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Trapped man triesto cut off own arm to escape.
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 4:25 am
by Bill Sikes
Jonathan Metz got his arm stuck in a "furnace" (GB=domestic water heater?) that he was trying to repair, and tried to cut it off to release himself (or to prevent the spread of gangrene, or both).
Man cuts off arm trying to escape from furnace - Telegraph
Trapped man triesto cut off own arm to escape.
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 5:53 am
by spot
What a singularly odd story. How on earth can gangrene set in over just 48 hours? Was he "working to replace the boiler fins on his furnace" with the boiler lit?
Trapped man triesto cut off own arm to escape.
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:23 am
by hoppy
Seems to be some confusion over how long he was there.
Man saws arm to save his life after being trapped under basement furnace for three days