When experienced motorcyclist Drew Stoodley came off his bike during a live race vehicles were used to block off the scene so the crowd didn't see him die. Remarkably the 41-year-old from Caerphilly survived, sustaining a number of broken bones and a punctured lung.
Drew has a three-year-old daughter named Piper and a second child due in January. His injuries mean he will never get the chance to hold his newborn baby. However he said he won't let the things he can't do get him down because he feels so lucky to be alive.
"There are two ways you can look at it," he said. "You can either look at it being bummed out and focusing on what you can't do or you can view it with the mindset that you are still here. I don't get to hold my two girls but I get to see them, give them a kiss, and say 'Good morning' to them. And if I wasn't here I wouldn't be able to do that and my newest daughter would never know her dad."
