Re: Somethings people do.... a Darwin Award nominee

From: Will (mgrwburns@macconnect.com)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 22:12:09 EST


>BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - A construction worker accidentally cut off his hand
>with a power saw and then shot himself in the head with a nail gun several
>times, apparently hoping to end his pain, police said. William Bartron, 25,
>had at least a dozen 1-inch nails protruding from his scalp, police said. He
>underwent surgery to reattach the hand and was hospitalized in stable
>condition Wednesday, said his employer Greg Soltis. Bartron severed his hand
>Tuesday while using a miter saw in the basement of another man's home,
>police said. After finding Bartron, the man called 911. Soltis arrived a
>short time later. Soltis said Bartron had shot several nails into his head
>with a pneumatic gun "because he could not stand the pain from the
>amputation," according to police.
>
>
>Greg
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>2K1 Neon ES
>Rahway NJ
>ICQ: 283886
>http://24.6.89.18/neon

That was on the front page of the Reading Eagle (reading, pa) today, I LMAO!

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