================================================ Subject: Re: NCR Ozzfest and other concerts From: "Keith Mears" To: Date: Thu 5 Jul 2001 02:38:22 -0500 ================================================ Wow, that was really a wonderful thing for a stranger to do for your brother. Glad to hear that he has beaten the odds. I hope I'm not being crass by asking if he's ever considered talking to kids about what happened, like a public service thing. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbi R" To: Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 1:54 AM Subject: Re: NCR Ozzfest and other concerts > Not to gross everyone out, but > > > > > I have a brother who decided at age 13 that it would be fun to get > together with a friend, weld a piece of metal to the end of a pipe, > insert a fuse and gunpowder, fill it with rocks and gravel and then > shoot off said cannon. > > Until it DID backfire and took out half of his thigh. He wouldn't be > here today were it not for the foreign exchange student studying > medicine and hanging out in the United States for a semester that was > living across the road. That guy literally held onto his femoral artery > until the ambulance arrived (probably 10 or 15 minutes.) > > He's had 5 surgeries since this happened 15 years ago, but has beat all > the odds. Doctors not only said the student saved his life, but told > him that over time the grafts and artificial arteries would give out and > he'd probably lose the leg eventually. Since he's a fireneck(;-) > scott)/snowmaker/logger by trade, I'm glad he didn't. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Creed Discussion List [mailto:CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM] On > Behalf Of ]\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[ > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 11:30 PM > To: CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM > Subject: Re: NCR Ozzfest and other concerts > > > That's okay.... the way that this group was going, pretty soon, they > might not anyways... truly saddening. If they would have stuck around, > I could have graphically described the time I had to respond to a call > for a 12 year old that had a Roman Candle (you know that thin tube that > shoots colored fireballs, that everyone insists on holding, even though > they're made just to be put in the ground?) not work properly and > backfire in his hand... we managed to save 2 of his fingers and his > thumb, and the last I heard, he could almost hold things again... the > scars were still real prominent... skin grafts can only cover so much, > after all... that was 2 years before I came out this way... I last saw > him about 3 weeks before I left for here. That story usually shocks a > lot of people back into reality, but no matter what, there's always > still one or two people who just don't get the point. > > ¤]\[][G}{T§TÖ®]v[¤ > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp