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Post  Mark B Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:13 pm

Charles Moman was in a horrible auto accident last night in Bedford, Indiana. He was on his way home from a 12 hour training run (32+ miles) in Morgan Monroe Forest and was hit by a drunk driver.

Charles was lifelined to Indy with a broken pelvis, cervical fracture, and ruptured spleen. No head injury, thank goodness. Wendy reports that he's going to be okay, but he's pretty banged up right now.

Charles' daughter has posted some of this on Facebook, as well as a few photos of Charles (he insisted, apparently).

I'm sure he'd appreciate positive comments here or on Facebook, as well as prayers and whatever karma rockets you have to spare.

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Post  Jerry Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:23 pm

Be strong Charles!
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Post  carleenp Sun Mar 23, 2014 2:54 pm

Oh no! How terrible! Sending many good thoughts, well wishes, and prayers.
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Post  Julie Sun Mar 23, 2014 4:54 pm

So sorry to read this! I've just prayed for him and will continue to do so.
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Post  mountandog Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:53 pm

Aw Jeeze.   Makes the rest of life's issues so trivial.  Get well Charles.  We're praying for you.
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Post  Bob Sun Mar 23, 2014 8:15 pm

Thoughts and prayers to ya, Charles.  Get well.
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Post  fostever Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:07 pm

Prayers and God's healing, provision, and comfort to you and your family at this difficult time.
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Post  Mark B Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:43 pm

Here, by the way, is how his car fared. Parts are missing because they had to cut him out of the wreckage.

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His daughter reports that Charles has some damage to a few of his internal organs as well as cracked pelvic bones, fractured ribs and fractured foot. He has been moved out of the ICU and even got up and walked with a walker. There's a video of him fresh out of bed on his FB page earlier today, which was pretty encouraging.

The drunk driver fled the scene but was captured and arrested, btw.
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Post  Michele "1L" Keane Sun Mar 23, 2014 9:54 pm

OMG - not a good week.  A good friend of mine here in Atlanta was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and has been given 18-24 months with treatment.  I'm sending lots of karma to Indiana but I have to save some for Georgia as well.  This is very upsetting to me.
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Post  Mark B Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:07 pm

Here he is, doing his best to look chipper:

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And here is his account of what happened:

I ran on Saturday at noon with several trail runners - two of us ran until 10:45 at night. 32.5 miles in Morgan Monroe. Before heading home, I stopped at Bedford to eat at Denny's. Lots of coffee and a new wide-awake man.

I left and got on 37 heading to 50 for home. Not sleepy.
Next thing I knew I was in a helicopter heading to Methodist in Indy.
I had been hit on the driver side around midnight, by a hit and run driver.
He ran and got caught.

No recollection at all. Monster hit directly - 20 minutes to cut me out. No memory.
Multiple pelvic fractures, cracks - sacrum fractures - neck fracture - possible ankle fracture, lacerations of multiple organs, colon, etc. (they have stopped and likely no surgery). Very painful when moving me from bed to cart - getting better. Very blessed - I could be quite dead or paralyzed.

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Post  wrichman Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:35 pm

oh my goodness. This is horrible. You're in my thoughts, Charles! I'm so glad they caught the driver. I simply do not understand the decision to drink and drive. The third sober, law abiding person I've known to get seriously hurt being hit by a drunk driver in 2014. 

Stay strong.
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Post  Michael Enright Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:08 am

Charles is one tough dude. Love that thumbs up!

We need him to get back up and healthy and running and providing video interviews - I love those.

Hang in there Charles, and we'll light a candle or two for ya!
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Post  Alex Kubacki Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:03 am

Speedy recovery and glad that caught the guy. Hopefully he'll get added time for running the scene.
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Post  Jim Lentz Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:38 am

Will be praying for your recovery Charles.
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Post  nkrichards Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:08 am

You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers as you navigate that long road to recovery.  I'm sure it will be an ultra and you'll accept the challenge head on.
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Post  Glenn Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:11 am

Oh lord! Awful news.  Glad to see the thumbs up though.  Speedy recovery Charles!
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Post  ounce Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:34 am

Praying for you and, at this time, the docs as well.  Get well as good as you can get.
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Post  Dave P Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:04 pm

Just prayed!!

Get well soon Charles!
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Post  Julie Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:24 pm

The car photo makes me ill....praying for your recovery! It takes time and rest and hard work, I know that.
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Post  healdgator Tue Mar 25, 2014 9:09 am

Scary stuff.  Happy to see that it didn't turn out worse.  Really, really makes you want to stay off the roads.
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Post  Dave Wolfe Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:22 pm

Charles, good karma and prayers to you.  Hang tough.
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Post  Michele "1L" Keane Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:36 pm

This is why I run more in a week than I drive.
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Post  Mark B Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:48 pm

Charles posted this update today. He could still use all the positive energy he can get.

I woke up at maybe 1:00 AM. I thought I was in a dream within a dream. But I looked around at the hospital room and all of this was beyond my mortal comprehension. I could not make it all work within my mind - I just mildly panicked and woke up Susie. I asked about what happened over and over to try to make it work. I 100% thought it was a dream, but she calmly led me to the truth. What really woke me up was, telling Susie that someone in my dream had come up to a precisely close moment of death. I realized it was ME and was I horrified, blessed, terrified, thankful, crying out of control, and slowly was able to tiptoe back into reality. I am not taking dramatic license here - I felt like I had gone insane briefly and only through the love of Jesus, was I able to get it together. I also, one by one, named, while crying, the names of so many that came to see me. Just to see Richard and Marilyn ( brother and sister) was worth all of the pain. I am thanking Jesus for this wonderful experience.

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His daughter reports that he made it up to a chair today with PT/OT. They're getting pain under much better control. He's tolerating therapy well, and he is expected to transfer sometime tomorrow to Columbus Regional Rehab.
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Post  Jerry Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:57 am

Charles is doing good.
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Post  Michele "1L" Keane Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:39 am

Stay strong Charles!  I'm feeling like I don't have enough karma and prayers to go around between Jerry (here in Atlanta with the brain tumor) and Charles.  These are good people and I keep asking to for them to stay around longer before I can see them again.
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