Former FBI Director Louis Freeh was within 60 seconds of dying after severing an artery in his leg in a car crash in Vermont eight months ago, USA Today reports.
The extent of Freeh’s injuries was previously unknown by the public.
FBI Director James Comey and Sen. Patrick Leahy spoke of the injuries at a news conference at Champlain College.
Freeh’s leg was mangled, and if not for the quick attention of first responders, the former director would have died.
“Louis would have died within a minute or so. They stopped the bleeding,” Leahy said.
“I told him he better believe in guardian angels,” Leahy added.
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