Nancy Kerrigan Attack - Raw Footage - January 6, 1994

[@elisebean1]

It wasn't just the physical pain she was sobbing about. Imagine the hard work and preparation that went into this performance and the realization that it's all for nothing. I imagine that hurt more.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

A lot of time spent preparing with her face over the toilet too.

[@echotimesthree6146]

Bushrod Rust Johnson You sound fat and bitter.

[@MGnFF224]

Exactly ... The mix between heartache and pure disbelief that everything she has worked so hard for was just taken away from her in a second flat is what she/Nancy was so upset about. Pure devastation, anger, and a whole lot of WHY was running through Karrigans head then.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

***** It makes sense because she's a figure skater and that's just what they do. Even the dudes.

[@danielgilly5976]

Bushrod Rust Johnson That's stupid. These professional athletes have to consume many more calories than the average person, otherwise they'd loose insane amounts of weight just from how much they exercise. If she only ate the recommended amount of daily caloric intake for an average woman should would become emaciated, and would be in terrible shape. These people have to be in peak shape, which includes eating correctly, otherwise they would not have the energy to perform. There is absolutely no reason she'd have to vomit to stay skinny. That applies more to models, who have to stay incredibly thin and who do not work out much because it will affect their body shape. Nancy could probably consume upwards of 4000+ calories a day and still lose weight, these professionals train hard.

[@MsYukari]

I think people seem to forget that she was PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED. She was hit by two men with a police baton injuring her knee. Their intent was actually to break her leg so she couldn't skate and possibly win against Tonya Harding. She's not a drama queen, she was a victim of an attack. If it were anyone else not in the spot light, people wouldn't act this way. You don't know the reactions of someone who is attacked. Who knows what is going through their mind. People are ignorant.

[@meredithcarroll3107]

Thank you.

[@pedrolabarca2985]

Meredith Carroll omg you are so gorgeous

[@ooOmegaSupremeoo]

OMG, you are desperate!

[@jillheafey1022]

MsYukari k

[@nickfreshalive]

I remember that parade!

[@ohger1]

Don't forget folks that a knee injury is extraordinarily and exquisitely painful. Plus, every athlete knows that knee injuries are often career ending; she didn't know at that point how badly injured that knee was. Today, surgeons can often repair badly damaged knees but back then a knee injury would have been very serious. Over-react? I don't think so.

[@faizfuad8361]

@@vengefullizard96 this society watched "I, Tonya" and perceived as gospel.

[@AddBowIfGirl]

Faiz Fuad Yeah, it’s nuts how the movie flipped people. I coincidentally watched a documentary about Harding just months before the I Tonya trailer was first released and the comments there were so mean to Tonya and sympathetic towards Nancy. Then when the initial Tonya trailer was released, the comments under it were also mean to Tonya and saying Margot was too pretty to play someone so plain and calling Harding a famous cheater and liar and whiny baby and everything. I remember even under promotional interviews with Margot Robbie people were insulting Tonya. _Then_ the movie actually came out and humanized the hell out of Tonya Harding and the comments transformed to defending her and bashing tf out of Nancy Carrigan instead. It’s been wild to witness.

[@08starheart]

Can relate for sure. I've dislocated my left knee back in 7th Grade during PE. Was so much in tears in much pain, it sucked.

[@Evaforevaeva]

John-Del it was in her knee it was in her upper leg and I have had a knee injury two back then it was not hard at all and “ back then” was less than 25 years ago knee surgery has the same amount of difficult as it today which isn’t much and three no one is calling her dramatic drama queen at fucking all stop pulling this shit out ur ass

[@amandaa7708]

@@faizfuad8361 What’s weird is that even the movie made it clear that the characters are unreliable narrators. I guess people just kind of took it at face value.

[@TheBoneVampire]

I remember this happened when I was 9 years old. And the media making fun of her for it, and at the age of 9, I remember clearly thinking…why are people making fun of someone that was attacked? I’d scream “why” too if I got hurt that bad and I thought I couldn’t skate anymore. (If that’s what I loved) I don’t understand how I can understand this at age 9, but adults couldn’t.

[@MysticHeather]

Same here! I was also 9 years old and remember thinking and feeling the same way!

[@Lora_Beolab]

That's not true

[@dearmadeline]

it is actually

[@dearmadeline]

she was an irl meme for a while

[@sancm8898]

Actress Khrystie Haje portrayed a parody of her in Attack Of the 5ft 2ft woman and she made fun of it in a funny way

[@ElectoneGuy]

The attackers missed her knee and contacted the muscle just above it - that's why she was able to skate again. If they had actually got her on the knee, she would have never competed at the 94 Olympics.

[@gameshowguy2000]

And wouldn't have won a medal. She got silver, but believe me, she had the potential for gold.

[@idxrk_rxsesi143]

John Lee Oksana had the potential

[@benlego8273]

E GIXL oksana would’ve won even if nancy tried her very hardest

[@ac-jn1iq]

John Lee meh....

[@jchifos]

she sounded like luanne from king of the hill lol

[@Ejdatmacdotcom5]

She is crying and freaking out because she is an ATHLETE who is realizing her chances for competing, after a lifetime of hard work, are being ripped out from under her. How would you feel if you were attacked by two thugs and missed your chance at the Worlds/Olympics. have some compassion!

[@cpskelton5842]

Ikr I am i am a dancer what if it was Nutcracker opening night and someone I don't let's say pushes me down a flight of stairs and I land on my head I can't dance of course and people are making fun of me for being in hysterics I would not feel any better

[@whosyourdodo8747]

May the "it's now or never" moment belong to you!

[@SilentBudgie]

She didn't miss her chance. She healed in time for the Olympics.

[@JohnSmith-oc8km]

SilentBudgie she didn't know that at the time. You always assume the worst in the moment that you're injured, especially if you've never suffered a major injury.

[@AquellaDeOro]

Ummm no she was freaking out because getting hit by a baton hurts like fucking hell.

[@meredithcarroll3107]

You put virtually your whole life into that one moment and somebody just takes it away from you like that? She is says "why" but the media twisted it to "why me?" Such a tragedy.

[@patrick7247]

John McGown I’m actually only half and was born in the us but for enough can’t argue with someone who clearly has logic on their side. You know because the Mendela effect is fact based lol

[@ThePokerMonkey]

The world's taint? Peru? I think, actually...that this shows just how ignorant you are John. Peru has some of those most amazing places to see on this planet. It is rich in history and arts as well. Man...you're a real drip. You should leave your trailer park once in awhile.

[@patrick7247]

Will Souther ^ love you bb

[@MohamedAli-ln3ri]

Meredith Carroll i

[@gymnast2890]

John Jay Which is the brain forgetting details over time....it's well documented.... Do you think the 19 Million people who voted in the 1st democratic election in South Africa....that ONE person remembers Mandela's funeral? If there were only 4 seats in JFK's car, who was driving? There is no "Mandela Effect".....just idiots. Parallel planes could exist, but the fortune teller lady that made up the Mandela Effect uses ads, TV, nothing scientific has EVER been used as an example much less proof.

[@WrenByrd55]

She was attacked out of nowhere for seemingly no reason, that's the real reason she's screaming "why?" It's just pure confusion. "Why did someone hurt me? What did i ever do to deserve this? Why did this happen?!" It's a fair line of thinking.

[@yannmassard3970]

comon she was skating like 5 mins later. Derama queen overreacting as typical loosers trying to get any levrage

[@Movie_Games]

Am I missing something? The entre comment section is people defending her reaction against people saying she was a drama queen or over-reacted..... but I don't see any comments saying any of those things.

[@Judeisbad]

It's because (I think) now coments are rated by most liked + recent And people wouldn't upvote anyone who defends them

[@BenSolo777]

A lot of the comments get deleted by the commenter.

[@profithunter777]

@ carmen : Life must be rely boring for you. Do you think comments like this make you look cool or something? It actually makes you look like a demtard troll that has a very low IQ

[@dziany_forsacze]

look at 0:09 she didn't fake it, she a pro and wore mask till the end of her turn

[@tedstunes22]

She may not be a person to like But have U ever been mugged?

[@GottagitchaGROOOVEon]

_DAMN_ ! That camera man could've caught them, if he didn't turn away.

[@NoDak888]

They never caught the thug?

[@GottagitchaGROOOVEon]

@@NoDak888 Yes they caught them years ago, didn't you watch the movie?

[@NoDak888]

@@GottagitchaGROOOVEon No what movie?

[@GottagitchaGROOOVEon]

@@NoDak888 It's called " I'Tonya "

[@pixeled9683]

he didn't turn away, just paused recording. Also, we pretty much all know who it is, just like how we know who killed nicole brown simpson

[@bubblinbrownsugar616]

"A tall white guy with a leather jacket on." Well that narrows down the field.

[@jrw2319]

@TeeMONEY what the fuck are you on about

[@angryjordan9206]

she should of said rick flair got her in a figure 4 leg lock $$$

[@caramelcotton9450]

Daniel Hodgson You love Fox, right?

[@swinxfee]

How about cops looking for "a black male" in a mostly black neighborhood. No wonder they get the wrong guy so often

[@zlatkajupe]

Sounds like every guy I've ever dated loool

[@star-miubin]

The good news was that she managed to recover from this and win a silver medal at the Winter Olympics. But God, I can't imagine how devastating it must've been for her...

[@PeteNice29]

Would have been a gold, and everyone knows it.

[@empresseternity1]

So she continued skating??

[@Jesse-cx4si]

And yet, Harding was always the better skater.

[@theshillneckedlizard8364]

@@PeteNice29 Nope. It wouldn't. Bottom line is that Baiul was better on the day. Kerrigan doubled her only triple jump, she had only upright spins whereas Baiul included a camel spin, and Kerrigan's step sequence was perfunctory whereas Baiul's was easily level 4. Kerrigan also played it safe, while Baiul had the guts to throw in a double loop in the last few seconds of her routine. Kerrigan performed a very good routine, probably the best one of her career, but not as good as Baiul. The judges got it right.

[@alewiina]

@@theshillneckedlizard8364 I think he meant it would've been a gold if she hadn't been injured. maybe she was playing it safer because her knee was still a little compromised?

[@KenzieKaddl]

God this is so hard to watch, not only was this poor girl in physical pain, but i can't even imagine how emotionally devastated she was. To commit your life to a sport and to work so hard for it just to have it all taken away. Sucks man

[@nzebram]

Me watching I, Tonya and also thinking how Tonyas career was just dissolved like that. I guess we’ll never know is she had involvement or not but still if she didn’t then that’s just a little sad. At least Nancy still got to perform.

[@user-jb1mb5xh9t]

@@nzebram why would someone else try and take her main competitor out for two major competitions?

[@killerswords2780]

@@nzebram nacy won the Olympic gold medal after the attack, she out done tonya even after the attack.

[@user-jb1mb5xh9t]

@Laddie Land her bodyguard was involved as well right?

[@jtmullins7672]

That’s the thing though, it wasn’t taken away. She just had Bruises. If anything I wouldn’t be crying I’d be pissed

[@denniscastillo6029]

why would people hate.....she was in real pain

[@thorr18BEM]

dennis castillo , they're psycopaths.

[@gregorygraham856]

dennis castillo this breaks my heart

[@johndoe4783]

dennis castillo There were no tears. She was just screaming for no reason. She should have been more graceful.

[@hazey6945]

John Doe You don’t need tears to be in pain. I’m assuming you cry like a bitch over a paper cut. When someone is being physically attacked and both their knee and their dreams are being shattered, the last thing on their mind would be being graceful.

[@carbon-structure]

because people are trash

[@charlesgomez4495]

when you got so much passion and dedication towards something and it's ruined by something, you'll cry....you'll cry!

[@TheNonMakeupGuru]

+Charles Gomez Not always actually.. everyone has a different reaction. She may have been so caught up in the pain she didn't know what to think or do. Not everyone cries after a serious injury

[@lookhowshegobbledthat]

I agree. Try to cut the cord when a neckbeard is close to beating an extremely difficult boss. The emotions!

[@doryfishie2]

TheNonMakeupGuru She knew it would likely cost her a chance at the Championships. Of course you wouldn't know what's at stake for world class athletes

[@katemartin1308]

Charles Gomez b

[@skotiskiller]

YOU WILL CRYYYYYYYYY!!!!11!!!ONEONEONE

[@MajoradeMayhem]

The guy who struck her with a baton was Shane Stant. He was aiming to shatter her knee, but only hurt a tendon and caused extreme bruising. He was standing behind the camera when Nancy came off the ice. The camera came very close to getting him in shot. He waited until the crew switched the camera off to go after Nancy and assault her. He then smashed a glass door to escape. The attack was orchestrated by Jeff Gillooly, husband of rival figure skater Tonya Harding. Harding was later expelled from the sport for her involvement in planning and covering up the attack on her competitor.

[@alexmesi5796]

Thank you! People seem to ignore these facts way too often.

[@charliewegner]

@@alexmesi5796 tonya didn’t know though, and even the attacker, her husband, confirmed she didn’t know

[@vanessaruiz4705]

@@charliewegner well. What was he supposed to say... I mean, it's possible she didnt know but i dont think he would tell if she did.

[@chrishansen8119]

@@charliewegner evidence found in 1994 showed that Harding was financing the attack to take place and was involved in the planning of the crime. She knew exactly what was going on

[@emarzi]

Thank you for sharing this part of the story. It's reassuring to know that someone was held accountable for such a heinous crime.

[@tyy2387]

The comment section 99% of people defending her from the people saying she is over-reacting. 0% of people saying she is over-reacting. 1% of me explaining the comment section.

[@sentsda1ys]

So true

[@thomasbuchovecky2205]

The bad comments are largely deleted or ratio'd to obscurity from dislikes.

[@gardetto265]

Well, it would be accurate if your comment was less then once percent

[@LucasGuardo]

LOL I had the exact same impression

[@rongee4490]

Ah why shes whining ..walk it off ..just a sprain

[@paulaneary7877]

I was around when this happened and I still remember her saying, "why? why?" so devastated in that voice. So very sad that someone would do that to another human being that is literally NOT HURTING ANYONE, just skating. Truly ridiculous.

[@seanmc7128]

Paula did you happen to see the assailant?

[@potknwedgie7862]

Wow

[@aIyssa.]

@@seanmc7128 i think if they did, they would've reported it by now

[@seanmc7128]

@@aIyssa. nah probably not

[@bloodyshrapnel2119]

Bad acting. Staged

[@kennyadvocat]

I bet the camera operator was yelling out 'why' also after this. Why did he stop the camera just before.

[@irayneman]

+allthings509 It wasn't fake child.

[@mogensbukh2495]

i have to ask. why would they admit to have hurt her, if the attack was fake?

[@agentone8511]

allthings509 are you fucking stupid? She was in the hospital for a long time. Fucking stupid

[@agentone8511]

She was going backstage, they don't record at that point. But what should be questioned is why did no one see the assaulter?

[@__________________4241]

Why the fuck would it be fake? She was hurt badly and missed some important shit

[@fairyblu6929]

As someone who has dislocated and fractured both their hip and knee, I can immediately relate to the physical part of the pain. However, I am not athletic and I was not attacked, my injury was purely accidental. And even then, I still had the dreading fear of never being able to walk again. I cannot imagine what she must have felt. The fear of maybe not being able to walk and thinking that her career was over. And then there's obviously the fear she felt from being attacked. I am glad she's doing better now.

[@cyn_na_mini]

I messed up my knee falling off an electric scooter, and I still can't sit on my knees. It'll never properly heal. Her pain was so understood and so heartbreaking.

[@AB-jt4rs]

she still blamed Tonya for something she had no control over. I would have felt bad if she hadn't done that

[@ARock437]

@@AB-jt4rs bro are you fucking kidding me? Are you fucking dumb?

[@ARock437]

@@AB-jt4rs she got her fucking knee bashed in. I pray nobody puts you through the pain of being attacked like that. You’re sick.

[@aizawasns1531]

@@AB-jt4rs any references bruv?

[@dancepiglover]

Don't laugh at the way she sounded. I hit my wrist on playground equipment when I was a kid and I heard sounds come out of me I never heard before or since. As much as I tried, I couldn't make those sounds stop for several minutes.

[@TT-hq2cf]

what happened to your wrist

[@dancepiglover]

Probably a sprain. I didn't actually end up going to the doctor. My family had me put on a wrist brace.

[@conniemaheswaren554]

LMAOOOO

[@rubyrydinghood2600]

I broke my tibia and fibula at the same time. I didn't make a sound or feel any pain... because I was in shock. Later, I did scream and cry. Plus nobody attacked me. That alone is scary. And I'm not an Olympic skater. So yeah, she had a right to scream and cry all day.

[@lettsplays_]

I mean, I’d laugh just cause she was so squeaky. I know I’d probably sound like that or something but still.

[@nighttempus5827]

I can only imagine the emotional pain of knowing you trained so hard for this moment then it’s just all...shattered

[@tdh4982]

Pun intended

[@heatherlynsey3092]

Luckily he hit just above her knee, so she was able to compete.

[@FreshPrincex4]

@Umb O in that moment, her reaction is accurate considering she believed her career was over after all that preparation for one of the biggest events of her career/life.

[@yannmassard3970]

common she was skating like 5 mins later. Drama queen overreacting as typical loosers trying to get any levrage she perfectly knew what she was doing. She s the very first karen

[@redhedgehogocarina]

That "help me..!" is so heartbreaking to hear. Poor woman :(

[@rosethefirechieftess1683]

@Umb O oh no it was MUCH MORE than “HeR LeG WaS BrUiSeD” she required months and months of physical therapy

[@sonofben3322]

@Umb O finally found the comment ppl were arguing against.

[@wartide3long68]

@Umb O Some one tried to break her knees with a baton but according to you that’s just a bruise.

[@whatthehelliot]

@Umb O she didn't know how bad the injury was. that could have been her whole career, gone in seconds.

[@jtmullins7672]

She was a pussy. Stop crying and go do something about it.

[@tims1161]

If Self-Destruction was an Olympic Event, I’d be Tonya Harding

[@angie_snge]

OMG I TRIED SO LONG TO REMEMBER WHERE THIS SAMPLE WAS FROM 😭😭

[@Mota_04]

if u was lookin for the woman screamin in If Self-Destruction Was an Olympic Event I'd Be Tonya Harding, you got it

[@vyb4340]

Letsss goo i was looking for this lmao

[@CostaPavlouSKYSPACEGR]

Hahaha I was expecting a $B comment when I came here.

[@Justhunter33]

I was expecting you to be here lmao.

[@shinigamiguy313]

Waited for the comment

[@dragracinghimbo]

You cultured heathen🤣

[@N.A.alchemist]

That's FUCKED UP. I can't even imagine how devastated she must've been. I'm an athlete as well and this hurts me to watch.

[@Fe-go2jw]

I'm not an athlete, and I still find it heart breaking to watch.

[@Kruppt808]

I have never played a sport in my life and find this strange. I've been jumped before and when my friends found me I wasn't screaming why, I was cursing because I just got the shit kicked out of me. Lol

[@andrewjemmott3213]

She overreacted!!!!!! There, now all the comments can make sense.

[@vedashreebane7347]

lol 😂 😂

[@aldcsweetheart5671]

😂😂😂

[@akitoyr]

💀

[@violationofvolition9988]

Not the hero we deserve but the hero we all needed u sir are a god amongst men

[@TheMsLollidella]

Omg thank you loll

[@calliecalliej.6431]

I was 14 when this happened. I remember it was a huge story. I felt bad for her then, but looking back at it as an adult years later I really feel pain for her. She was physically distraught and emotionally, too. Imagine working so hard at something and then having this happen to you. Damn! She was not being dramatic (for any morons saying so). A busted knee would hurt like a bitch and then the thought of your career possibly being over. Think about that.

[@grantholmes3615]

For anyone who says she overreacted you need to GROW UP. When someone shatters your knee cap and you’re about to go to the olympics you have the right to be upset. I bet you get more upset when someone cuts you off in traffic.

[@emmablowguns]

Grant Holmes her knee cap didn’t get shattered calm down. It was a very serious injury but you’re the only one freaking out here.

[@MekkaSG]

nothing was broken.

[@ddivincenzo1]

I wouldn't be crying "why", I'd be swearing a mile a minute.

[@BenSolo777]

@@ddivincenzo1 LOL, I'd probably be doing both.

[@rachael8922]

her kneecap was definitely not shattered, the only injury she suffered was bruising. she was being extremely dramatic for the minimal “injuries” she suffered

[@slytherin3034]

Here after just seeing "I, Tonya".

[@aldcsweetheart5671]

Slytherin Me too!!!😂😂😂 (I‘m just here to destroy every comment that goes against Tonya😅)

[@katrinahatcher6345]

Haha same here

[@queen_of_domination]

Although I saw the movie, I remember the incident when it happened. I liked Tonya Harding though. I thought that she was better than Nancy Kerrigan.

[@PeanutBUtter-px4gk]

ALDC Sweetheart Fuck tonya Harding

[@SisterAmaka]

yuppp

[@moonichiii]

She was on the floor literally right behind those blue curtains; the attacker/s must have been RIGHT THERE?!

[@wgh_coolheaded83ps49]

he was.. as soon as she went through the curtain, she was hit.. the guy said when she came through the curtain, there was a camera man behind her.. he hid behind the cameraman.. after the cameraman stopped filming her, he attacked

[@rot2896]

I mean, not to sound any type of way, but..... where else would the attacker have been if that's where she was attacked?

[@whenthemaskfalls8591]

​@@rot2896 Way to sound some type of way, fool.

[@henriettaharris4486]

@@rot2896 behind that blue curtain.

[@scottw6704]

@@rot2896 LOL you make a valid point. Look, the attacker is flying down out of the rafters! Oh wait, no that's imaginary.

[@Wrathlon]

OK a few things here the idiots in the comments section don't seem to get: 1) Hitting your knee hurts like fuck at the best of times, this was an attempt to cripple her so would have been a fucking hard hit. 2) Nightsticks hurt like fuck 3) She is crying why because she has no idea if her leg is broken or not or to what extent and is convinced her career is over and she is no longer able to do the thing she loves. It's not just pain, it's heartbreak.

[@lottiecharlottiexxxx]

Totally agree. Also she didn't just slip and fall and injure her leg she was physically attacked. It must have been so traumatising ffs

[@uncletony6210]

heck, I cry like a six month old baby girl when I get a paper cut, so I can imagine a nightstick to the knee.

[@kinseyholbrook4989]

Yeah, my dog ran straight into my knee in 2017 summer and I couldn't walk properly for at least two weeks and I couldn't play tennis or run for around two months after that, and to this day it still aches occasionally, but I am fine now.

[@yannmassard3970]

common she was skating like 5 mins later. Derama queen overreacting as typical loosers trying to get any levrage

[@strangeone16]

That wasn't just physical pain, that was grief. It's so sad

[@MysticHeather]

100%

[@yannmassard3970]

common she was skating like 5 mins later. Drama queen overreacting as typical loosers trying to get any levrage she perfectly knew what she was doing. She s the very first karen

[@joaovitorlopes3659]

Muito triste! ainda bem que não quebrou nenhum osso. Obrigado Jaque pela indicação. ❤️

[@alynesalmeida5598]

Também vim pela Jaque💖 fiquei pensando e se esse ataque causasse algum dano permanente nela.. Que cruel isso.

[@devison1207]

Vim pela Jaque Coitada meu deus😢😥😭😫

[@nicole-rl7wb]

mas rompeu o tendão, bem pior

[@Kvic]

Eu vim por conta da música do Suicideboys

[@moraes.lucas5]

Por incrível que pareça eu conheci esse fato por conta de uma música do $uicideboy$ e na mesma semana a Jaqueline fez o vídeo

[@mc-rn8ro]

Reminder: this happened because Tanya Harding thought engineering an assault would be easier than just competing. It was HER husband and HER friend who did this, and she was grinning from ear to ear whenever people asked about Nancy’s condition. Nowadays she’s trying to claim victimhood because she had to face the consequences of her behavior and got a lifetime ban from competitive ice skating.

[@vguyver2]

It's frustrating because Tonya was talented already, she could have won with her own merits or because something else might have changed events, but she chose to do something heartless and brutal to someone else who was going through the same challenges herself.

[@OceanStarSenpai]

Unless you are an athlete who has dedicated EVERYYTHING to your sport you have no room to talk about her crying. From the age of 5 I began my Olympic training in alpine skiing. I was born in Squamish, BC and essentially spent every day in winter skiing, my summers training and/or skiing up on the mountains. I dedictated 11 long years to skiing. Competed in 4 international events and 7 within Canada. It was my life. I lost a good portion of my childhood training specifically for the Olympics. When I was 16 I was involved in a terrible accident in North Vancouver which permanently damaged both of my knees. I can no longer ski the way I did. I literally lost 11 years of my life working towards a dream I never got to accomplish. For us athletes, losing the thing we have dedicated our lives to is one of the most depressing things. I have never been the same since. I am 23 now and though it's been 7 years I always look back and wonder how different my life would have been had I not been involved in that accident. It hurts and until you know that pain, shut up.

[@rosethefirechieftess1683]

I agree. I was a figure skater and then a gymnast. In 2015 I tore my MCL. The pain was the worse id felt but honestly the pain of having to quit was worse. I came back expecting a big welcome you know what they said? You’re history. Soon after the grind of high school and juggling all these things got to be too much for me and I Had to leave gymnastics behind. Still I totally understand.

[@MysticHeather]

This is true for artists and musicians as well. I was a professional tattooer, my life long dream career, unfortunately a condition I was born with reared it’s head and forced me into retirement at age 30, I spent the last five years grieving my ability to tattoo and make art the way I once did. On the same token my dad is a musician his favorite instrument being the banjo, several years ago he developed focal hand dystonia which has hindered his ability to play. The only people who can make fun of someone experiencing this kind of (potential) loss are the kind of people who have no lifelong passions and haven’t worked their entire lives to achieve or become something specific. Those people are the ones missing out bc they don’t know what it means to truly dedicate yourself to something

[@radio2699]

its real convienient that ¨you were in a terrible accident"grow the fuck up

[@kieraareik.266]

@@rosethefirechieftess1683 Sorry about that but is that a Cars reference? Doc Hudson says the exact same thing

[@ReviewTechAFRICA]

You wrote all that shit and I didn't read a single word lmao

[@HorseyContent]

I watched a documentary about Nancy and Tonya and it's heartbreaking to watch her cry after the attack. This was a BEAUTIFUL figure skater who had put in SO much effort and hard-work, only to have it torn away so easily? Not to mention the pain! My older sister heavily damaged her knee internally and the amount of pain she experienced was intense - I can't even imagine the pain poor Nancy felt.

[@kristenp1606]

Nancy is from one town over from me and we were all rooting for her! Such a shame that Tonya couldn’t handle the competition so she and her husband hired someone to attack Nancy. I don’t even know why anyone gave Tonya an audience in iTonya, should have been from Nancy’s perspective!

[@tmmaston]

I don't think Tonya had anything to do with the attack.

[@yannmassard3970]

common she was skating like 5 mins later. Drama queen overreacting as typical loosers trying to get any levrage she perfectly knew what she was doing. She s the very first karen

[@uditalele]

The entire comment section is *filled* with people defending her reaction even though there aren't *any* opposing it,what r y'all defending then?

[@lonesnake904]

uncertain_presence mans gotta point 😂

[@chazdoit]

Simps

[@Maw0]

Apparently the people aren't in this comment section but there are people who say she only did it for attention.

[@gamingscorpionindia1995]

@@Maw0 people who would say that in front of me i would take the same stick to beat them on knee

[@aplacetobewithmythoughts7428]

They’re creating a straw man to attack

[@antd8259]

I remember this happened. Tanya Harding should be ashamed of herself.

[@davidconway6874]

These people saying she overreacted.XD I t would be so funny to see how they would react if someone broke their knee with a pipe. I bet some of the dudes would cry like 6 year olds.

[@chrispalin4043]

David conway They didn’t break her knee though. She had a bruise, and was back in training within about 7 days

[@xanderchong8177]

Cj M it still hurt

[@tedstunes22]

40 years ago I was in COOK County hospital recovering from foot surgery and and a guy was on the same ward recovering from knee surgery because he was KNEE CAPPEd by robbers on Chicagos westside!

[@crispygift]

@@zoemariie her brother XD you changed a few facts there

[@gingkobilobae]

Not on any sides but she didn’t break her knee she bruised her ankle

[@monkeymonkey8526]

I remember watching this as it unfolded. I felt bad for Nancy then and I still do seeing her pain. I'm so happy she was able to rise above it.

[@wendywhoisit1819]

Oh my God, my heart really breaks for her, I get her when she's saying"Why?! Why?!" again and again, it's really senseless why someone should take her health and all her dreams away just like that so brutally when she did nothing but work hard for them.

[@InfernosReaper]

Weird Al summed it up decently in Headline news. "Once there was this girl who Swore that one day she would be a figure skating champion And when she finally made it She saw some other girl who was better And so she hired some guy to Club her in the kneecap" That's all it was in the end, violence over ambition and jealousy

[@grantorino2325]

In the end, Nancy got the last laugh. After the first program at Lillehammer, she was 1er in the standings, and Tonya was 10th. 😂

[@strawberryturtle8978]

You can see the attacker walk right past the camera, in a black blurry flash right @0:24

[@kait_herring]

i’m not even an athlete & this was completely heartbreaking to watch her sobbing. she worked so hard & dedicated her whole life for the Olympics & it was ripped away. wow.

[@conniemaheswaren554]

kaitrae ! It wasn’t ripped away lmfao she was skating within a week

[@HuskyAim]

@@conniemaheswaren554 At the time she did not know if it was or not. The idea of all your work being for nothing is enough to make someone despair. Imagine going to college, just to lose all your credits right before your last semester lol. It is probably what it felt like(maybe even worse) at the time.

[@isa-mm3qk]

she recovered so quickly tonya was the one who got her career ripped away

[@SoWhat1221]

@@isa-mm3qk For good reason. If you think otherwise, you're a horrible person.

[@jmartin5544]

“Break a leg”

[@janayasue4742]

Lmaooo

[@bungholeshagnasty]

Black comedy! Funny!

[@MaxRideWizardLord]

My leg!

[@okbutjikook]

Noooo 😭😭

[@brianaguilar8283]

Literally

[@christiannail1749]

Jealousy... This is so sad.

[@_jojosephine]

Christian Nail - it wasn’t really done out of jealousy. It was more that they just didn’t want her to get her place in the Olympics

[@222222ania]

Jealous of what? Tonya achieved way more than nancy

[@GYONJ1988]

LiwiaGoszynska you’re actually protecting that bitch? Obviously it was done out of jealousy, what’s wrong with you? Get yourself checked ASAP

[@RG-qc7dh]

@@GYONJ1988 It wasnt even her who did it! She was baned for Life too ,for nothing!

[@tonk2002]

@@GYONJ1988 I honestly don't think Tonya had anything to do with it

[@sashahammant3126]

Brings me to tears thinking about her emotions In this moment being so raw and vulnerable.

[@briansky10]

"It's on the TV, it wasn't a letter! They broke her fuckin' knee!" -as they now say in the movie.

[@poonamchopra4223]

Idk how ppl can make fun of something so serious, imagine putting in so much hard work for something Nd then seeing it all getting shattered in a moment, how insensitive it is of ppl who made fun of her reaction, idk if you'll have ever worked hard for something or know struggle or ambition. I hit my knee cap with the wall beside my bed, Nd I was crying for half an hour straight. It's real pain.

[@KinoDerToaster]

You gotta toughen up then.

[@Ana-xb9lo]

@@KinoDerToaster shut up :) if u spent that much time working for something that hard to just get ur leg hurt really bad ik u would cry

[@KinoDerToaster]

@@Ana-xb9lo I'm talking about the snowflake named Poonam, dumbass. Obviously you aren't paying attention just like the rest of your generation.

[@Ana-xb9lo]

@@KinoDerToaster first u could've been more specific and second u reply fast so hi

[@KinoDerToaster]

@@Ana-xb9lo yup

[@DROPADDICT3170]

_if self-destruction was an olympic event i'd be tonya harding_

[@плабкььедпдп]

why? why? why?

[@shototodoroki1200]

was looking for this kinda comment

[@nonameallowed]

Bro just stfu

[@bambino9235]

@@nonameallowed It's just a song mate, chill

[@savannahjones-verity3308]

Coming from a dancer prospective. Her saying “why?” Is both from the fact that someone just assaulted her out of no where and secondly her realising that her injury could be career ending. I’ve had some many dance peers get injuries that could spell out the end of them dancing and it’s devastating. To not be able to do the thing you love and enjoy, that you also put your own blood sweat and tears into. It’s unimaginable.

[@nashshaffer6235]

A lot of black people had no idea that figure skating was so gangster until this incident. We were sitting back saying to one another, “are you serious?”

[@MelaninAmethyst90]

@Katy Cunningham bitch stfu it wasn’t that serious, he was actually right..We didn’t know at all...

[@pipbunny8749]

Why must white people be so excited to talk about "I'm so PROUD of my Dutch/French/German ancestry!" Then when a black person says "I'm so PROUD of my Nigerian/Panamanian/Kenyan ancestry!" suddenly white people can't shut up about "Were all ONE race the HUMAN RACE >:o" "OMG WHY MUST BLACK PEOPLE MAKE JOKES! ONLY WHITEY IS ALLOWED TO BE FUNNY! OMG"

[@nashshaffer6235]

@Katy Cunningham because black people are often on the outside looking in. That’s what happens when one has been marginalized socially and economically

[@luckyduck_.]

@Katy Cunningham y’all are literally the ones that invented racism. Please stop

[@gabriellandskroener4497]

@@luckyduck_. what the fuck???? White people didn't invent racism. Racism is in every country that has been practiced by every race. In Africa the tribes kill each other because they believe they are the superior race compared to the other. Native Americans killed eachother and enslaved one another because they believed that they were superior to the others, hell the first permanent slave owner in the US was a black man. So please stfu white people didn't invent racism.

[@valcorton]

After years..I still find this so upsetting..that two men came and assaulted her with police batons. To take away this one performance, that she dedicated her entire life to, for it to be in 8 minutes. Just stolen!

[@Evaforevaeva]

Katsuki Stole My Soul no she didn’t have permiment damage nothing was stolen and this happening to her actually gave her a career made her important and she is so stuck up in every interview

[@valcorton]

@Hiii How r u, even so, this is illegal. I wouldn’t wish this upon my enemy. Skating is so unappreciated, & is so much harder than it looks. You can hate her all you want, because she stuck up, or if she’s just full of herself. But never, should you think this is ok. If something actually happened to her ankles, her career would’ve been over. One wrong move, & it would’ve been over. This was a lot more serious, than it looks my friend.

[@Evaforevaeva]

Katsuki Stole My Soul it still wasn’t stolen she still got a spot on the Olympic team and won two gold medals her knee wasn’t even hit she had a small ‘injury’ and was skating in a few days it doesn’t look bad it just isn’t bad

[@valcorton]

Hiii How r u, you’re missing the whole point. Like I said, even if I wasn’t that bad. It could’ve been bad. Imagine two grown men running at you, covering their faces, twice you’re size, & start swinging police bats at you. Wouldn’t you be a scared? Traumatized possibly? That’s not overreacting, I would be shitting my pants. & you don’t even try to deny it, because we all know you would be too.

[@Evaforevaeva]

One two men did not run up to her only one of them two they hit her once above her knee which left bruising he hit her once three I did not say she was overreacting people keep say she isn't overreacting why r people saying that when nobody is

[@mimilover136]

Poor baby. That's sad. Good for her for overcoming that incident though. Truly inspiring.

[@amandam6988]

Haley Miller I hope you mean poor Nancy ..Not Tonya. I don't believe her for a second

[@Evaforevaeva]

Haley Miller what incident they didn’t even hit her knee she made a full recovery in a few days in every recent interview she is so stuck up she isn’t inspiring

[@hollyballantyne1714]

@@Evaforevaeva they did hit her knee lmao what

[@moonbug7252]

@@Evaforevaeva victim blame

[@coldcube]

Not just excruciating pain, but also emotionally devastated that she couldn't compete that night that she trained so damn hard for. Makes sense that she's crying as hard as she is.

[@yannmassard3970]

common she was skating like 5 mins later. Drama queen overreacting as typical loosers trying to get any levrage she perfectly knew what she was doing. She s the very first karen

[@darbyneumann9177]

it broke my heart to hear her crying wow-

[@lindat1790]

Yes, and when it happened she obviously had no clue the extent of her injury so I know if it was me, the cries would be a combination of pain AND wondering if my lifelong career had just ended.

[@Dolliedoll_9753]

Ugh Same. Poor girl. 😢

[@seanmc7128]

And YOU stole MY heart Darby. Sigh.... 🥰😍❤

[@Native722]

Thats so sad. It's a sick world we live but we must remain positive.

[@cococorry6702]

Native722 That's the spirit!

[@randomdude_2000]

@@cococorry6702 dude your comment is 3 years late!!!

[@Evaforevaeva]

Dante McCloud athousand percent agree

[@Evaforevaeva]

I know poor tonya

[@CrimsonFury006]

Can't believe it's been 25 years since this happened. Man I feel old.

[@mimilook4347]

God I can only imagine how much that hurt. I had back injury young and my back is never the same after that. This could have been the ending of her career that she worked for so hard.

[@gossipgirl9812]

for people saying she was a drama queen, she got on the knee she's an olympic ice skater JUMPS make most of her career, she was terrified she thought her dream was over. Its like being a pianist and having someone shut a door on your hand.

[@Pocket-Lent]

No unfortunately that wasn't the problem. Are you forgetting that she was attacked by two men with POLICE BATONS? That's why she was sobbing like that, if that were me I'd be crying my whole life out

[@YOYOKE64]

19 yrs of training she started skate age 6 and was 25

[@yannmassard3970]

common she was skating like 5 mins later. Drama queen overreacting as typical loosers trying to get any levrage she perfectly knew what she was doing. She s the very first karen

[@thedeserts]

i never liked nancy kerrigan, and its okay if you didn't either, but you don't have to call her a drama queen. she was injured. you would cry too -- and don't say you wouldn't.

[@ems901]

Bro how can anyone judge her for her reaction after being assaulted and having bones broken, and her getting to miss out on a possible championship? She was heartbroken. Anyone who judges someone’s reaction ability when they’ve been traumatized is seriously lacking worldly experience and completely unable to sympathize.

[@yannmassard3970]

common she was skating like 5 mins later. Drama queen overreacting as typical loosers trying to get any levrage she perfectly knew what she was doing. She s the very first karen

[@missmelyss3626]

I could never believe people were so cruel, making fun of her for this. She was attacked, out of nowhere. She was in pain. But people just kept making jokes, imitating her and the media played it every second they could. It's no wonder she doesn't really like talking about this time in her life.

[@scottw6704]

Plus, it's been over twenty years. I would get tired of talking about it, myself, that one moment. Which the whole world got to see, so what's to discuss really?

[@ec7001]

When you need to go out of your way to injure your competition, you’ve already lost.

[@batsarecool09]

Some of you ppl have obviously never banged your knee on a desk... let alone bludgeoned right on the cap. This is jarring to watch. The toughest guy would've reacted the same way.

[@doctorcastille]

Exactly right. Sometimes the slightest little bump to the knee can bring tears to my eyes.

[@missyrogers7098]

She wasn't hit on the kneecap.

[@hollyballantyne1714]

@@missyrogers7098 so? it still hurts.

[@is-gy7vt]

I tore my ACL in May. When the pain arrived, I just cried, I couldn‘t stop crying. It was the worst pain I‘ve ever felt in my life. I had never cried of pain before and it was just a horrible feeling.

[@yannmassard3970]

common she was skating like 5 mins later. Drama queen overreacting as typical loosers trying to get any levrage she perfectly knew what she was doing. She s the very first karen

[@Koro098]

I remember this happening. I've never seen this footage and honestly I can feel the absolute devastation and pain in her voice. It makes me want to cry.

[@achildno3236]

I find myself coming to this video every once in a while. I seem to think something different every time.

[@klassicalmuzik]

I really don’t understand why people laugh at this? I mean someone got hurt.

[@Blackandwhitecat-u9v]

Because everyone is a tough guy behind their computer screen.

[@nathaI1aa]

if self destruction was a olympic event, i’d be tonya harding

[@y11one]

Yasss!!!

[@rosh6ixx]

Ayyy

[@1C2N3F]

@@rosh6ixx Yes

[@valeriabarojasp]

LITERALLY NO ONE IS SAYING SHE OVERREACTED OMG

[@passthroughgamer1014]

I know it’s years ago because she isn’t, she was literally in pain!

[@selennaa20]

why anyone sees the truth , it was not Tonya who want to do that to Nancy it was the ex husband who did that , I think this: Every time when Tonya was whit his husband she always told him Nancy it's horrible and that things, and his ex husband decide to ask someone to do that whit metal things , It was not idea of Tonya to do that

[@jbfarley]

You're stupid enough to believe that?

[@ig_figureskating]

The “why” is honestly so heartbreaking. She didn’t deserve that.

[@yannmassard3970]

common she was skating like 5 mins later. Drama queen overreacting as typical loosers trying to get any levrage she perfectly knew what she was doing. She s the very first karen

[@CmPuke101_]

Any $b fans who knew the sample immediately without having to look it up/ask in the comments?

[@miguelangelbarrerapacheco6037]

If Self-destruction was an Olimpic Event, I'd be Tonya Harding

[@Imperfectcookingchannel]

Yeah..some people saying she is drama queen..my mind goes like why why why..is she drama queen.. it may be that people who have never worked for anything in life..might feel that.. but if someone ever woke up at 4 o clock for exams, or starved themselves for years only to compete , or put up with excessive stretching and dedicated their time and energy for just one goal would know.. its like preparing for an exam for years or trying to have a baby for years...and then have someone take.thay chance away.. I understsnad that people who made fun of her.. might not have really ever worked hard for anything like her..and couldnt understand why she cries.. the fear of being attacked again..

[@valerieb8541]

She was very lucky I was smashed on my knee by a bat and fell on the ice on the street destroyed my kneecap and all ligaments in my leg.im in a wheelchair for life since I was in my 30's, now I'm 43. Could not be fixed with surgery. Glad Nancy was able to recover. What was done to her was terrible. People don't realize what a bad injury it is.

[@caticorn102]

some others said they missed the actual knee which was why she was able to recover and skate again

[@scorpiusjones5436]

Weird, Harding was indicted for lying and trying to cover the attack up, yet her cult still defend her. Some folks will literally defend anything.

[@ghost_spider19]

Scorpius Jones even if she knew about the attack that would only make her an accessory since she wasn’t present at time Nancy was hit

[@jaco5187]

I remember this being all over the news in early 1994

[@MrPHUCKYOURSELF]

Me too and Tonya’s famous no comment sweater lol

[@DoUntoOthersAsUWouldHaveDone2U]

The “WHY” heard across the world…….

[@cuami]

I do ballet, I once got into an accident and my big toe probably broke. I remember my reaction being like hers, I wasn't that expressive, but I was into a lot of pain and I couldn't breathe.

[@colincataline7308]

If self-destruction was an Olympic event, I’d be Tonya Harding

[@natekrieger5741]

Seeing her in pain hurts my heart.

[@mattmc5069]

I remember this vividly. It was all over the news. Once they figured out Tonya was behind it she lost all her medals, her career and her respect.

[@Taiyokaii]

Sometimes when people are in so much shock and pain they don’t cry

[@guilherme42259]

Quinta misteriosa , alguém ?

[@lalohijo]

0:32 me every morning...

[@josesouza7681]

LOL

[@Scoobniy]

Not the time for mean lmao😂😂

[@majaszwedo8166]

😂😂

[@babynuggethead5576]

You okay,bro?

[@65motowngirl]

😂

[@cobramentality7171]

I've heard that " why, why, why " sound bite a thousand times, never knew where it came from

[@jonpiper9578]

Why?!

[@Darthadios]

Did they caught the person who did this ? That man with Police baton ?

[@BatmanSucksMyBanana]

yes it was the ex husband of one of nacy's rivals, they put a hit on her so she couldn't compete

[@thorr18BEM]

Four people went to jail and a fifth was penalized.

[@azryder2919]

Why... why..... why......

[@MajoradeMayhem]

Why has no-one got that girl some pain meds already??

[@King_Colombia_Inc]

0:33 I know South Park used this clip in one of their episodes, but that aside, it's been 30 years since that accident. Good god... 😢

[@alexthelizardking]

"We're back live here on Monday night raw. And if you're just joining us, a heinous attack has taken place backstage against Nancy Kerrigan."

[@Joe_Parmesan]

Rikishi did it, didn't he?

[@NotiFawkes]

I was 10 years old but i'll tell you this much...hearing her pleading Why Why Why still sounds so crazy in 2019 because I remember it so clearly from the actual 1994 date

[@T6x9]

Sounds like something that would happen on one of those wrestling shows. I was expecting them to start chasing Stone Cold or something...

[@ThePokerMonkey]

that's kind of funny....

[@thebackupaccount1154]

We are looking for a tall buff bald guy in a leather vest with nothing underneath.

[@scottw6704]

@@thebackupaccount1154 Aren't we all, really...

[@lindaserna1201]

I think that's Michelle Kwan in the background at 0:16. She was competing in this event too. She got the silver.

[@u-ar-e-mylight1217]

She's not a drama queen, her saying "Why?! Why?!" I felt that, it hurts like hell, more than the physical pain but the death of her passion; she probably can see her carreer ends when her legs were assualted. She just finished practice peacefully, why would something unfortunate happen to her like that so unexpectedly. Competitive skaters always bet their life on ice, they always takes the risk for injuries, but to sustain it out of the ice? Yeah right "Why?! Why?!"

[@CirilloRuca]

She didn't overreact at all. The two men had intentions to break her knee in order to disqualify her. Adding that knee injuries are often career ending that surgeons back then weren't as equipped as they are today, she thought her career was over. She was stress, scared, and confused. If anybody else were in that position, they'll be doing the same, me included.

[@klassicalmuzik]

I just dislocated my knee cap last week. I cannot imagine the pain she was in.

[@nubianfx]

Im not sure people realize what its like to train for YEARS for what boils down to a FEW minutes.. that can define your life. Its intense.. the smallest mistake, and you dont get to try again for YEARS... and for this to be something entirely out of her control, entirely unexpected, must have been a shock well beyond physical pain.

[@emilycarola]

Alguém aqui pela Jaque Guerreiro?? 🇧🇷