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06-19-2012, 02:59 PM
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Bad day...good outcome
Anybody know more about this story?
Teen recovering after spear removed from his brain - Chicago Sun-Times MIAMI — Doctors in Miami have successfully removed a spear accidentally shot through a teenager’s skull during a spearfishing trip. Yasser Lopez, 16, was in serious condition Tuesday at Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. The spear gun accidentally fired as it was being loaded. Lopez was hospitalized June 7 with 3 feet of the spear protruding from his forehead. Doctors say the spear entered the teen’s head 2 inches above his right eye and came out the back of his skull. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue tools were used to cut the spear so the teen could be X-rayed. The rest of the spear was removed in a three-hour surgery. Doctors told reporters Monday that the spear missed all the main blood vessels in the brain. They said Lopez doesn’t remember the accident.       
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06-19-2012, 06:56 PM
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Holy hell! I cringe when someone is swimming anywhere towards me with a speargun loaded.
 He may not remember it but I bet you his buddy will.
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06-19-2012, 10:47 PM
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It didn't say where he was when shot. My money is on the boat and not in the water. I think if he was shot in the water he would have drowned.
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06-20-2012, 01:31 AM
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Actually at the lake water's edge, I believe. A new episode for "I Shouldn't Be Alive". Maybe he was working on his Steve Martin impersonation...
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06-20-2012, 07:49 AM
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Ed,
A lake? Where did you read that? I thought spearing in freshwater is illegal?
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06-20-2012, 08:21 AM
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And, yes. Last I heard, in FL spearfishing in freshwater is illegal.
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06-20-2012, 10:55 AM
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The Times does have he was swimming "in a lake". I'm amazed he didn't drown.
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