Nani Roma talks about son Marc’s accident: “When I called the mechanic, he said, “I can’t move my legs.”

A few days before the match starts, New edition of Dakar Rally (January 3rd to 17th), Pilot Nani Romain this edition He will join in a Ford and will be Carlos Sainz’s teammategave new lessons about optimism and knowing how to deal with all the problems life throws at you.

and that’s it Since a tumor was discovered in my bladder in 2022.he Dakar Rally double champion (KTM motorcycles in 2004, Mini cars in 2014) This year His 15-year-old son Marc was involved in a serious accident while competing in the European Motocross Championship in Lugo.

Seven months after that fall, Nani Roma revealed: Interview for RAC1 program “Via Lliure” How did he find out what had just happened on the trip?

“I felt like there was something in my stomach…I started calling like crazy. I ended up calling the mechanic and he said, ‘Oh my God, I’m already on site with Mark. And he’s the one who doesn’t move his legs. I explained.

Even if youThe whole family is trying to cope as best they can.Roman assures us it won’t be easy. “Some days are complicated. But we can’t change what happened… we just have to move forward. Yesterday is in the past, tomorrow we’ll see. Today, we’re here.”

Their son’s accident and all the suffering it caused them. I have never upset Nani Roma about motorcycles. “It’s cheating to hate this profession because of what happened to Mark. At the end of the day, we’re all smarter.”he declared.

“Being at Guttmann[Hospital for Neurorehabilitation]shows you how fragile we are. There are people with spinal cord injuries that are much more severe than Mark who fell out of the bathtub.”added Dakar Legend.

Mark’s recovery gradually becomes clearer in his daily life.Nani Roma believes that anything can happen in the future. “We are not naive or naive people. And tomorrow he won’t go to a football match, but we don’t know what will happen. We have to prepare him for the day the situation comes. So that he can try it and be in good shape.” ”