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you see all the outpouring of support, you're reminded just how important an athlete he is to so many people around the world. you mentioned him being the michael jordan of formula one. just an icon. it is so agonizing to know that he is now in critical condition and his doctors say it's really hour by hour. they aren't predicting whether he's going to survive this or not. they say there's intense swelling in his brain. he was actually conscious right after the crash. the workers who helped him on the slopes say he was coherent at that time but just obviously got worse as the brain swelling developed and they did say if he hadn't been wearing that helmet, there is no way that he would have gotten this far. it really is amazing, this is a guy who raced one of the most dangerous sports that we have, barely a scratch on him. only broke a leg, that was the only injury he had. and he did have a motorcycle crash in later years when he wasn't racing anymore. he had neck and spine injuries. and now this injury, so apparently getting off the race