James
Valentine, 21, is a tree cutter in Penn. who was left with a chain saw lodged
in his neck after he slipped and fell — and he survived.
A shocking
x-ray of the man’s injuries from the Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh
plainly show the chain saw blade embedded in his neck.
The freak
accident happened on Monday while Valentine was suspended in a harness in a
tree, and doctors say he was lucky because the blade missed all major arteries,
instead cutting into his muscle.
“I remember
everything that happened from the time it happened till we got to the
hospital,” Valentine told the press.
“Horrible,
the worst pain I’ve ever thought of,” he said of the injury.
“As soon as
I got down out of the tree and sat down, just seeing the blood squirting out, it
was crazy. That was the scariest part. I knew I had to keep calm and stay
awake. Keep in control.”
The hospital
released Valentine’s x-ray on Tuesday after it was clear he would survive and
be fine.
Paramedics
were able to take the motor off the chainsaw at the scene of the accident, but
were careful to leave the blade and the chain in his neck until he was
transported to the hospital.
Valentine is
thankful for the quick thinking on behalf of his co-workers, who helped save
his life.
Culled from
Radaronline.com
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