In spite of all our differences, the one thing that binds all living creatures is that we each have an expiration date. This finality to our existence is what makes life special, something to be cherished and protected. But occasionally things can go terribly wrong…
The annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain has claimed 18 victims in the first two days including a California man. Marcus Wolf, 22, suffered a 5-inch gash in his right buttock when a bull gored him.
"I am not hurt that bad," Wolf said after surgery. "I was running and I got caught up with the people. I fell down and the bull climbed up over me. I felt the horn instantly. It was my first and final run, but I will definitely come back to Pamplona," he said. "I love it."
The bulls run at 8 a.m. daily and are the highlight of a centuries-old festival that became world famous with Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." Professional matadors fight and kill the bulls each afternoon at the festival. Fourteen runners have died in the running of the bulls since 1924.
