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category: travel
16 Jul 2007
related tags: Unique Travel | Adventure | Spain | bulls | danger | pamplona | spain |

Look, mom, we’re on TV!  This is an unbelievable story, but given what the brothers have gone through, I commend them for grabbing the bull by the horns… 

Two American brothers ran with the bulls in Pamplona, have the wounds to prove it, and are cherishing the experience as a celebration of life and a brotherly bond strengthened by a bout with cancer last year.

“You can either sit on the couch and watch life go by, or you can go out and try to do these things around the world. If that means getting a horn in the leg, I guess that’s the chance I took.” Michael Lenahan told TODAY during an exclusive interview Monday from the hospital room he and Lawrence Lenahan shared since being gored on Thursday.

Fifteen months ago, Michael, a General Mills sales executive from Philadelphia, was diagnosed with testicular cancer. In June 2006, the 23-year-old finished chemotherapy treatments. “So June of this year was one year of being done with cancer,” he told host Meredith Vieira.

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category: travel
08 Jul 2007
related tags: Europe | Unique Travel | Adventure | bulls | danger | pamplona | spain |

That could be you!

The cobblestone streets of the city’s old quarter were jammed with hung over thrill-seekers from around the world, all after a taste of Spanish-style danger.

Despite the animals’ size, experts admire the Miura breed for their power and grace, which inspired legendary Italian car maker Ferruccio Lamborghini to name one of his most famous sports cars after the animals.

The lightest of the animals, a Miura named Majito, weighed 650 kilograms (1,433 pounds). The heaviest, Huigerito, was 695 kilograms (1,532 pounds).

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