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He fell onto the railroad tracks, and woke up without legs
Sacramento Bee ^ | November 10, 2017 | Sam Stanton

Posted on 11/10/2017 3:11:12 PM PST by artichokegrower

Joe Nevis doesn’t remember much about the early morning hours of last Christmas Eve, when a train rolling through Marysville sliced off both his legs as he lay on the railroad tracks where he had fallen near a park.

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“Eventually, I realized nobody was coming to help me, so I fell asleep on this object that I found, and it turned out to be my left leg I slept on that night,” he said


I would have to say that this individual has a drinking problem

1 posted on 11/10/2017 3:11:13 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

He drinks,yes. But, he is tough to have survived.


2 posted on 11/10/2017 3:13:17 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine (White is the new Black.)
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To: artichokegrower

Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain then he lost his leg in Dallas he was dancin’ with the train

They were all in love with dying they were drinkin’ from a fountian

That is pouring like an avalance coming down the mountian…


3 posted on 11/10/2017 3:17:51 PM PST by keat
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To: artichokegrower

Happened to someone in the small town I live in also. He, an older gentleman, fell asleep on the tracks in a drunken stupor and the train severed both legs.


4 posted on 11/10/2017 3:18:15 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: artichokegrower

Of course, lawsuits were filed against the railroad on the drunk guy’s behalf.


5 posted on 11/10/2017 3:21:10 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: artichokegrower

Make stupid choices/decisions, win stupid prizes.


6 posted on 11/10/2017 3:21:32 PM PST by ALASKA (Watching a coup..........)
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To: Robert DeLong

A girl I went to college with tried to hop a train that went right through town. She was intoxicated. Lost her grip, fell under the tracks and lost both her her feet.


7 posted on 11/10/2017 3:22:52 PM PST by Drew68
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“What happened next is unknown by Mr. Nevis; what is known is that at some point he consumed alcohol,” the lawsuit says.

Had a feeling alcohol was going to be involved somewhere in the event.

There but for the Grace of God...

8 posted on 11/10/2017 3:24:09 PM PST by Drew68
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>>Make stupid choices/decisions, win stupid prizes.

You said it before I could. In a sane world, a man who lost his legs like that would not talk to reporters just to get a few minutes of fame.


9 posted on 11/10/2017 3:25:55 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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To: SamAdams76

But he’ll never win. Don’t make me explain why....


10 posted on 11/10/2017 3:26:13 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: artichokegrower

"I hate when I do that."

11 posted on 11/10/2017 3:26:41 PM PST by sparklite2 (-)
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To: artichokegrower

He could have been using one of the rails as a pillow.


12 posted on 11/10/2017 3:26:51 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Drew68

Sometimes I think large, heavy machinery is put on this earth as an IQ test.


13 posted on 11/10/2017 3:27:24 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: Drew68

Had same happen to a high school kid in Clifton VA back in HS.


14 posted on 11/10/2017 3:27:44 PM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: artichokegrower

Maybe others know better, but wouldn’t he bleed out almost instantly, unless someone tied a tourniquet on his legs?


15 posted on 11/10/2017 3:28:08 PM PST by BobL ( I beat up McDonald's and Walmart because it makes me feel like a man.)
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To: keat
Those are people who died
Died
They were all my friends
And they died
16 posted on 11/10/2017 3:28:41 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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Maybe others know better, but wouldn’t he bleed out almost instantly, unless someone tied a tourniquet on his legs?

People tend to survive these injuries because the train wheels crush the blood vessels, slowing the bleeding.

17 posted on 11/10/2017 3:32:32 PM PST by Drew68
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To: Drew68

A friend of a friend years ago hopped a train.
The bar he grabbed ripped his arm right off.

A train is not a toy or a taxi.


18 posted on 11/10/2017 3:33:43 PM PST by TheNext
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To: Bryanw92
In a sane world, a man who lost his legs like that would not talk to reporters just to get a few minutes of fame.

Good for him though. Every know and then, we all need a reminder at how quickly our lives can be irreversibly changed by the bad choices we make.

He doesn't remember passing out on the railroad tracks but I'll bet he remembers the first sip of alcohol he took that evening.

19 posted on 11/10/2017 3:38:37 PM PST by Drew68
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>>I’ll bet he remembers the first sip of alcohol he took that evening.

Why? Its just another night of heavy drinking. He would have probably remember the night he didn’t take a sip of alcohol.


20 posted on 11/10/2017 3:40:40 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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