Alcohol + explosives and/or guns always equals either a good time, or missing limbs. I figure as many first responders as are on here some folks have got to have some stories. Post em up.
Stay safe out there people.
Sounds like a heck of a party!ISLIP TERRACE, N.Y. 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 mortar shells from the street near his Islip (EYE'-slip) Terrace home around 5:45 p.m. Saturday.
Police believe he leaned over the device to ignite it and didn't get out of the way before an explosive shot out of the launcher. His left arm was severed at the shoulder.
Smith was taken to Southside Hospital in serious condition while friends packed the lost limb in ice to try to save it. Police believe doctors will try to reattach his arm.
A hospital spokesman didn't immediately return a call.
Police say another person at the party also was taken to a hospital, but it's unclear why.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/04/eric-smith-long-island-ma_n_635011.html
Stay safe out there people.