Revealed: The First Pictures of the Model Who Lost Her Eye, Hand in Propeller Accident
- Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:18am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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It’ been about a month-and-a-half since the young, beautiful model Lauren Scrugs lost her left eye and left hand when she walked into a plane propeller after looking at Christmas lights. And now, the first pictures of her have been released.
The media company Double Vision Media snapped the photos of the 23-year-old as she was leaving the hospital with her parents on Tuesday. Both TMZ and The Daily Mail have the picture, with the Daily Mail including several others. Here’s the photo making the rounds on both sites:
The patch over her left eye is clearly visible, and her left arm is tucked within her hoodie.
TMZ has more on the aftermath of the accident:
According to a federal report just released, the pilot of the plane claims he attempted to warn Scruggs about the propeller and guide her to safety. When he thought she was out of harm’s way he returned to his seat, only to then hear someone scream, “Stop, Stop.”
See more pictures at The Daily Mail.




















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SanMoo
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:49amFrom experience—I can tell you that a prop airplane is dangerous. You can not “see” the propeller that well because of the speed–you feel the air……she probably turned fast and felt it and put her hand up—too late. Yes, it can happen to people who do not know prop airplanes—so, guys, put your jokes aside, this is a sad thing. Thank heavens she didn’t walk into it any faster…..she would be dead.
Report Post »My sympathy and prayers for Lauran and her family.
NOTvotingforRomney
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:31amIf anyone has ever ridden in one of these small puddle jumper planes, it is scary enough on board to feel the plane buffeted by every puff of air. And, as this girl found out, the hazards don’t end when you exit.
If you have ever been in the Air Force working on the flight line AT NIGHT or worse, a NON flight line AF member forced to do additional duty unloading luggage for big wigs who flew in on this type of plane and have to unload the luggage in a DARK, freezing cold and horribly windy night, people walked into the wings banging their heads all the time despite being warned to keep heads down. . I can see this horrible accident happening to anyone – even this poor girl because it is easily done. My sympathies go out this young girl and her family. God bless them.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:37amYes it is sad for all parties involved. It would only be sadder if she had died. I do think she comes from a good family and that God has big plans for her. I have several family members that have had amputations and it doesn’t make life any easier. I haven’t read what any of the nitwits are writing but instead of your little smart remarks, why don’t you lend a hand and help someone else.
Report Post »carlbenator
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:45amSad. She’s a beautiful girl. She was “lucky” to survive. The pilot made some serious mistakes. It should have never happened.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:47amshe’s still pretty.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:01amThe pilot was responsible to brief his passengers about ingress and egress around the plane. His bad not hers. She’s just an inexperienced kid in the world. I hope she heals up and moves on.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:04amDon’t forget that this incident happened at night, and she probably had some sort of hearing plugs in here ears to make things worse.
Yes, the pilot may have been better off not letting the engine run with an exiting passenger, but everyone should have exercised some deeper common sense when operating around running aircraft.
I‘m glad she’ll be ok. I bet she even learns to fly eventually.
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:38amditto
Report Post »Rillobymorning
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:29pmSo true.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:02pmI flew small planes (Cessna 152, 172 and Cherokee 140′s) and I hate to say this, but the first thing you do before anyone boards or exits is turn the plane off unless they are a pilot as well. I don’t know the entire story but this is kind of a “no brainer”. Why was the prop running while walking in front of the plane in the first place? Also, a prop is quite loud (scary as well) and to “not notice it”, I am sorry I find that very hard to believe. Glad she is alive though.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 2:48pmNot sure why the prop was still running, either. I am glad she lived and can get through this horrible chapter of her life, with God’s help. I think the media should leave her and her family alone. They seem like good people.
Report Post »Atomic
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:17pmShe’s a very pretty and lucky girl! I‘m glad she’s alive! She’s in my prayers.
Not too familiar with prop planes, but is there a reason why the props can’t be off when boarding or exiting the plane?
Report Post »caveman74
Posted on January 20, 2012 at 10:26amI cant believe people can actually make fun of this poor little girl. One minute she is on top of the world and in an instant her entire life is turned around and all people can do is hurl insults. There is the problem in this country. It is not the progressive minority, It is the majority who seem to have forgotten what it means to be a member of the human race
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:48am… Lord, Please give me the strength not to slap an idiot today .. Amen …
Report Post »LouC57
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:16amET43, you appear to be a miserable, horrible person.
Report Post »Redleg
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:41amYeah, why don’t you think a little bit before typing something stupid like that. WTF is wrong with you?
Report Post »mauijonny
Posted on January 20, 2012 at 3:46amFirst: I’m so glad that this young woman is doing so well and has such a strong family and faith.
Second: You know? Sometimes when you’re trying to make a point, all you have to do is reach up and touch your head – it’s been right there all along!
Report Post »ET43
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:47amWho would have guessed….shes blond!
Report Post »DDD
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:02amWhat a disgusting thing to write.
Report Post »Dustoff
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:02amNot funny in any such form.
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:04amWhat a dumb stupid comment! Obviously you don’t understand blondes have more fun, and actually have brains as well! I am a proud natural blonde and actually have a brain!
Report Post »ET43
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:10amYou have to question the mental capabilities of any person who walks of a plane and steps directly into the prop….truth hurts. Darwinism at work, shes lucky to receive another shot.
Report Post »broper
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:31amI almost never comment on a post. Name calling rarely adds to a discussion and everyone is entitled to an opinion. In this case, I am forced to comment:
ET43, you are an idiot.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:39amI see you are bragging about your IQ again in your avatar name.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:40amLet me guess, no I don’t even have to guess, you are an inappropriate JACKASS ET43.
Report Post »ET43
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:46amAppears to be a lot of citizens of libtardia on this forum. Ya its a horrible accident, but have you never been on a plane? SHE WALKED INTO THE PROP! Perhaps we should have government hold everyone’s hand as they exit and enter any motorized methods of transportation to avoid all inherit dangers.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:48amMy grandpa fell off of a gangplank in a lumber mill and had to have his leg amputated. He wasn‘t a blond and the hole in the gangplank wasn’t his fault either. I have a family member who was working on his grain harvester and he had both arms ripped off when the machine grabbed his clothing. I have a father whose finger was cut off by a ripper in a green chain accident. Stuff happens ET43 and you might survive life and die at an old age of natural causes with all of your original body parts, but I believe that you when you die you are going to die scared and alone. Read John 3:16, repent and grow a heart.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:55amDon’t even insult us saying you are a conservative; you are not a conservative by any stretch of the imagination. To assume all the heartfelt statements are made by Liberals gave me a good laugh. Liberals believe in killing unborn babies, eugenics, and any other way to eliminate what they consider an inferior race, why this describes YOU.
Report Post »ET43
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:57am@ NOT A CRAZY Sounds like you come from an accident prone family, that in another time may not have made it. Judging by your tag, you are exactly what you claim not to be CRAZY.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:08am@ ET43
You have to question the mental capabilities of any person who walks of a plane and steps directly into the prop….truth hurts. Darwinism at work, shes lucky to receive another shot.
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You’re apparently the poster child for Darwinism itself. So, would your comments be considered the “pot calling the kettle black”. Or are you just feeble minded by default?
ET43
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:15am@ TSUNAMI-22
Your comment makes no sense. Do you even know who Charles Darwin is?
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:20amNo ET43, I come from a hard-working blue collar family. I know that is something your soft Liberal hands and mushy mind cannot comprehend. The fact is, that unlike you we do not sit safely at home, collecting on our phony Social Security disability claims, collecting welfare on a herd of inbred ingrates, eating from the public food stamp trough. You must feel real good about yourself when you have nothing better to do than go on The Blaze and make stupid comments about someone who has suffered deeply. You don’t know the first thing about suffering, you lazy putz, but you will.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:25amI know who Darwin is. I know that he made a lot of mistakes and, at the end of his life, he rejected his attempt to deny God and he repented of his sins. Evolution is a lie.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:26am@ ET43
@ TSUNAMI-22
Your comment makes no sense. Do you even know who Charles Darwin is?
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Yes, I know who Darwin was. Darwin was the guy who spent years making love to his hand, and also taking note that the idiots of any species eventually perish due to stupidity and lack of common sense.
…..And you’re apparently the poster child for that.
What part of this don’t you get?
Report Post »ET43
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:38am@ NOT A CRAZY
The assumption you make about me are hysterical. You know nothing about me. Yet you make wild conclusions. I’m baffled at how you presume I am a liberal as well? The fact that this is even a story concerns me. Would this even be news if it was an “ugly” black male who made the same mistake? Would anyone even care? Your hypocritical at best. You know nothing. You are blind to truth.
This young women made a mistake. She assumed the risk when getting on the plane. If she was that incompetent she should have waited for further assistance. Further more she was instructed on what to do upon getting off the plane. She clearly did not do as instructed. She now has to deal with the consequences. Am I somehow going to feel sorry for her? NO! This is not news, or even a story to me. Worse things happen everyday around the world that are a real injustice and are truly saddening. Deal with it, and get a grip on reality.
Report Post »ET43
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:42am@ NOT A CRAZY
“I know who Darwin is. I know that he made a lot of mistakes and, at the end of his life, he rejected his attempt to deny God and he repented of his sins. Evolution is a lie.”
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NOT A CRAZY…I resort to my previous comment. Enough Said.
J.Hawk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:59amI guess ET never thought about this Proverb (and he should put it to good use):
Report Post »28–Even fools are though wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intellegent.
Looks like there were more than enough times to keep the trap shut.
NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:09pmET43 stated: “The assumption you make about me are hysterical. You know nothing about me. Yet you make wild conclusions.”
Good then you almost got my point Troll.
Report Post »meskew
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:11pmYou probably have a very, very small penis.
Report Post »ranchoazulmt
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 12:28pmIt is Blonde you ijit!!!
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blonde
Report Post »diablamonkey
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:01pmyour a moron
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 1:44pm@ranchoazulmt…I don’t want to beat this thing to death and you probably know it anyway, but typically blond refers to males and blonde refers to females. Many people use ‘blond’ for both sexes.
Report Post »Viet Vet
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 4:05pmWhat do you call a brunette in a room full of blondes?
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think1st
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 4:28pmET- I do not believe you’re as ignorant as you sound in your posts… I think you just get your little jollies baiting people… a way of getting attention in a sadly lackluster life. Maybe I’m wrong; maybe you are somewhat disadvantaged. But know this, ET: by definition, this ‘blonde’ is smarter than you, because she *certainly* has NEVER said anything as stupid as ANY of your posts. Anyone else agree? And, yes, she is *still* beautiful, and (thankfully!), one more girl you, ET, will never meet. Huzzah!
Report Post »Kiba
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 5:47pmC’mon everyone, stop taking his bait. He/she is just doing it for a reaction. The more you stir the substance he/she is made of the worse it gets.
Report Post »Gravejoke
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:21pmShe isn’t an animal, she’s a human being. As an amputee she will never model again. That is the story and that is why people (speaking generally) have some compassion for her accident!
If you can’t handle that go dry hump some razor wire or play in traffic. wtf is wrong with you?
Report Post »caveman74
Posted on January 20, 2012 at 10:19amwow et this womans career is over and her life altered for ever. 23 is real young to receive a major disfigurement. She has the rest of her life to live out with handicap and disfigurement all because she wanted to enjoy the christmas season and all you can do is insult. I don’t know who has mistreated you in your life to fill you with such hate and apathy but I pray that you one day find resolution to your issues…and your humanity
Report Post »BODYBAG
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:45amHere’s to your next debilitating accident and hoping many people heckle
Report Post »you as you struggle to recover from it.
Kiba
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 6:01pmI dont want to fan the flames but ET43 just gave himself away as a true blue Obama drone! Look at the dead-giveaway words he used i.e. dragging ethnicity into every and any situation, and then the big one..“INJUSTICES AROUND THE WORLD” ! Ha Ha Ha ! We know who you are !!! Jigs up folks wer’e being led-in by a plant.
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:40amYou are one evil piece of crap
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:40amThe most painful experience a parent can go through is the pain of their children.
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:36amReality check: This could have happened to anyone. It’s not always easy to judge the radius of a propeller, and it’s crucial to know the location and distance between the prop and the exit.
Be as it may, she’s lucky to be alive right now.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:34amGod be with this young lady
Report Post »TWO BITS
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:29amI wish Lauren and her family strength and hopefulness for the future. This type of situation is painful to experience. My nephew lost an eye in an accident, and he struggled for years to accept the loss.
Report Post »Beckisdelusional
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:23amIt doesn’t pay to drink and fly boys and girls. Plus she’s a Cowboys fan. Good grief…
Report Post »TyrannyNoMore
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:21amYour an A-hole !!
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:11am@BeckIs… You are exactly what is wrong with the left. You are a sinful hater. You have a black and shriveled heart. Your soul is dark, cancerous and clouded over. You have imprecated your own existence with your vile, putrid, disgusting, contemptible and cowardly attacks on the Creator’s creation. Someday you will be sorry, let us just hope that when it happens, it is not too late for you. John 3:16. 1 Corinthians 13. You need to read about Love and repent. We all do.
Report Post »Redleg
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:49amYou have no filter so you don’t know any better. If something happened to someone in your family how would you feel if you saw someone making a “joke” about it? Can you do that? Have a sense of empathy or are you that little of a person you have to get yourself off by trying to elicit a shock response and piss people off at the expense of your character? You’re one of those little people who would never let the real world see that side of you. It’s easy to type like a coward though. One thing, there is a G-d who you will account to.
Report Post »piper60
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:14amGod must have been watching over her. She had all the warning in the world about the propellers and she still had a brain fart and walked right into the danger. She needs to go in a different direction, career-wise. I’m sure she will be stronger, and make a real contribution to our world.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:05amglad to see her recovering.
Report Post »FANGS
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:03amMay God Bless Her and Her Family with lots of Love
Report Post »american_resolve
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:46amGlad She’s recovering. Now let’s leave her alone. No more pics. No more paparazi. Let the girl and her family heal and live in peace.
Report Post »watchmany2k
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:00amI agree, it’s far too voyeristic to go further than this.
Report Post »I too am glad she appears to be on the mend, it could have been a LOT worse.
Fortunate she has her parents by her side.
smithclar3nc3
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:14amExactly let her come forward with her story when she’s ready. Everyone needs to give her some space until then
Report Post »ThomasUSA
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:44amAmazing that she is alive..what a terrible experience for everyone involved.. I hope she recovers and can lead a normal life.. God be with her…(again)
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:39amLucky to be alive…. God Bless.
Report Post »patbarker
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:31amIt’s been reported the plot warned her repeatedly not to walk in front of the plane. She then walked around the front of the plane to thank the pilot!!???..she could have thanked him in the plane.
hate it for the girl, her family…but what satan meant for her destruction, God can use for her good!!!
Report Post »Just A Private
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:23amStop trying to analyze the “what ifs”. It is done.
Report Post »LastAmerican
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:55amShe’s still beautiful
Report Post »Ryan Beaulieu
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:03amStill a beautiful girl. Glad to see she is going better.
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:51amAgree. Beauty comes from within. This gal, Lauren, will do just fine once she’s healed and the trauma subsides.
Report Post »Mr.Fitnah
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:52amGood.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:01amGood? I hope you meant good she got out of the hospital…Not good she had an accident…
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:36amReally?
The name of the media company snapping the pics is called “Double Vision Company”?
Really?
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:48amThat is ironic.
Report Post »PATRIOTMAMA
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:17am@THEPOSTMAN
LMAO I thought the same EXACT thing when I read this. OMG.
Anyway, I’m glad that she is doing better. Just goes to show you that anything can happen at any moment to completely change our lives. Prayers to her and her family that they will use this tragedy in their lives to become better and stronger and not let it make them bitter or drag them down. It is the goal for all of us. To use the hard lessons and hard times in our lives for our good and not let it win against us. I’m pulling for her.
Report Post »drago
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:32amI still have to wonder how she could have been out of it so bad, as to walk into that prop.Atempted suicide maybe?
Report Post »ThePostman
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:38amNo, it was not attempted suicide. It was an accident.
Now the Iranian executed in Houston, THAT has sinister connotations. It was blowback from us killing one of their nuclear scientists.
Report Post »Rafterc4
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:39amThe props are barely visible while spinning and what you do see is distorted in regards to the depth perception. Walking into props was a fairly common incident in the military before the jet age. With her father being a pilot she is more than likely very comfortable around aircraft on the ground and running. Unfortunately she was too comfortable and possibly careless on this date.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:50amWell said rafter.
Report Post »Depth perception, plus the difficulty in even seeing the props while they are spinning. And, she went for a ride to see Christmas lights.. so I’m guessing this was at night, making it even more difficult.
stinkboater
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:04amAs a pilot (~150 hours), I don’t think the pilot should have let her out of the plane with the engine running. I was taught to open the window or door and yell ‘clear’ and wait for a possible response before cranking the engine.
Have you seen a picture of the plane or type of plane?
NBC/Today is still showing a turboprop plane propeller spinning when they report on this story. I still haven’t seen them show a picture of the actual plane type. It took a bit of searching to find the plane type a while back. It’s a high-wing tail dragger called a Aviat Husky A-1C-180. The pilot and passenger sit in-line rather than side by side.
Aviat Husky A-1C-180
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviat_Husky
FAA investigating how Lauren Scruggs walked into the spinning propeller of a plane
Report Post »http://newyorkcity.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/faa-investigating-how-lauren-scruggs-walked-into-the-spinning-propeller-of-a-plane.aspx?googleid=296620
stinkboater
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:28amI believe the plane shown ‘at The Daily Mail’ article is the wrong plane type.
Report Post »Choctaw25
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:14amBlowback, blowforward, who cares an Iranian terrorist is dead. Praise be to Allah. May many, many more of their scientists bite the nuclear dust. Better them than us.
Report Post »I hope the young model has a very speedy complete recovery and is able to get on with her life, the same as our young men and women of the Armed Forces who have suffered disabling injuries from Iranian made IED’s.
gwssacredcause
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 9:44am@RAFTERC4 You have a good point. On the aircraft carrier I was on we had a man walk into a prop of a S2 when he walked onto the flight deck, he died.
Report Post »TyrannyNoMore
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 10:25am@postman…..“BLOW BACK” Is this now the favorite phrase of Paul supporters today ? What happened to NEOCON ?
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:32amMy first thought after seeing this photo: LUCKY. It could have been much, MUCH worse, believe me.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:00amShe is a Cowboy’s fan…believe me, it does not get much worse.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:08amI’ve seen injuries that would make a corpsman lose his lunch from the props on MODEL planes so I think that she is DAMN lucky to survive hitting a full size propeller. The guy whose brain I got to see in Navy safety videos during my training at Pensacola was not so lucky.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:31amNow she can start eating cheeseburgers..with those evil tasty treats called fries :)
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 11:44amWhat the bleep are you talking about?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:24am.
Report Post »It could have been worse………….
grandmaof5
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:34amShe is still beautiful, and very lucky. It is what’s inside that really counts. God bless her.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:52amSucks to have to suffer the loss of an eye and a hand, but she survived. That is a blessing in itself.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 7:23amHow sad for her. :-(
Good to see she’s okay though.
This girl is very lucky.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on January 19, 2012 at 8:03amMiracle she is doing as well as she is
Report Post »God Bless her and hopes she continues to heal