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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 06:59 AM Apr 2014

Tree trimmer hospitalized with chain saw in neck



(AP) — A tree trimmer is recovering after he was rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital with a chain saw blade embedded in his neck.

James Valentine was in a tree in Ross Township on Monday afternoon when he was struck in the neck by the saw. Another worker helped him down, and his co-workers left the saw in place to try to limit the bleeding.

Valentine had emergency surgery at Allegheny General Hospital. Doctors say the saw missed major arteries and instead cut into muscle. The hospital Tuesday released an X-ray showing the saw still in the 21-year-old's neck.

Valentine works for Adler Tree Service in Gibsonia. Owner Dominic Migliozzi calls the rescue "amazing."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/04/02/chain-saw-neck/7192993/
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Tree trimmer hospitalized with chain saw in neck (Original Post) jakeXT Apr 2014 OP
I think that I would... N_E_1 for Tennis Apr 2014 #1
Ouch! Scuba Apr 2014 #2
Fucking amazing. bluedigger Apr 2014 #3
Why do I picture this happening to Peter Griffin? Initech Apr 2014 #4
That is a fricken MIRACLE. Wow. TERRIFYING x - ray~! nt MADem Apr 2014 #5

N_E_1 for Tennis

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1. I think that I would...
Wed Apr 2, 2014, 07:27 AM
Apr 2014

get that x-ray framed, hang it up where I could see it every day and never complain about "luck" again.

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