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    Teen?s remarkable recovery after being impaled by three-foot fishing spear


    A teenager who was accidentally shot in the forehead with a three-foot fishing spear is miraculously recovering from his injuries, his doctors have revealed.
    Hidden Content An X-ray shows the spear lodged in the head of Yasser Lopez,16. Photo credit: Jackson Memorial Hospital

    Medical experts have been left stunned after the stainless steel spear narrowly missed every major blood vessel in the brain of 16-year-old Yasser Lopez.

    A dramatic X-ray scan shows part of the spear protruding from his skull after rescuers cut down 18 inches of the spear from the outside of his head to allow doctors to carry out a full radiographic examination.

    The freak accident occurred on 7 June when Mr Lopez, of Miami-Dade County, Florida, was on a fishing trip with friends.

    As the schoolboy?s friend loaded the speargun, the spear accidentally deployed, hitting him in the head.

    The spear entered the teenager?s head two inches above the right eye and came out the back of his skull.

    Lopez was then rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center where doctors were able to successfully remove the spear from his skull and brain.



    Well just had to put this been a keen fisher man i can say i hope this never happens to me Hidden Content its also a story of remarkable recovery just showing what the human body is capable of doing thaoe i bet he has a splitting headache Hidden Content

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    Re: get the point

    point taken Hidden Content

    how to 'tackle' that one Hidden Content

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    Re: get the point

    Its a good job they weren't hunting whales....................them harpoons don't mess about! Hidden Content

    Probably a good job he was a teenager as well.............because everyone knows they keep their brains in their pants! Hidden Content

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