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

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

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.