A Spanish man was gored to death when a bull's horns pierced his neck, heart and lungs at the running of the bulls in Pamplona on Friday. It was the first goring death at the world-famous festival since a 22-year-old American was killed by a bull in 1995.Event organizers identified the deceased as 27-year-old Daniel Jimeno Romero, 27, from the town of Alcalade Henares near Madrid. Romero is the 15th person to die in the running of the bulls, which began in 1911 and were made famous around the world in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises.
"The wounds were mortally grave. We couldn't do anything to save his life," said Esther Vila, a surgeon at the Navarra hospital where Romero was taken.
Several other people, including a 61-year-old American, were injured in falls on Friday during the half-mile run through the cobblestone streets of Pamplona.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
7-10-2009 @ 12:09PM
rick said...
Hell yeah , chalk one up for the bulls !
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7-10-2009 @ 12:16PM
oceansflame87 said...
way to go Bull!!!! These idiots should all be gored to death just for thinking up such a stupid tradition.
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7-10-2009 @ 12:32PM
Kingpindrs said...
I guess that is the BIG thrill of the event, to see someone get killed. Like those who go to NASCAR or Indy Car races to see the accidents.
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7-10-2009 @ 12:45PM
dancanfly said...
And the point of this is????
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7-10-2009 @ 1:14PM
muggsy3658 said...
That's gotta sting.
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7-10-2009 @ 1:26PM
Jay said...
WAY TO GO BULL! Please kill more of these idiots. That thing is cruel to the bulls. We think it's too cruel to kill a human that kills people, but we can spear and degrade a bull for our kicks. This is the best news story of the day.
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7-10-2009 @ 1:30PM
castl4 said...
The only idiots are those that criticize the dead. Hope you all get hit by a hummer; see how you like it!
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7-11-2009 @ 2:27AM
pnut166 said...
I don`t voluntarily jump out in front of Hummers and try to outrun them, douche !
7-11-2009 @ 12:26PM
mdlow1866 said...
Well if your dumb enough to stand in front of a hummer as its racing towards you,,what do u think would happen!!!!DUMMY
7-10-2009 @ 1:39PM
jer5415 said...
This is all a bunch of BULL in my opinion!!!!
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7-10-2009 @ 1:50PM
dwss7 said...
now they know how the bull feels at them damn bull fighting they call it shows where they kill the bull when the so called matador is done teaseing it. go BULLS
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7-10-2009 @ 2:09PM
heyjudelp said...
Bull 1. Human 0.
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7-10-2009 @ 3:28PM
hockeyfan39 said...
OMG! I laughed out loud when I read your post. Thanks for sharing your humor!
7-11-2009 @ 12:32AM
Andy said...
bull win, human fail
7-10-2009 @ 2:29PM
Hi Ken said...
Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge. I think that is more stupid.
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7-10-2009 @ 2:43PM
denny said...
The normal reaction is, 'oh, well, he was asking for it'. But it's still a tragedy, esp. for those of his family that were left behind. I hope they supported him in his death wish when he entered that psychotic race. If not, the people who get left behind are the real ones who get 'gored'.
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7-10-2009 @ 4:51PM
Bud Foster said...
It's a tradition! You and I don't have to do it or like it. It's their right to take foolish chances. 15 deaths in 99 years is an infinitesimal number given the hundreds of thousands of participants. Just another frolic gone bad.
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7-10-2009 @ 5:46PM
billlesd said...
So very sad for the families of those killed by this "cultural tradition". This is not an activity worth ending your life for. I am amazed that the Spanish Govt allows it to continue.
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7-10-2009 @ 8:33PM
Chris said...
Well, deaths are rare, as the lead-in indicates. The guy might have been a little apprehensive, but was then told something along the lines of, "Oh, people only die when they get careless. You might get injured, but nothing a day in the hospital can't fix. And it's a lot of fun!"
I can't say, of course, that this guy needed to be convinced by someone else, but the statistics can easily be interpreted in exactly that way. Only 15 people have died in this particular event since 1910, including this man, and injuries tend to be minor.
As for me, I'm opposed to bullfighting. I can't believe these blood 'sports' still exist in our modern age. This "Running of the Bulls" thing only exists because of the bullfights that will take place afterward, of course, but I'm not opposed to it, specifically.
7-10-2009 @ 5:54PM
ROBERTO said...
this crap should stop!!!!!!!!!!!
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