This woman is my idle...

[Adrenalinechic]

I was cruising through the LRRS site looking for the entrance fee for the classics and read what the Karen Hornbecker injured riders fund was all about. She was an extraordinary woman.

Karen Hornbecker

My favorite part (really the last sentence):
At Atlanta in September of 1994, Karen was spectating along the straight when Scott Doohan and Brad Hazen tangled and crashed very hard at a very high rate of speed. Karen ran down to the bleacher fence where she quickly realized that the riders were not responding to the corner workers. With the help of some friends, Karen climbed over the fence and ran to help. She determined that Scott Doohan was breathing and looked over to see Brad Hazen. He was obviously not breathing. Karen inserted an airway (which she always carried in her fanny pack), into Brad, made sure he was breathing, and waited for the ambulance. Her quick thinking saved Hazen from Brain damage if not death. Fortunately for the world of racing, this kind of action by Karen Hornbecker was the norm, not the exception.


Now that's one heck of a corner worker!


Just thought I'd share!

[Evil_Weasel]

did i ever mention i love all corner workers?

[gmdboston]

I had the good fortune to know Karen personally. She was known as "The Nurse" as in Nurse Ratchet. She was the sort of person that would get your co-operation whether you liked it or not. It was always funny to see her wrestle with a rider that would not her finish an "examination." Those that knew her miss her very much.