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Deuce Safety
Late October while painting my deuce in preparation for display at the Stuart Fl airshow we had an accident that took out the driver and co driver.
The co driver (my brother) was on the passenger fender and lost his footing, jammed his leg between the fender and bumper.
I heard him slip but not hit the ground. I had been painting the driver door, stepped around the front to see my brother hanging by his right leg upside-down from the bumper.
My first thought is to extricate him ASAP!! I dead lifted him off the bumper, called 911 and he took a $18k Trauma Hawk helicopter ride to the trauma center.
In less than a hour and half later surgery pinned the femur and he was in recovery two hours later. The road to recovery is a few more weeks for him and looking good.
Once the adrenaline rush wore off i realized that my back was hurting me and today i learned i have not one but two compression fractures in my spine.
My recovery will be a longer path than my brothers and not nearly as clear, i have multiple doctor appointments with no final answers.
Lessons learned, wear better shoes when walking on fender etc. Not lift my brother off the truck, never a second thought, he easily could have lost the leg or had worse damage done waiting for paramedics. BTW they were great!
We learned to pay attention to our situation at all times. The incident was not alcohol related but, the heat of South Florida was a factor.
Late October while painting my deuce in preparation for display at the Stuart Fl airshow we had an accident that took out the driver and co driver.
The co driver (my brother) was on the passenger fender and lost his footing, jammed his leg between the fender and bumper.
I heard him slip but not hit the ground. I had been painting the driver door, stepped around the front to see my brother hanging by his right leg upside-down from the bumper.
My first thought is to extricate him ASAP!! I dead lifted him off the bumper, called 911 and he took a $18k Trauma Hawk helicopter ride to the trauma center.
In less than a hour and half later surgery pinned the femur and he was in recovery two hours later. The road to recovery is a few more weeks for him and looking good.
Once the adrenaline rush wore off i realized that my back was hurting me and today i learned i have not one but two compression fractures in my spine.
My recovery will be a longer path than my brothers and not nearly as clear, i have multiple doctor appointments with no final answers.
Lessons learned, wear better shoes when walking on fender etc. Not lift my brother off the truck, never a second thought, he easily could have lost the leg or had worse damage done waiting for paramedics. BTW they were great!
We learned to pay attention to our situation at all times. The incident was not alcohol related but, the heat of South Florida was a factor.
