Aguascalientes, Mexico
Spanish bullfighter gored: Spain’s most famous matador was badly gored during a bullfight in Mexico, leaving him hospitalized in serious condition. The bull pierced José Tomás Román Martín, 34, in the upper thigh and tossed him several feet into the air. The wound spewed so much blood that authorities in the bullring immediately called for spectators to donate blood. After undergoing three hours of surgery, he is expected to survive. The incident was the 15th goring for the bullfighter, who’s known for his fearlessness and his ability to stay perfectly still while a charging bull misses him by millimeters. José Tomás retired in 2002, saying he’d had enough, but made a surprise return five years later. “To live without fighting bulls,” he said, “is not to live at all.”
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