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Florida Teen Survives Spear Through Head
When you see the X-ray, you cannot help but cringe and hope something like this never, ever, happens to you. A three-foot long steel shaft with stainless steel tips, shot from a spear-gun, perfectly stuck in a teenager’s skull, entering one inch above his right eye, through his brain, and exiting the back of his head.
“You could feel the tip under the skin on the posterior part of the skull,” said Trauma Care surgeon Dr. George Garcia says
And 16-year-old Yasser López not only survived, but doctors say he stands a good chance of making a near-full recovery.
Doctors stress how lucky he is. López begins rehab this week. And the surgeons successfully pulled off an amazingly complicated and delicate spear removal.
According to the boy’s friend, the two teens were at a lake near their Miami-area home, preparing to do some spear-fishing. Spearguns are typically fired by an elastic-powered trigger and are increasingly popular among free-divers, snorkelers and scuba divers hunting all types of fish. The friend says when he was loading the spear, it accidentally fired, shooting the spear into the front of López’s skull. Police say that appears to be the case.
h/t RightWingFeather
Boobie the Racist Dog
June 20th, 2012
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are nowhere to be found.
Nunya
June 20th, 2012
Prepare for ban of spear-hunting and related implements in 3…2…1…
But srsly, only one little elastic-powered trigger? Does sound like a little safety re-design might be in order
Weldor
June 20th, 2012
Now, let’s see if Holder can survive boot in ass.
Boobie the Racist Dog
June 20th, 2012
@ Nunya- A speargun, like any other potentially lethal weapon, should not be in the hands of unsupervised teenagers.
THAT’s what will likely be the outfall of this incident. The modern designs are perfectly safe in competent hands:
http://www.divers-supply.com/Band-Guns-C503.aspx
Hybrid Lemon
June 20th, 2012
Obama should have shown the kid how to be more accurate at spear-chucking.
Hey, YOU were thinking it.
hanoverfist
June 20th, 2012
Now he can be an OWS drummer!
Tim
June 20th, 2012
From that trajectory, he must have been bent over the spear gun pretty far.
TooMuchTime
June 20th, 2012
With or without the dain bramage, two future Obama voters.
Unneutral
June 20th, 2012
I wonder if he saw it coming.
On a serious note, that’s some scary shit.
Moe Tom
June 20th, 2012
Sometime last year I saw a video of a US Army doctor removing a live missile from the stomach of a soldier. The operation had to be moved away from the hospital and a bomb expert was present with the surgeon. The soldier lived. The doctor, a Korean immigrant who came to the US as a kid,and became a US citizen.
I’ll search on for the video. Anyone else see it?
Moe Tom
June 20th, 2012
Ok I found it. It will make you cry so bring tissues.
Youtube RPG Embedded in Soldier, surgery of removal.
A short story of American Ability, bravery, and selflessness.
Stevo
June 20th, 2012
Luckily it hit him in the brain and missed all his vital organs.
the struggler
June 20th, 2012
“Dude,have you seen my spear?”
Jethro
June 20th, 2012
If that amazes you – check this out:
http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Odd%20Pics%202/Drillbit.html
Especially what the doctors did to remove it!
Carlsonal
June 20th, 2012
Muzzle discipline. It’s for spear guns too, it seems.
Chieftain
June 20th, 2012
He should have a fake eyeball fitted to the divot that’s gonna leave in his skull. He’d be a blast to go out drinking heavily with…..