article_snippet: The footage remains on YouTube of the extraordinary incident precisely 26 years ago on Sunday when The Buffalo Sabres goaltender suffered one of the most gruesome injuries ever seen in professional sport.
article_snippet: Came close to death after death Ferrari burst into flames at the 1976 German Grand Prix.
article_snippet: Suffered massive injuries but won F1 titles later.
article_snippet: Lost both legs in a CART crash in 2001 but returned two years later to race in the World Touring Car Championship for BMW.
article_snippet: He also went on to win two golds and a silver in handcycling at the Paralympics in London.
article_snippet: Coventry defender's double leg fracture against Man Utd in 1996 involved the fibula piercing the skin.
article_snippet: Swiss skier sustained serious brain and lung injuries after horrific wipeout at Kitzbuhel, Austria in 2009.
article_snippet: Suffered cardiac arrest playing for Bolton against Tottenham in March 2012.
highlights_snippet: The Buffalo Sabres goaltender required 300 stitches in horror wound .
  