."I was really out of it, really stunned, I didn't know what direction to go." A reveler is treated for a head injury by medical services after running with Torrehandilla Torreherberos fighting bulls at Curva Estafeta on the eighth day of the San Fermin running-of-the-bulls on July 14, 2012 in Pamplona, Spain.Sunday's run had other victims, as well: Two men were both gored in the thigh, while three other participants required hospitalization. In Monday and Tuesday's run, six other men were seriously injured.
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