Sayonara Daijiro
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It was a sad opening day for the start of the Moto GP season. One of my favorite racers, Daijiro Kato crashed really hard into the wall on his Telefonica Movistar Honda RC211V. I could not see the crash clearly even though it had happened almost nearly in front of me. I was shocked and could not believe what I was seeing, an ambulance pulled up and some pit crew guys carried him away on a stretcher. His body was completely still and one of his arms was hanging off the stretcher. He looked like he was dead. I was so worried and hoped he would be fine......half way through the race, one of the Japanese announcers said he was being treated for head and chest concussions and was doing fine.....it is still so hard to believe. I will miss Daijiro so much !! Thank you for all the great memories. We all will miss you !! |