Albert gore iii biography of albert

From a near-death experience when he was six years old to arrests over drugs, Al Gore’s only son, Al Gore III, has had an eventful life.

As a little boy, Al Gore III was hit by a car, an incident that left him with a broken thigh bone, broken collarbone, broken ribs, ruptured spleen, bruised lung, bruised kidney, bruised pancreas, and a concussion.

"When you've seen your 6-year-old son fighting for his life, you realize that some things matter more than winning."

Al Gore III at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on December 5, 2011 in New York City | Photo: Getty Images

The incident happened in 1989.

The youngest child of Gore and his wife Mary Elizabeth underwent treatment for almost a month at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Al Gore III was hit by a car leaving the Baltimore Orioles' opening day game.

Looking back, the former US Vice president said, "That experience changed me f