Overview
- Yannick Dainese says he was dispatched to Méribel on December 29, 2013 and learned the injured skier was Michael Schumacher when a rescuer told him “we're going to Schumacher.”
- He recounts being told to remove microphones and GoPros and to bar journalists from the mission, with the team placing Schumacher on a vacuum mattress for a near‑silent 25‑minute flight to Grenoble University Hospital.
- Dainese says he waited 12 years to speak publicly out of respect for Schumacher and the family and because of legal concerns surrounding the high‑profile case.
- The interview supplies new operational detail but offers no new medical information; previous reporting shows Schumacher had emergency surgery, a prolonged medically induced coma, and remains under tight family care in Switzerland and Mallorca.
- Dainese’s account highlights rescuers’ focus on patient care amid intense media attention and adds a first‑hand layer to the official record without changing the known facts about Schumacher’s condition.