Post by gato on Jan 23, 2022 7:00:41 GMT -5
Once upon a time, it would have been shocking: a man staggering down the street, carrying his own severed arm. These days, passersby would most probably take one look and go, "yeah, right, where's the camera," because they saw a prank on Youtube where a guy carried his own severed head under his arm.
But in Lewiston, Maine, it was the real deal, and a couple of guys who knew a thing or two about using tourniquets got to him fast, saved his life, and got him to a hospital.
The unidentified "young man" apparently severed his own arm at the shoulder while using a band saw. No word yet on whether re-attachment was a possibility.
When I read about this, my mind immediately took me to that scene in "Private Ryan," where US troops are being chewed up by well entrenched German machine guns and artillery, as they land on Omaha Beach. Remember the one armed soldier, stumbling along, who bends down and picks up his severed arm, in one shocking moment, brought to us by Steven Spielberg?
www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-01-22/divine-intervention-man-carrying-own-severed-arm-is-saved
But in Lewiston, Maine, it was the real deal, and a couple of guys who knew a thing or two about using tourniquets got to him fast, saved his life, and got him to a hospital.
The unidentified "young man" apparently severed his own arm at the shoulder while using a band saw. No word yet on whether re-attachment was a possibility.
When I read about this, my mind immediately took me to that scene in "Private Ryan," where US troops are being chewed up by well entrenched German machine guns and artillery, as they land on Omaha Beach. Remember the one armed soldier, stumbling along, who bends down and picks up his severed arm, in one shocking moment, brought to us by Steven Spielberg?
www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-01-22/divine-intervention-man-carrying-own-severed-arm-is-saved
