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Title: I wonder if there's a merit badge for "Near Death". Post by: Shockeye on December 23, 2005, 04:01:32 PM Quote from: KUTV Boy Scout Gets Knife Lodged In Brain (http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_356200328.html) (KUTV) An incredible and un-suspecting accident leaves a Utah Boy Scout just inches from death when he was stabbed right between his eyes. Jeff Jaeger spoke to Kevin Coulter and tells 2News how this was a truly freak accident. While raking leaves for a Boy Scout event, one of the leaders flung a knife from his hand while trying to catch another scout who had tripped. “It was dark, it was like 8:30 and there was a light and I saw it flash before it hit me,” said Kevin. The blade landed in between his frontal lobes. It was 2 millimeters away from hitting a major blood vessel in his brain. Kevin's doctors told him it was sheer luck where the knife hit. “That's the sinuses that it went through and that I guess is where the brain lobe is right there,” said Kevin pointing to an X-Ray. It was a freak accident in every way. Few people can admit they've seen anything like it, a 1 ˝ inch blade through someone's skull. “That's the best spot you know, if you're going to have a knife in your head,” said Kevin. It amazingly wasn’t as painful as it looks; he says he just felt pressure. In all, Kevin's kept a light heart about the whole situation. He got to miss out on a few weeks of school and yes, he walked away with the knife as a souvenir. (http://images.ibsys.com/2005/1223/5624814.jpg) (http://img.viacomlocalnetworks.com/images_sizedimage_356193521/lg) Title: Re: I wonder if there's a merit badge for "Near Death". Post by: Righ on December 23, 2005, 04:10:06 PM Inches? Yeah.
Title: Re: I wonder if there's a merit badge for "Near Death". Post by: Paelos on December 23, 2005, 07:04:47 PM 2 millimeters...
Buy that kid a lottery ticket. Title: Re: I wonder if there's a merit badge for "Near Death". Post by: schild on December 23, 2005, 07:05:39 PM No, buy that kid some fucking Retin-A. I bet you'll be able to see Jesus in his pock marks when he gets older.
Title: Re: I wonder if there's a merit badge for "Near Death". Post by: Merusk on December 24, 2005, 07:39:14 AM Who the fuck throws a knife to catch someone else? Just drop the damn thing.
That's one scout leader who's going to lose his whittlin' chit. Title: Re: I wonder if there's a merit badge for "Near Death". Post by: SurfD on December 24, 2005, 11:52:43 AM sounds like what happened was the scout leader saw some kid trip, and instinctively flung out an arm to catch him. Of course, it didnt help that the hand attacthed to said arm had a knife in it.
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