Keep Ron Paul in your thoughts

Ron posts here in Racing quite a lot and this is why I want to make you aware that he was in an accident today and by miracle survived.
He was stopped on I95 on his way to my house to watch the French GP and thought he had a flat. He got out of the car, checked around and got back in the car. At that moment a BMW spun out of control and his another car then him. His excellent 512BBi burst into flames and he was trapped but finally managed to crawl out of the passenger seat. A good samaritan helped pull im out of the flaming car.
He is OK and has "only" burns to his hand and leg and of course is shaken up. After a few hours of surgery at the burn unit we were able to visit him a few hours ago. He is fine and will make it, no question.

Ron is a passionate racing fan. Keep him in your prayers.

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=157120

 

Thanks for the update Martin. It was also mentioned in the French GP thread. Please pass on our best wishes!

 

darn it's unfortunate. hope he has a speedy recovery.

 

Martin, thanks for the update on Ron.

Ron, best wishes for a very speedy recovery. Check you PM's.

Best regards,
Carol & John

 

I'm glad he is well and he is in my thoughts.

I bet he has a new appreciation for life...........

 

Damn, that's awful. Hope he recovers well, and makes it back to the forums soon.

 

in my thoughts, sorry to hear that, Ive seen him post many times

I am hoping for a speedy recovery

 

Glad to hear that he's okay and I hope he makes a speedy recovery. He's definitely one of the members that posts in the racing section that I want to meet in person some day.

 

holy *****...i am glad to hear that ron is ok. i am sad to hear of the boxer but again...ron we are all thinking about you and rooting for you.

very best,

peter

 

which Ron? as in TifosiRon?

 

*****! it is Ron. Ron..you'll be in my prayers. Everything will be ok.

 

Yes.

He's a good guy but better friend.

 

any ideas why the rescue guys were using the circular saw on the BB after it seems Ron was out ??

 

i have no idea...sad. but for now we would all agree that the car is secondary.

we will mourn the boxer as soon as we know ron is well!

 

yeah. tell me bout it. any updates yet?

 

wasn't worried about the car, more concerned Ron is fine but it does seem weird that they would use that saw AFTER he is out ... I had the roof cut off my GT4 after it rolled and I was still in it, standard procedure to cut the roof off to get neck injured people out, but to start cutting up the BB when no-one is in it seems strange

 

that's terrible news to hear, but i'm glad everything has turned out alright. ron, you're in my thoughts tonight. have a speedy recovery!

 

I never realized just how dangerous it is to pull off on the side of the highway, until I watched some online videos....The videos were filmed from Highway Patrol cars from around the nation....
Here is a link to the videos (look for the "crash" section"):
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/tsgtv/

I hope that Ron has a speedy recovery!

Joe

 

john,

i am sorry if i insinuated that you were more concerned about the car...i knew you were concerned about ron. i am sorry if i came of like that. again my apologies to you john.

best,

peter

 

Wish Ron a speedy recovery!

 

Much relieved to hear that Ron will recover. That's the important part.

That car isn't going to be easy to replace. -- But my Alfa mechanic always said: it's easier to replace cars than customers.

Sounds like they had a lot of rain going on there.

Consider the irony: while checking his tires, he got hit by someone that didn't check his.

 

Wow, glad to hear your ok. Hopes for a speedy recovery.

 

Glad to hear that Ron is OK. One always has to assume the worse can happen when pulled over on a high speed road. We have had so many of our firefighters nearly hit by cars while putting out fires and tending to victims on highways that we now respond 2 trucks to all highway calls so that the 2nd one can be a blocker parked on a slight angle. The only reason I can see for them cutting into the car was to get to something that was burning but even then you have to weigh the damage your are doing to such a car.
Again thank God Ron is safe.

 

Wishing Ron a speedy recovery!

 

Best wishes on a speedy recovery Ron.
I'm sorry this happened to you.
Best Regards, John