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

In rodeo, horn tipping is standard practice — meaning the bulls’ horns are blunted to lessen, but not eliminate, the chances of riders getting gored. However, that didn’t stop this “freak” accident from occurring.

A professional bull rider was gored in the neck by the bull he was riding during a rodeo in Tampa, Florida. NBC News' Marissa Parra spoke to the rider about his near death experience.

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