Talk about an explosive Fourth of July celebration! Unfortunately, for Eric Smith, a 36-year-old from Islip Terrace, NY, Independence Day will forever be marred by memories of rushing to Nassau University Medical Center after blowing his arm off when he set fire to makeshift fireworks. Following the accident, his friends packed his severed left arm in a cooler with ice, but unfortunately surgeons were unable to reattach his lost limb.
Talk about an explosive Fourth of July celebration! Unfortunately, for Eric Smith, a 36-year-old from Islip Terrace, NY, Independence Day will forever be marred by memories of rushing to Nassau University Medical Center after blowing his arm off when he set fire to makeshift fireworks. Following the accident, his friends packed his severed left arm in a cooler with ice, but unfortunately surgeons were unable to reattach his lost limb.
Sadly, this happens every year there are warnings, but it still happens, laments ACSH's Jeff Stier.
Smith may face fines issued by the local municipality upon his release from the hospital.
