Man loses hand, fingers to firework

Valley Press ^ | on Monday, June 27, 2005. | PAMELA L. PAINE

[scott7278]

He said Powers apparently was "messing around with a small pyrotechnic," describing the device as a ball with a fuse. The device normally is inserted into a tube, but McHenry said Powers apparently decided not to use the tube and held onto the firework, believing it would shoot sparks.

No comment needed.

[camle]

no fool like a damned fool

[RichInOC]

SHANNON: WHAT HAPPEN?
ER PHYSICIAN: YOU NOT KNOW WHAT YOU DOING.

[michigander]

It's all fun and games until someone loses their left hand and the thumb and two fingers of their right hand.

[VaRepublican]

The first time I heard this story the press called it a sparkler.MSM idiots.

[The Red Zone]

honorary mention for darwin award

[Alright_on_the_LeftCoast]

I think all gang members should follow his lead...too bad it didn't take his head instead of his hand.....

[flixxx]

Fireworks, alcohol and an excuse to combine the two (4th of July) add up to some great candidates for the Darwin Awards every year.

[Paleo Conservative]

Powers, who has gang tattoos, identified himself as a former member of the Lancas gang.

I wonder how many crimes that firecraker prevented.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Powers apparently decided not to use the tube and held onto the firework, believing it would shoot sparks.

"I'm not really sure what this does, so I'll just hang on and see what happens."

[steveo]

Oh come on man. You got no lady fingers, fuzz buttles, snicker bombs, church burners, finger blasters, gut busters, zippity do das, or crap flappers?

No, I don't.

You're gonna stand there, owning a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistling bungholes, no spleen spliters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hoosker doos, hoosker donts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistling kitty chaser?

[rabidralph]

held onto the firework, believing it would shoot sparks.

Instead it was shooting fingers.

[dead]

Each Fourth of July weekend, we should take all the blown off fingers and limbs from fireworks, and feed the bits to the sharks so they stop eating swimmers.

[scott7278]

No... because snakes and sparklers are the only ones I like.

[mtbopfuyn]

Lesson learned or not, he'll not be holding anything again.

[gg188]

Guess he won't be giving any gang signs any more.

[csvset]

believing it would shoot sparks

Sparks,eh? I'd imagine he saw stars.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Sounds like he had a typical "report" aerial firework. About the size of a tennis ball, and when launched, makes the loudest boom of a municipal-scale fireworks display (along with a bright flash).

He was probably holding it in the hand he lost, and was lighting with the other hand. Of course, they have fast fuses so that they can be electrically ingnited on cue from a control panel. The moment the flame lit the fuse, the launch charge went off. About two seconds later, it would have gone boom.

[boofus]

Bahaha...

Here, hold muh crack pipe and watch this!