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ISLIP TERRACE, N.Y. (AP) - Police say a man lighting fireworks has blown off his arm at a party on New York's Long Island.
Suffolk County police say 36-year-old Eric Smith was using a 3-foot long metal tube to shoot mortars from the street near his Islip (EYE'-slip) Terrace home around 5:45 p.m. Saturday.
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This is why I detest fireworks done by amateurs. Leave those things to the professionals. I feel bad for this guy. I once knew a gentleman who became blind because he was trying to make fireworks with disastrous results.
Well this was obviously some big stuff he was fooling with. I've set off many blasting caps in the past that could probably do damage near that. Some people just don't use common sense. I rigged blasting caps for a drop net to catch deer and release elsewhere.
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We heard about this all the way here in California and as soon as I heard "New York", I just knew it'd be Suffolk County. Were they able to reattach his arm?
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We heard about this all the way here in California and as soon as I heard "New York", I just knew it'd be Suffolk County. Were they able to reattach his arm?
According to the article on CNN, the man was taken to Southside where they do not perform reattachments.
Newsday online's teaser states that sources say arm can't be reattached.
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