Woman Had a Live Fragmentation Grenade Stuck Inside Her Face - Polidicks

[quote] Karla Flores was peacefully selling seafood on the street when she heard an explosion. An object hit her face, knocking her down. When she woke up she was in a hospital with a live fragmentation grenade stuck inside her face. Eight hours later, Karla had an operation that took out the deadly device that could have killed her and everyone else within a 32-foot radius. This is how it all happened. The 32-year-old Karla Flores, mother of three, was selling seafood under a hellish sun on a street of Culiacán, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico. Suddenly she heard an explosive noise. When she tried to turn around to see what it was, she was smashed by an object on her face. The impact made her fall violently on the sidewalk. All she remembers from that moment is that she felt a burning sensation on her face and, when she touched it, there was blood on her hands. Luckily for her, an anonymous passerby took her in a car and drove her to the hospital. There, doctors saw that something was inside her head, on the right side of her face. She thought it was some kind of rock from an explosion, and tried to tell that to the doctors: The doctor asked me what happened. I told him that I thought a stone hit me. Then they started to look and discovered that it was some kind of projectile, but they didn't know what it was. The x-ray and the tomography showed a weird object stuck between the superior and inferior jawbones. Upon inspection, it was quickly identified by military personell as the head of a fragmentation grenade. Apparently, the grenade was fired with a grenade launcher—the noise that Karla heard—but it didn't explode when it hit her face. The device, however, could have exploded at any moment, killing everyone in a 32-foot radius (10 meters). Just one wrong movement and that would be it. Quickly, the hospital personell isolated Karla far away from the rest of the patients. At that time, she could barely breathe or swallow her own blood and saliva. The clock was ticking, it was too dangerous and many doctors didn't want to operate her under those circumstances. Finally, the head of the hospital, Dr. Gaxiola Meza, asked for volunteers. Four brave people said yes: Two anesthesiologists, Felipe Ortiz y Cristina Soto, the nurse Rodrigo Arredondo and Dr. Lidia Soto. Along with two explosive experts from the Mexican army, they took Karla to an open field to operate her. They took all the surgical equipment with them, including light sources. That way, in case they made a mistake, nobody but then would have been affected. There, and only with local anesthesia, Karla had a tracheotomy so she could breathe while they extracted the explosive device. The military experts guided the doctor, who had no armor, to take it out in the right way. She couldn't rotate it, just slowly extract it from the head. Around midnight, the operation was complete. Karla had to go through other procedures after that. She lost half of her teeth, her face is deformed by the giant scar and, according to the doctors, she has at least three years of operations ahead.[/quote] [url]http://gizmodo.com/5844328/this-woman-had-a-live-fragmentation-grenade-stuck-inside-her-face[/url] Really brave woman. And amazing doctors also. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy8GM-1Qt3I[/media] [img]http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/09/xlarge_karla-flores-grenade.jpg[/img]

[quote]She lost half of her teeth, her face is deformed by the giant scar and, according to the doctors, she has at least three years of operations ahead.[/quote] She already had a live grenade stuck in her face, I'm pretty sure she'll just shrug this off.

Ouch.

Now she will be happy for the rest of her life! [IMG]http://images.paraorkut.com/img/pics/images/t/the_joker-6971.jpg[/IMG]

Everyone involved in the operation deserves a medal. That would be scary as fuck.

[QUOTE=shian;32524630][url]http://gizmodo.com/5844328/this-woman-had-a-live-fragmentation-grenade-stuck-inside-her-face[/url] Really brave woman. And amazing doctors also. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy8GM-1Qt3I[/media][/QUOTE] When I read the title, I immediately knew this happened in Mexico. :(

Still pretty impressive that the shooter managed to hit someone in the head with a grenade.

Hate to say it, but considering all of the news lately, Mexico. 'Nuff said.

Those doctors and nurses are real fucking heroes. I think they deserve some sort of medal for what they went through

40mm grenades have a minimum distance they must travel before they arm themselves. I believe if they impact a target before they arm, they are effectively disabled. I wonder if that is what happened here. But jesus, good job nurses and doctors. How rare is it that you have to not only save someone's life, but avoid being blown up by the operation too?

I don't know what's more horrific: the fact that you get your face, jaw and teeth pummeled by a grenade, leaving a large bore on your head; or the fact that you have a frag grenade inside your head. Somehow it reminds me of fond memories from BF2.

Lots of weird shit happening in mexico lately.

This story blows my mind.

I could just imagine surgeons in EOD suits. But since they did it without bomb-suits, they are officially fucking awesome.

[QUOTE=teslacoil;32525621]I could just imagine surgeons in EOD suits. But since they did it without bomb-suits, they are officially fucking awesome.[/QUOTE] EOD suits don't do anything really if you're that close. They might protect you from the frag, but not the blast... Even then, being that close to the blast would shred the suit.

What the actual FUCK Reading the title makes it seem fake

[QUOTE=GunFox;32525352]40mm grenades have a minimum distance they must travel before they arm themselves. I believe if they impact a target before they arm, they are effectively disabled. I wonder if that is what happened here. But jesus, good job nurses and doctors. How rare is it that you have to not only save someone's life, but avoid being blown up by the operation too?[/QUOTE] anyone have an idea of the exact arm-distance? Article says she was able to turn around before being struck in the face with the grenade, so it had to of been a little ways away.

Hell of a story for the doctors to tell their kids.

[QUOTE=Master Kief-117;32525650]EOD suits don't do anything really if you're that close. They might protect you from the frag, but not the blast... Even then, being that close to the blast would shred the suit.[/QUOTE] But it just might keep you alive with moderate damage, presuming your face doesn't get full of shrapnel.

[QUOTE=Kayl;32524688]When I read the title, I immediately knew this happened in Mexico. :([/QUOTE] tbh i did as well and i just can't tell why...

Please tell me how that makes any sense at all

[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;32525790]anyone have an idea of the exact arm-distance? Article says she was able to turn around before being struck in the face with the grenade, so it had to of been a little ways away.[/QUOTE] Frankly the grenade might have simply been a "dud"(or the detonation mechanism was fucked up). It happens sometimes(albeit rarely). The woman was lucky it didn't work as it should have.

Mexico is a gorgeous place with friendly people and a great culture. Go fuck yourselves cartels. Fuck yourselves in the anus.

[QUOTE=GunFox;32525352]40mm grenades have a minimum distance they must travel before they arm themselves. I believe if they impact a target before they arm, they are effectively disabled. I wonder if that is what happened here. But jesus, good job nurses and doctors. How rare is it that you have to not only save someone's life,[b] but avoid being blown up by the operation too?[/b][/QUOTE] Reminds me of: [img]http://lparchive.org/Trauma-Center-Second-Opinion/Update%2018/19-so18-19.jpg[/img]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FxzfzWhtCc[/media] Well then

She's looking pretty good for having a grenade stuck through her face, I'd say. Must've been amazing doctors.

Add to OP? [img]http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/09/xlarge_karla-flores-grenade.jpg[/img]

[quote]Felipe Ortiz y Cristina Soto[/quote] lol lazy translation

She doesn't look anywhere near as bad as I'd have thought she would. I'd figured it'd be a lot worse than a big-ass scar, like maybe half her face would be gone. Jesus, those doctors and nurses have balls of steel to rival those of Duke Nukem.

It's sad that she has that disfigurement now because it looks like she is/was really pretty