You are not badass; this guy is. Chainsaw to the neck.

[MichaelD]

"I used to be a tree maintainer, then I took a chainsaw to the neck."

The calendar said March, but Monday clearly was Valentine's day -- James Valentine, to be specific -- when the 21-year-old Pennsylvania man survived a work accident that sent the razor-sharp teeth of a chainsaw blade deep into his neck and shoulder, and barely a centimeter from a vital artery.
Thanks to quick but cautious work by his colleagues and medical responders, 30 stitches and an hour of surgery, a day after the accident Valentine was recovering in stable condition at a Pennsylvania hospital.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/01/us/chainsaw-accident-survivor/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Video with awesome Xrays! http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/weird/2014/04/01/pennsylvania-man-chainsaw-in-neck/7175511/

 

[halik]

lucky dude, no pics?

 

[Rakehellion]

He's not a badass, he's a victim.

 

[MichaelD]

Added second link to local PA newscast. Now with pics.

 

[Rudee]

Getting a chainsaw embedded in your neck doesn't make you a 'badass'. It makes you a jackass.

 

[natto fire]

Getting a chainsaw embedded in your neck doesn't make you a 'badass'. It makes you a jackass.

That's what I was thinking. A lucky jackass at that. Most chainsaw "accidents" are caused by not using it correctly.

 

[lozina]

More like dumbass

 

[uclaLabrat]

You want to see a badass? Youtube Clint Malarchuk. But don't do it an hour before or after lunch.



Makes all those NBA dumbasses look like a bunch of nancies, eh?

 

[Pr0d1gy]

I saw the Xray and the chain was broken.

I'm not going far out on the limb here at all to say if this guy broke a running chainsaw chain with his neck then Chuck Norris should begin training him immediately.

 

[Sonikku]

Psh Chuck Norris could have caught the chainsaw mid swing in his bare hand.

 

[MrPickins]

I saw the Xray and the chain was broken.

I'm not going far out on the limb here at all to say if this guy broke a running chainsaw chain with his neck then Chuck Norris should begin training him immediately.

They had removed the chain and blade from the saw before taking the x-ray.

 

[lozina]

If a chainsaw ran into Chuck Norris, the chainsaw would be in the only one in the hospital.

 

[Drako]

Getting a chainsaw embedded in your neck doesn't make you a 'badass'. It makes you a jackass.

This

More like dumbass

and this.

 

[Howard]

Razor-sharp? Quick but cautious?

Yikes.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

They had removed the chain and blade from the saw before taking the x-ray.

No I saw an Xray on TV this morning that showed the chainsaw and the chain still in his neck.

 

[Drako]

No I saw an Xray on TV this morning that showed the chainsaw and the chain still in his neck.

I believe that is what he is saying the blade and chain were in the guys neck, but the chainsaw motor had been removed.

 

[MrPickins]

I believe that is what he is saying the blade and chain were in the guys neck, but the chainsaw motor had been removed.

Exactly.

 

[twinrider1]

You want to see a badass? Youtube Clint Malarchuk....

And he made it back for the third period! (Now that would be a badass).
The trainer that pinched off the jugular was the real badass. Jim Pizzutelli was a medic in Viet Nam.


Also, just to clarify, that part they're calling a blade is really called a bar, or a guide bar.

 

[radtechtips]

Getting a chainsaw embedded in your neck doesn't make you a 'badass'. It makes you a jackass.

anyone else think of TH?