Well, if you remember...the incident happened ON the plane! Something about a bag falling out of the upper compartment onto his face/eye. So he wouldnt have, technically, had the eye patch yet!
(God help me, why do I remember this? I mean, I think he's a cool BBer...but I was never a follower of his career.)
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ah yes, the phantom eye injury? photographed fine walking off the plane in helsinki 92, then later reported he hurt his eye ON the plane with a luggage strap.
Did they ever get to the bottom of that one?