Bull rider Zach Naegele, 24, has said he's "blessed to be alive" after he took a horn 'straight to the neck' and lost 'two gallons of blood' in a 'freak accident' in Florida on Feb. 7

According to Naegele, the bull’s horn managed to slip under his helmet, and went in and out of his neck, leaving a gory hole. At first, the bull rider believed that the bull had only scratched his face until he saw the blood gushing from his neck.

A professional rodeo rider in Florida almost bled to death when he was impaled in the neck by a bull horn in front of hundreds of horrified spectators after his steed threw him off