GEORGE CLOONEY - CLOONEY SAVES BIKER PAL'S LEG

GEORGE CLOONEY turned hero in Italy this summer (04) after lessons he learned from his mother about how to handle himself in emergencies became useful when a pal was crushed in a road accident.

The hunky movie star recalled his days as DR ROSS on TV medical drama ER when he managed to save his friend GIOVANNI's leg after he was knocked off his motorbike in the countryside.

He says, "Over the summer we're out riding motorcycles in the middle of nowhere. I do through this intersection, there's nobody around.

"Giovanni comes through, and out of nowhere this lady in a car comes racing across and crushes Giovanni's leg.

"I get back to him, and it's a mess. Blood and bone everywhere. No ambulance around for a hundred miles. People start coming over. I don't speak the language, but somehow I'm making them understand: 'From you, I need this. From you, I need that.'

"We get towels, we get bamboo, we use bungee cords to make a splint, we get a car."