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With the adrenaline coursing through his body, Emerson initially thought he was fine. But within an hour, he started to feel pains in his neck, hips and stomach. The Red Cross took him to their tiny headquarters in the state capital, Tuxtla Gutierrez, and put him on a drip. His neck now in a brace, he knows his injuries could have been far worse.