On July 11th, 2001 Michael O'Brien was in New Mexico on a business trip. Michael considers this day his "last bad day." As an avid cyclist, Michael brought his travel bike with him to exercise in lieu of using the hotel gym. Michael remembers the hotel being in the middle of nowhere, but he scoped out a riding loop on a nearby service road that he could do some laps on before meetings began for the day. After completing a few laps, Michael was struck head-on by a white Ford Explorer. The individual who hit him worked at the hotel and had a revoked driver's license for a DUI. Michael's injuries included a broken right shoulder, broken right femur and right tibia, a shattered left femur, which left bones popping out of his skin and lacerated the femoral artery. The latter on the list of injuries made the situation life and death for Michael. Pictures from the accident scene are below.
