April 2001 I was riding with a group of bikes on PCH in Malibu leaving the Rock Store heading back to Orange County. Another motorcycle in the group, Michael Mitchell, illegally pass the SUV behind me on the shoulder and tried to come around in front of me clipping my front wheel. The bike went into a high speed wobble and I flew off and slid into the rear of a parked car and bounded off. I was air lifted to UCLA Medical Center where the CT scan revealed my descending Aorta was torn. I was taken into surgery and Dr. Daniel Marelli patched me up. Every year or so I get a follow up CT scan of my aorta to make sure the Gortex graft is holding.
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