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Simon Cowell '1cm from being paralysed' after breaking back in bike accident

Simon Cowell missed snapping his spinal cord “by a centimetre”. (Photo/Courtesy)

Simon Cowell needed six hours of emergency surgery after breaking his back - in an accident which could have left him paralysed.

He missed snapping his spinal cord “by a centimetre” and had six hours of surgery.

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