Lindsey Vonn Saved From Amputation After Winter Olympics Crash

Lindsey Vonn is recovering from emergency surgeries that saved her leg from amputation after a high-speed crash during the Winter Olympics in Italy.The American skier suffered complex fractures and life-threatening compartment syndrome, requiring a six-hour reconstruction and a blood transfusion.Tom Hackett and Anthony Petrosini performed the critical procedures after Lindsey Vonn snagged her pole just 13 seconds into her downhill run.Lindsey Vonn now faces a year-long rehabilitation process as she recovers in a wheelchair, though she remains determined despite calls from Alan Kildow to retire.