| Title: Midnight Visitor
| 15 Mar 2010 4:17 am
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| Reviewer: Ash (Signed)
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I have to stop right at the beginning of this chapter though I'll be back after I cool off.
C. Reeve had an accident that had nothing to do with his not wearing a helmet because in fact he did wear one. The helmet prevents brain injuries and not spinal injuries, which is something we actually got to see in his case - his hands got tied together by the reins that were pulled off so he landed head first. He had no brain damage thanks to the helmet but his body weight caused the injury due to impact. Please ... it's really ... very poor taste to even see him mentioned here in this context, implying something like this, considering the poor man went ahead of his time despite taking precautions and after such a valiant fight that helped so many others. Not to mention his wife soon followed from cancer and well just ...
Author's Response: I have nothing whatsoever against Mr. Reeve, in fact I liked the man immensely. I only mentioned him because he was the first person that came to mind that everyone associates with a terrible riding accident. I don't follow much TV and none of the magazines I read regarding that incident went into detail about it and so had no idea what really caused the accident and did not mean to imply that he was incompetent--it was a tragic accident which could have happened to anyone. Like I said, I mentioned it because Harry would have heard of it and it would have made an impact upon him. Severus mentions the fact that one could become paralyzed from a fall without a helmet because he wishes to impress upon Harry to always wear his. I personally know someone who DID almost die from not wearing a hat while jumping a horse, but since neither Severus or Harry are horse people, I didn't want to go into details with it.
I also was not aware that his wife died either. May they rest in peace.