Tom Trauma recovering from motorcycle accident

Tom “Trauma” Sauer, a fixture of the sport since 1998, is recovering from an April 24 motorcycle accident in Belleview, Fla., that left him with broken bones in both legs, as well as torn ligaments in his pelvis.

“I don’t know how I survived to be honest with you,” said Sauer, who was released from the hospital April 28 and is recuperating at his Ocala, Fla. home. “I’m very blessed to be alive. Being a fire rescue worker for the city of Ocala, I don’t know of anybody who made it out of a head-on collision with a bike, but I did.”

According to The Ocala Star-Banner, Cpl. Jamie Buchbinder, an officer with the Ocala City Police, was driving his city vehicle south while Sauer was on his motorcycle traveling in the opposite direction. Buchbinder, attempting to turn left, apparently did not see the motorcyclist and crashed into him.

“I was about two miles from home when it happened.” Saiud Sauer. “I wasn’t wearing a helmet. I had a split-second decision to make when I saw the car coming at me. I just stood on the pegs of my motorcycle and jumped as high as I could. I cleared the vehicle with my chest and torso, but the car hit my legs and flipped me over several times and I landed next to the cruiser. I was lucky to survive.”

Sauer broke his left ankle and some bones in his foot and had screws inserted in his left foot. He also broke metatarsal bones in his right foot and tore ligaments, so both of his legs are in casts. Along with the leg injuries, he tore ligaments in his pelvis after his legs were folded back over his head by the impact with the police cruiser.

“I used to own a physical therapy clinic with my wife, so I know about that kind of stuff,” Sauer said. “This will probably be a good nine-month injury before I can get back to fighting. Right now, I want to get back to walking first and get back to being a firefighter and paramedic. That’s my first priority.”

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