Wand: I could have died in accident
Wanderlei Silva: “I could have died if I weren’t using a helmet. … God bless you — and if you’re riding a bike, use a helmet because we never know when we’re going to need it.”
MMA legend Wanderlei Silva was bicycling home after a training session in Curitiba, Brazil, when he was struck by a car. He will reportedly need surgery for his shoulder and knee.
The fighter posted on his social network that it could have been far worse.
“I’m extreme in everything I do,” he wrote, as translated by Guilherme Cruz for MMA Fighting. “Everybody says that bicycle was dangerous, and I believed that the right of coming and going was the same for everyone, cars, bikes and people, but I felt that it’s not exactly like that.”
“I suffered a serious accident, will have to undergo shoulder and left knee surgery. A man that saw it said ‘you were born again’, and the man that hit me didn’t stop to help! I’m really upset because I could have died. My helmet is broken, and I don’t know what would have happened if I weren’t using it.”
“I had severe injuries and don’t know what’s going to happen, but I believe in God and I know everything has a reason. I will do my best and let it be what God wants. I could have died if I weren’t using a helmet. That made me rethink my life and made me grow a lot. Live well because it’s over soon. God bless you — and if you’re riding a bike, use a helmet because we never know when we’re going to need it.”