Heard about another rider down

I heard this also, spinal injury. Pray

Saw x-ray on my son's friend facebook. Break looks serious.

Prayers sent.

Thoughts and prayers to Eric and his family.

Yeah please pray for Eric and his family, been friends with the Saunders for a long time, he is a great kid and is dealing with a lot right now. Saw the x-ray the break is serious and the doctors aren't very hopeful about him walking again

Sorry to hear it....the Saunders are a great family it's hard to hear of another family going through this.

This is one of my favorite photos I took of Eric from Ponca City in 2008. Keeping him in my thoughts....

http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=13063733

Local motocross rider Saunders severely injured

Posted: Aug 29, 2010 9:41 PM EDT
Local motocross rider Eric Saunders is recovering in an Indianapolis hospital tonight after crashing at his home track.

It was initially thought that Eric's spine was severed but his father, Irish Saunders, tells FOX 28 Eric's spine was stretched. This gives the family hope for recovery.

Eric was practicing on the dirt track on their property Saturday when he crashed. He was airlifted to Indianapolis and underwent 4 hours of surgery Sunday to align his stretched spine.



He has no feeling from the chest down.

Eric signed with Nascar driver Tony Stewart's race team when he was 9 years old and was running in the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Nationals circuit.

The family would like to thank everyone for their support, including Nascar driver David Stremme and USAC racing.

Eric was practicing for the Pro outdoor Nationals coming up next weekend in Pittsburgh.

Sunday was Eric's 18th birthday.

He has been racing since he was 6 years old and earlier this summer he talked to about making it to the pros.

Man this is so sad, prayers go out to him and his family.

From that report above though, are they thinking he may walk again since the spine was stretched and not severed?

Prayers sent. Get better Eric

Some pics from a shoot i did at his house-he's going into surgery tommorow so keep praying for him. Thanks







http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc461/Patrick_Farris/Saunders19.jpg





http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc461/Patrick_Farris/Saunders11.jpg

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Prayers for a full recovery. This is at least 5 SCI's in this neck of the woods in the last few years.

oh man, my son just showed me the xray pic from Facebook. That will make you cringe.

Prayers and Best wishes sent.

That picture is fantastic.

Any word on how the operation went today? I am praying for the best.

I haven't heard to much about the surgery other than it went good, I haven't talked to his dad in a day but heardhat the surgery went well and that there is a very small chance of being able to walk, which is amazing considering sunday they said there is no way he would ever walk again. If you have seen the x-ray then knowin there is a chance to walk is a miracle. i can post it on here if you would like

Tony Stewart just won Atlanta and gave him props!

prays sent