Did anyone else see the pictures of the what he used to do the cutting? I heard him on Anderson Cooper 360. The real reason this kid was trapped was because of the huge pair of brass balls getting caught in the rocks.
My jaw dropped while I listened to him describe what happened and watched the video he shot with his camcorder.
You know the sorts of things that gas stations giveaway, or that you come free, attached to a supersized pack of batteries? Some copy that sort of looks like a high-quality item, but is really a cheap knock off?
Well, that kid used a cheap knock-off of the leatherman tool to remove his hand. I didn't say cut becasue the blade was not sharp enough to slice his skin. He had to stab at his wrist repeatedly to break the skin to get to the point where he could rip it open with the blade. Then he had to dig around and find the arteries and nerve bundles so that he could cut the muscle around them before actually cutting them. Once he had almost everything cut, he worked himself to a position where he could apply leverage agaisnt his arm and break the bones. When the bones were broken, he cut the bits of muscle that were not accessible because the bone blocked them.
What a trooper. You seldom meet or hear of someone having the sort of courage necessary to not only do that, but to walk out, too. That kid can do anything.
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