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[release]Police say a man lighting fireworks has blown off his arm at a party on New York's Long Island.
Suffolk County police say 36-year-old Eric Smith was using a 3-foot long metal tube to shoot mortars from the street near his Islip (EYE'-slip) Terrace home around 5:45 p.m. Saturday.
Police believe he leaned over the device to ignite it and didn't get out of the way before an explosive shot out of the launcher. His left arm was severed at the shoulder.
Smith was taken to Southside Hospital in serious condition while friends packed the lost limb in ice to try to save it. Police believe doctors will try to reattach his arm.
A hospital spokesman didn't immediately return a call.
Police say another person at the party also was taken to a hospital, but it's unclear why.[/release]
I'll bet :10bux: that beer was involved.
Jeezum Crow, that's just...
AWFUL.
And it begins...
It's because of people like this that we cant have good fireworks :saddowns:
I am taking 40 boxes of those pop-its and emptying the explosives into a napkin to make one HUGE one.
I'll throw in another :10bux: that it involved some form of alcohol.
Fireworks are fun here on the island :dance:
Cops don't give a shit around here so we can blow up all the limbs we want :v:
That's just awful.
Islip? That's a town over from where I live (Babylon).
It's not even July 4th yet, fool!
Though I guess that's a good thing. If he had made it to July 4th he would've probably blown up his entire neighborhood.
[QUOTE=ep9832;23093718]Islip? That's a town over from where I live (Babylon).[/QUOTE]
Come to my house we have lots of fireworks here in Islip :buddy:
[QUOTE=salty peanut v2;23093822]Come to my house we have lots of fireworks here in Islip :buddy:[/QUOTE]
copiague4life (This hamlet sucks.)
say goodbye to your arm ever functioning proper ever again
then again suppose it's better than losing it altogether
[QUOTE]Smith was taken to Southside Hospital in serious condition while friends packed the lost limb in ice to try to save it.[/QUOTE]
I'm trying to imagine this.
I bet his last words before the accident where "hey guys hold my beer, now watch this".
[QUOTE=ep9832;23093897]copiague4life (This hamlet sucks.)[/QUOTE]
West Islip is where it's at :smug:
-snip now that i think about it it's not that funny. sorry for shitposting-
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23095290]This is one of the funniest mental images I have ever had. A dude's lighting fireworks and he bends over one to light it, and suddenly BLAM his fuckin arm just goes flying off. His entire arm.[/QUOTE]
I don't really see that as something that would be funny.
But to each man his own.
-snip nvm-
oh well. they can't ban fireworks even more than they are currently (you can't even buy fucking sparklers in NY).
That blows.
[QUOTE]Police say another person at the party also was taken to a hospital, but it's unclear why.[/QUOTE]
He broke his nose when he facepalmed after the guy who blew his arm off.
At the shoulder? I wonder if it exploded on impact or went through, taking it off.
funny how they included the pronunciation for "Islip"
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;23093618]I am taking 40 boxes of those pop-its and emptying the explosives into a napkin to make one HUGE one.[/QUOTE]
When you try this, make sure you are very careful of how far you drop the grains. I had one explode in my basement :(
Related to thread: I'll bet you :10bux: he was trying to light a display shell.
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[QUOTE=Deac;23096764]At the shoulder? I wonder if it exploded on impact or went through, taking it off.[/QUOTE]
If you put a sheet of plywood on top of a mortar, the shell will blow right through with ease.
[QUOTE=TimeBomb;23095223]West Islip is where it's at :smug:[/QUOTE]
Don't make me get my goons from North Amityville on your ass.
Hell, I'll even get the Dominicans on my side.
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That picture is from my old Middle School Yearbook. I got goons.
[QUOTE=TimeBomb;23095223]West Islip is where it's at :smug:[/QUOTE]
:smug::hf::razz:
I bet he thought he was going to have an [i]explosive[/i] summer.
What a [i]cracker[/i].
Pics?
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;23093618]I am taking 40 boxes of those pop-its and emptying the explosives into a napkin to make one HUGE one.[/QUOTE]
Say goodbye to your arm. :v:
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