Catfish’s Nev Schulman breaks his neck in terrifying accident after colliding with a truck
ok.co.ukCatfish star Nev Schulman broke his neck after his motorcycle collided with a truck in New York City. The 39-year-old star of the iconic MTV show shared that the terrifying incident took place on Monday, 5 August, on his journey to collect son Cy, two, from preschool.The avid marathon runner broke his the C5 and C6 vertebrae in his neck - which sit either side of where the spinal nerve exits the spinal cord - and said he was "lucky to be alive". "I never made it to pick up my son from school on the bike," he shared. "In fact in some ways, I’m glad I didn’t.
I was alone on impact. Me and the truck. And then I guess the pavement. I was alone and unconscious. And then conscious. Maybe I was fine (I wasn’t).
Maybe I can still do my long run on Thursday (I couldn’t)." Nev, who has been unmasking internet dating fraudsters on Catfish: The TV Show since its debut in 2012, said doctors told him that "many people with similar injuries will never walk again".
He also revealed that his hands "were a question mark there for a minute", but hailed the incredible healing power of the human body. "I’m lucky to be here, alive, standing and hugging my family, projected to make a full recovery," he said on his Instagram post. "And I’m really starting to understand the meaning of gratitude.
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