Posted: 6/6/2007 8:22:28 PM EDT
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Man Pinned Under Tree Amputates His Leg AP IOWA HILL, Calif. (June 6) - Residents are pulling for a neighbor who was forced to amputate his left leg below the knee using pocket knives after a tree fell on him, pinning him for about 11 hours. Al Hill, 66, was cutting trees on a property near the Big Dipper Mine last Friday when a tree fell on his leg and trapped him, authorities said. Alone in the woods and in an area where cellular phone service is spotty or nonexistent, Hill was forced to take the extreme measure to save himself. Eventually, a neighbor in the area heard Hill's cries for help. Eric Bookey declined to talk about the events. "Only me, Al and God were there that day," he said. Bookey had to go nearly two miles to get a cellular signal and make an emergency call, which came in to the all-volunteer fire department about 7:30 p.m., Iowa Hill Fire Chief Luana Dowling told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Bookey and a neighbor loaded Hill into a truck and took him to an emergency landing site in town, where a helicopter met them and took him to Sutter Roseville Medical Center, where he underwent amputation surgery, Dowling said. She said it was hard to believe Hill didn't go into shock. "He's a pretty remarkable person," Dowling said. News of Hill's ordeal has captivated this tiny town about 60 miles northeast of Sacramento, where there is no electricity and few services for the roughly 200 residents. "I was in the store when they called the fire department," said Cathy Morgan, who works in Iowa Hill's one-room schoolhouse. "We were real worried because (Hill) has diabetes." Betty "Charlie" Gilcrest lives near the accident site but said she didn't hear Hill's cries for help. She said she has visited him in the hospital, where he was alert and in good spirits. "We're all glad Eric (Bookey) was there," she said. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. |
| he did good, though i cant even imagine the pain and what was going through his head while doing the deed. would have to cut though the flesh and muscle, then break the bone and continue cutting then have a tourniquet ready. survival instinct is strong with this one. |
No, it was an old guy with his leg. Everyone was saying what a tough, old son-of-a-bitch he must have been. Am I having deja-vu? |
IN 2003 Aron Ralston amputated his own arm after he was trapped by a boulder in the Utah canyon lands for 5 days. He had to snap both bones in his lower arm to remove the arm. Then he rigged rappeling anchors, rappelled down and hiked out. Two days after he ran out of water. |
I've always thought that it would be easier to just dig underneath the trapped appendage, but then again I've never actually been in a similar situation. |
No, not him. I remember him too. |
Hell, I always have more than one on me, and I'm not planning on getting caught under anything... |
nor do any of us, seems this old timer who had been in the same ao many years had a spell of bad luck. better to have and not need and so forth. hope for the best plan for the worst |
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Back in '94 this guy was trapped under a tree and had to cut his leg off www.ampulove.com/storys/ampreal008.htm (hit cancel when the password prompt comes up) |
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HOLY HELL IT's a DUPE-utation!! This guy has only cut 3 legs off in the last year!! Nah I'm just shittin ya, interesting shit, but like somebody else said, it'd take a hell of a lot more than 11 hours before considering it.... Of course, I give him some credits, cutting trees alone at 66 and he's a diabetic?? |
Nope. About five years ago, another guy had the exact same thing happen to him. A tree fell on his leg and he cut it off. |
