Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Posted on 04/25/2010 9:34:54 AM PDT by Steelfish
Pictured: X-Ray of Teenager With 12-Inch Kitchen Knife Lodged In Head After He SURVIVES Attack [Pic in URL]
25th April 2010
This shocking X-ray shows how a teenager was stabbed, leaving a 12-inch blade in his head – and survived.
Doctors said the victim – known only as Alex – was ‘unbelievably lucky’ not to have been killed or at least blinded after the kitchen knife was lodged in his right temple.
The 19-year-old was on a night out with a group of friends in Sydney, Australia, when he was attacked.
'Unbelievably lucky': The X-ray shows how the knife was lodged in Alex's head
They had been to the harbourside Star City casino, but trouble broke out as they were heading home.
'A friend got involved in an argument with two guys behind me,' Alex said.
'I turned back to see if he was all right. Before I knew it, a fight broke out.
'One of the guys threw a punch in my face - or at least I thought it was a punch.'
In fact, Alex had been stabbed in the head with the kitchen knife.
Admitting he had never seen such a horrifying knife injury in which the victim had survived, the surgeon said Alex was 'unbelievably lucky'.
'Alex was stabbed in his right temple alongside the lateral canthus [the tissue where the upper and lower eyelids meet] of the right eye,' he said.
'Travelling parallel to the skull in the temporalis muscle [tissue on the side of the skull which controls jaw movement], the knife missed his eye, his skull, as well as the major arteries, veins and nerves, which are tightly packed in that region.'
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“In fact, Alex had been stabbed in the head with the kitchen knife.”
Yet another reason to ban kitchen knives...
Huh???
Police in Australia say knife attacks are on the rise - in just one week-end in Melbourne earlier this year, there were 13 incidents involving knives, most of which were alcohol or drug-related and involved young men.
Like, duh. When guns are banned, knife attacks will rise.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
Thanks for the pic post.
I think that it is safe to say that English people cannot behave civilly while having hands, therefore, hands will be banned in the whole of England forthwith, and if you want to keep your feet, you’d best keep those toenails within reason!
Looks like I'll have to rethink my definition of "lucky."
Well, it sure makes my headache today seem pretty minor!
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