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I heard of a redneck from AR that was really tough. He was out cutting firewood with a chain saw, and a tree fell on him. After a while he determined that no one was going to help him, so he freed himself by cutting off his leg with the chainsaw. Someone later asked him why didn't he just cut the tree?
Not only did he do this, he then rapelled (one-armed) down the cliff, and hiked out. Think about that next time you have the sniffled, and don't feel like going to work.
It would seem, however, that he broke one of the primary rules of any risky outdoor activity, whether it be hiking, mountain climbing, mountain biking, sking, whatever:
NEVER go by yourself, and always let people know about WHERE you are, and about WHEN to expect you back. And in this techno day and age, if you're going to be out of cell phone range, get some fancy schmancy satellite comm system, or tell a park ranger.
Use common sense.
It would seem, however, that he broke one of the primary rules of any risky outdoor activity, whether it be hiking, mountain climbing, mountain biking, sking, whatever:
NEVER go by yourself, and always let people know about WHERE you are, and about WHEN to expect you back. And in this techno day and age, if you're going to be out of cell phone range, get some fancy schmancy satellite comm system, or tell a park ranger.
Use common sense.
Mike Ellis
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A few years back there was a boy up North who had both of his arms ripped off after making a big mistake with a piece of farming equipment, he kept his cool and made it back to the house but no one was there, had to go through a lot of hoops to get help but did so.
One of the most amazing survival stories is that of Hugh Glass, the mountain man who was mauled by a grizzly and assumed dead by his companions. They left him, but Glass survived and journeyed hundreds of miles on foot (often crawling) to make it back to civilization.
My Dad was plant manager at a soda pop plant in the 60's and 70's, he had an employee once who ran afoul of a palletizer, which is a large piece of conveyor gear that swings down and pushes cases of soda pop onto a pallet. The man got onto the conveyor to do something without disabling the machine, and when his foot broke the photoeye beam he was promptly palletized. It knocked him flat on his back, then rotated 90 degrees - ripping off the top of his rib cage and leaving his innards exposed to plain view. He immediately reached up to hold it in. He remained lucid while they waited on ambulance, told Dad he was probably the only guy in the plant who had touched his heart and lungs with his own hands. They were apparently successful poking the pieces back together, because he was back at work a few months later.
Some people have a strong will to live, if you keep your head and don't panic you can survive about anything.
(On a less tragic note, Dad once had an lady working for him who was rather, uh, large, with breasts of proportionately large size - HUGE tracts of land. She also had very long and pretty hair that was supposed to be in a hair net. One day she did not wear the hair net and got a bit too close to a piece of machinery with a rotating shaft and it grabbed her hair and wound it up, as she got closer it grabbed her shirt and promptly rolled up her breasts too before she could hit the emergency "OFF" button. She did get it turned off in time (lucky for her
) but was trapped with both breasts and hair horribly wrapped up on the shaft. Dad and a coworker had to cut her loose with a pocketknife. The lady apparently was howling like a Comanche warrior the entire time, this being a most painful and prolonged ordeal, they all said the volume and pitch were incredible. Amazingly, other than being bruised black and blue and losing a lot of hair, she was fine. Apparently became a very, very, very strong devotee of hair nets too. Perfect example of the "breast in a wringer" cliche that you used to hear)
One of the most amazing survival stories is that of Hugh Glass, the mountain man who was mauled by a grizzly and assumed dead by his companions. They left him, but Glass survived and journeyed hundreds of miles on foot (often crawling) to make it back to civilization.
My Dad was plant manager at a soda pop plant in the 60's and 70's, he had an employee once who ran afoul of a palletizer, which is a large piece of conveyor gear that swings down and pushes cases of soda pop onto a pallet. The man got onto the conveyor to do something without disabling the machine, and when his foot broke the photoeye beam he was promptly palletized. It knocked him flat on his back, then rotated 90 degrees - ripping off the top of his rib cage and leaving his innards exposed to plain view. He immediately reached up to hold it in. He remained lucid while they waited on ambulance, told Dad he was probably the only guy in the plant who had touched his heart and lungs with his own hands. They were apparently successful poking the pieces back together, because he was back at work a few months later.
Some people have a strong will to live, if you keep your head and don't panic you can survive about anything.
(On a less tragic note, Dad once had an lady working for him who was rather, uh, large, with breasts of proportionately large size - HUGE tracts of land. She also had very long and pretty hair that was supposed to be in a hair net. One day she did not wear the hair net and got a bit too close to a piece of machinery with a rotating shaft and it grabbed her hair and wound it up, as she got closer it grabbed her shirt and promptly rolled up her breasts too before she could hit the emergency "OFF" button. She did get it turned off in time (lucky for her
) but was trapped with both breasts and hair horribly wrapped up on the shaft. Dad and a coworker had to cut her loose with a pocketknife. The lady apparently was howling like a Comanche warrior the entire time, this being a most painful and prolonged ordeal, they all said the volume and pitch were incredible. Amazingly, other than being bruised black and blue and losing a lot of hair, she was fine. Apparently became a very, very, very strong devotee of hair nets too. Perfect example of the "breast in a wringer" cliche that you used to hear)The kid whose arms were ripped off by the farm equipment dialed 911 with his nose. His arms were successfully reattached and work fine. True story.
A guy working on a construction site nearby last year was inspecting a four foot deep footing with a couple feet of rebar sticking up out of it when he fell in the ditch. Two 1/2'' rebars went right though his stomach on either side of spine and out his back. When the EMS crew got there they didn't want to pull him up for fear of further damage pulling the bars out. Problem was there was no way to get under him till a backhoe enlarged the ditch, the rebar was then cut off and he was hauled to the hospital rebar and all. The rescue took three hours, the guy remained conscience the entire time and made a full recovery.
A guy working on a construction site nearby last year was inspecting a four foot deep footing with a couple feet of rebar sticking up out of it when he fell in the ditch. Two 1/2'' rebars went right though his stomach on either side of spine and out his back. When the EMS crew got there they didn't want to pull him up for fear of further damage pulling the bars out. Problem was there was no way to get under him till a backhoe enlarged the ditch, the rebar was then cut off and he was hauled to the hospital rebar and all. The rescue took three hours, the guy remained conscience the entire time and made a full recovery.
My Dad worked for a rail road a while back.
One night someone was taking a shortcut through the switching yard. He got coupled between two cars.
He was conscience and asked to borrow a smoke, etc.
They called in his family, and clergy. When he was uncoupled, that was it.
True story.
Eric
One night someone was taking a shortcut through the switching yard. He got coupled between two cars.
He was conscience and asked to borrow a smoke, etc.
They called in his family, and clergy. When he was uncoupled, that was it.
True story.
Eric
Check today's newspapers:
An ardent rock climber got trapped by a 1,000 lb boulder that landed on his forearm.
After 6 days waiting for a rescue party [that looked but didn't find him], he used his pocket knife to amputate his own arm at the elbow, THEN managed to rappel down to the ground.
He met up with some hikers who gave him some water [he'd been out of water for 2 days] and made contact with the searchers.
After being flown to a hospital, he walked in under his own power.
Amazing.
An ardent rock climber got trapped by a 1,000 lb boulder that landed on his forearm.
After 6 days waiting for a rescue party [that looked but didn't find him], he used his pocket knife to amputate his own arm at the elbow, THEN managed to rappel down to the ground.
He met up with some hikers who gave him some water [he'd been out of water for 2 days] and made contact with the searchers.
After being flown to a hospital, he walked in under his own power.
Amazing.
Originally posted by The patriot
My Dad worked for a rail road a while back.
One night someone was taking a shortcut through the switching yard. He got coupled between two cars.
He was conscience and asked to borrow a smoke, etc.
They called in his family, and clergy. When he was uncoupled, that was it.
True story.
Eric
i heard that story too [or a very similar story] at work a while back [i work for CN rail locomotive running repairs] buddy said it happened to someone in moncton [NB?] when they had the shops there. the guy got pinned in the car shop when a car rolled through the doors. ouch
Stories like this happen alot more often than you realize. It is amazing the types of Trauma the human body can endure.
I remember one of my first calls as an EMT was to go out to a house where an elderly gentleman was complaining of leg pain. We get there and he comes walking out towards the ambulance, you could literally watch his leg fold in the middle of his thigh, he had fractured his femur three days earlier and since it was still hurting he thought he should get it checked out. Turns out he had fallen out of his tractor and it had rolled over him. Lucy it didn't stop on top of him. Anyway, he had surgery and was home three days later.
I remember one of my first calls as an EMT was to go out to a house where an elderly gentleman was complaining of leg pain. We get there and he comes walking out towards the ambulance, you could literally watch his leg fold in the middle of his thigh, he had fractured his femur three days earlier and since it was still hurting he thought he should get it checked out. Turns out he had fallen out of his tractor and it had rolled over him. Lucy it didn't stop on top of him. Anyway, he had surgery and was home three days later.
Re: man cutting leg off with a pocket knife.
If memory serves (seldom), I recall reading about an incident like this in Yankee Magazine (a downeast publication). This took place in Maine. The tree fell on this man and either he could not reach his saw or he could not manuever to cut the tree so he took off his leg. He then crawled some two miles to his truck and drove for help.
I have a story for you. Not one man alone but one with the correct friends on hand.
My friend is a marine who served on Iwo Jima and more. On a moose hunt in Maine, someone had shot one in a swamp. They hooked up a nylon rope and a snatch block to winch the critter out. Something broke, rope came flying back and took a chunk of "meat" out of his thigh. Another buddy (ex WWII medic) took a t-shirt, balled it, stuffed it in the wound. They called for help, being back in the boonies on timber company roads, the timber company gave them the right of way. Driving as fast as they could, they met an ambulance then a chopper to get him to the hospital. Doctor at the hospital happened to be a Vietnam vet, so the wound was nothing he had not seen. They got him stabilized and patched up. I think it was a month until he came home. He does have problems but is alive to talk about it. Course', he is a marine.
If memory serves (seldom), I recall reading about an incident like this in Yankee Magazine (a downeast publication). This took place in Maine. The tree fell on this man and either he could not reach his saw or he could not manuever to cut the tree so he took off his leg. He then crawled some two miles to his truck and drove for help.
I have a story for you. Not one man alone but one with the correct friends on hand.
My friend is a marine who served on Iwo Jima and more. On a moose hunt in Maine, someone had shot one in a swamp. They hooked up a nylon rope and a snatch block to winch the critter out. Something broke, rope came flying back and took a chunk of "meat" out of his thigh. Another buddy (ex WWII medic) took a t-shirt, balled it, stuffed it in the wound. They called for help, being back in the boonies on timber company roads, the timber company gave them the right of way. Driving as fast as they could, they met an ambulance then a chopper to get him to the hospital. Doctor at the hospital happened to be a Vietnam vet, so the wound was nothing he had not seen. They got him stabilized and patched up. I think it was a month until he came home. He does have problems but is alive to talk about it. Course', he is a marine.
Originally posted by nickleinonen
i heard that story too [or a very similar story] at work a while back [i work for CN rail locomotive running repairs] buddy said it happened to someone in moncton [NB?] when they had the shops there. the guy got pinned in the car shop when a car rolled through the doors. ouch
This was Conrail, Bayhead jct, NJ about 20 some odd years ago.
Eric
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