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Virginia Boy Impaled Through Neck by Bamboo Spear Survives!
- Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:16am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A game of ninjas went horribly wrong for Dez Heal, 13, of Lynchburg, VA recently. Heal had stuck the bamboo stick down the back of his shirt, but when he jumped, it maneuvered to the front, and when he hit the ground, the stick went through his neck:
Heal ran into the house where his father calmly called 911. At the hospital, it was determined the spear didn’t hit anything vital, and it was eventually taken out.
ABC News has the full story:
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Comments (81)
Justin
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:58amHuh, that might be the coolest injury I’ve seen in a while. What luck.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 12:35pmThe dad CALMLY called 9-1-1?
Report Post »I love that.
I would have been in controlled hysterics!
Cute kids.
Bloody Sam
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 2:15pmA half inch to the left and he’d have severed his carotid artery. He’d have bled out and died in 2 minutes.
Report Post »Lucky, lucky boy.
Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 5:52pm@Bloody Sam
Report Post »Actually make that 2 minutes into about 45 seconds and you would be more accurate.
godlovinmom
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:08pmI made my twelve year old watch this…I bet she thinks about it the next time she picks up a stick.
Report Post »black9897
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 1:05amHey I live outside of Lynchburg, go to school at LU! This is my city. cool.
Report Post »Glenn in Virginia
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 2:21pmWell, Libertyluvnmomma, wouldn‘t it have exacerbated the situation mightily if he HADN’T been calm? Hysteria solves nothing; calm action does.
That was one cool Dad.
Report Post »ying
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:58amEvery boy’s favorite toy — a stick.
Report Post »urrybr
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 11:06amApparently his mother didn’t tell him not to jump with a stick in his shirt. Fine the mother and father for negligence. ;)
Report Post »psadie
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 4:27pmDo boys EVER listen? Hell, NO.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 5:59pmEvery boy’s favorite toy is fireworks.
Report Post »thegoldman
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:47pmEvery boys favorite toy is a BB gun…
Report Post »mcbu
Posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:29amYou are not that intelligent. Boys will be Boys the mother and father are not at fault. All kids do dumb things. Sometimes they get hurt.
Report Post »HTuttle
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:57am“Did you learn any lessons from this?”
Stick with western weapons like guns which have a safety.
Report Post »US Citizen
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 9:58amNow the government is going to try and legislate sticks or jumping (maybe both)!
Very happy the boy is ok and glad to see he was outside using his imagination.
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:51amYour eye! My Mom always I’d poke my eye out running with that stick. She never said I’d impale my neck! Was she lying?
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:51amthis boy should buy a lottery ticket. talk about luck. just be a little splinter thats all.
Report Post »Bygred
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:51amOMG! 2yrs ago, My neighbor (82 yrs. young) from across the street came walking out from the back yard with a 5′ long pc. of rebar sticking through his neck exactly the same way as this boy!!! He (John) was lucid and talking like any other day. The EMTs had arrived soon after I got over there and had to look twice to believe what they saw!! I overheard one of them radio to dispatch, Quote; “your not going to believe this but,********”. Apparently he was on a step latter in his garden adjusting a trellus or something like that and lost his balance and fell backwards onto the rebar sticking out of the soil which was supporting one of the plants in the garden. He then grabbed the steel bar, pulled it out of the ground and got himself up somehow and decided he better seek out his wife asap and attend to his injury. The hospital cut both ends off, smeared iodine all over the area, and simply removed the steal rod!!! No lingering injury or damage to him at all. I saw him the following day with a large bandage on his neck and he was fine!! I walked up to he and his wife and said,” so! hows “THE TERMINATOR” doing today??? He laughed at my comment with humility, smiled, and replied, “Oh I’m just fine considering************” 100% true!!!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:47amDayum, that’s pretty wicked. Glad he’s OK.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:42amI hate it when that happens. Wow, think it took African tribes millions of years to prefect this.
Report Post »DarthMims
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:40amMy dad would have said, “Oh it’s not that bad, go get the alcohol and a bandaid!”
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 10:03amNo, mom said get the peroxide and neospoin!
Report Post »bew0576
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:36amGod is good!!!
Report Post »epmonroe
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:33amA pair of tweezers and some iodine would have taken care of this fine!
Report Post »OUTRIDER WRITER
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:24amHeal’l heal.
Report Post »love the kids
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:20amThankfully the boy is alright, but after 2014, he would of had 14million people in front of him in the waiting room because they have a cold.
Report Post »det45
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:17amFlippin Hard Core Man…..
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:15amHoly cow! I never thought it was a “real spear” until I saw the photo. Good for this child he wasn’t mine. I would have been out cold on the floor. Thank GOD for GOD, our guardian angels HE provides for us, and for this child’s calm father.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:38amKind of reminds me of that Alabama song Angels Among Us.
Report Post »Metalist
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 8:04amThat is truly a miracle.
Report Post »Colonel Krause
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:57amThis would be one of those days that are considered “bad days”. I’m glad he is alright.
Report Post »emertz8413
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:57amI can barely look at the picture, ICK Kid‘s lucky it didn’t hit his artery
Report Post »OldVietVet
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:53amMy favorite ER experience is of a 9 year old boy who built himself a “snow fort”, complete with secret tunnels, and was playing in the tunnels while his mom was using the snowblower to clear the sidewalk. She plowed the tunnel with him in it–and he was horrified that his brand new snowsuit was chewed to bits! Mom was a basket case–bordering on hysterical, but the boy only had bruises and abrasions! Miracles happen!
Report Post »nacilbuper
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:46amGod is good. Pray for this boy.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:39amYes this young lad had a guardian angel for sure.
Report Post »Donna
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:37amSpelling? Again? Really? And in a leading story?
Report Post »Impailed=impaled
Donna
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 4:28pmThanks for fixing the spelling – much better!
Report Post »I_Hate_Libs
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:34amOuch!
The horror of the Democrat mind.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:32amSomeone was definitely looking out for him. Scary!
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on July 22, 2011 at 7:28amNow I know why mom always told me not to run scissors…..yikes!
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