Today's most amazing person

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-07-22 08:59pm

http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.as ... es&rLink=0

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-07-22 09:01pm

Holy fucking shit. Kind of like that guy in the woods who sloooowly cut off his arm with a small knife to escape from being trapped underneath a boulder. What was it? He had to first break his bones and then God, how the hell did he saw off his arm with a small knife?!!

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-07-22 09:05pm

"ouch"

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-07-22 09:21pm

OK, I'd like SDnet to join me in giving this man one HELL of a round of applause.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2003-07-22 09:36pm

(Starts applauding wildly.)

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-07-22 09:44pm

Not a good time to lose one's head...

TheFeniX · Post by **TheFeniX** » 2003-07-22 09:54pm

Whoever saw the scene couldn't believe his eyes. The crowd that assembled around did nothing.

Chalk one up for your local "rubber-necker." Jesus these people are scum. Do something, anything, instead of sit there with your mouth hanging open.

russellb6666 · Post by **russellb6666** » 2003-07-22 09:59pm

wtf everytime i click on the link it kicks me back to my desktop what the hell gives??

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2003-07-22 10:05pm

Holding severed head in place, he defied death

IANS

AGRA: A 28-year-old carrier van driver's head nearly got chopped off in a road accident. Weeks later he is alive, thanks to sheer grit.

His head almost severed, blood oozing and eyes popping out, Balram was in a dazed state when the accident took place on July 5 in Fatehabad in Uttar Pradesh.

He, however, kept his head attached to his body with some cloth. When no one came to help him, he drove his own vehicle for 30 km to reach a nursing home in Agra.

Doctors there found the head partly joined with the spinal column -- something that saved his life.

D.V. Sharma, who runs the nursing home, said it was Balram's supreme confidence and presence of mind that must have made him drive without any loss of time.

"Had there been some delay, death was a certainty."

"Imagine someone walking into the nursing home with his head almost cut off from the neck. The very thought gives shivers," said an attendant who first saw Balram at the nursing home.

On Sunday evening, a felicitation function was organised by Agra's clubs and some NGOs for Balram.

People who donated blood for him were also praised at the function in the hospital, which incidentally refused to take money for his treatment.

Recalling the accident, a family member said: "Balram was returning from Arnauta in Bah tehsil (sub-district) with 10 quintals of wheat in his van. When he was passing through the main market in Fatehabad, a tractor trolley carrying iron rods and pipes ahead of him suddenly applied the breaks.

"Balram could not stop in time and banged into the trolley. The iron rods pierced through his neck. His head fell on one side, attached precariously to the spinal cord.

"He was fully conscious and all his organs were in command. Promptly, Balram straightened his head and tied a 'safi' (a thin cloth towel) around it and rushed towards Agra. Whoever saw the scene couldn't believe his eyes. The crowd that assembled around did nothing.

"When Balram tried to speak, blood oozed from his mouth.

"Soaked in blood and in a totally shattered state, even his co-worker collapsed unconscious. But Balram did not lose heart. He kick-started the van and went to a nearby doctor who advised him to immediately rush to Agra. The first nursing home on the way refused him admission as he was in a critical state.

"Then around 7.30 p.m., he reached D.V. Sharma's bone clinic. He fell unconscious. Sharma immediately got his team together as both his pulse and breathing rhythms had come under strain."

It took nearly three-and-a-half hours for doctors to complete the operation. Papers on the van helped them trace his family members.

A life was saved. On Sunday, Balram was fit and ready to return. He is still having trouble speaking, but doctors said a minor operation later would restore his voice.

Better?

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-07-22 10:14pm

Durran Korr wrote:Not a good time to lose one's head...

*Rises up behind Durran with Big Foam Mace*
*WHAPWHAPWHAPWHAPWHAP*
*Leans on Big Foam Mace, foot on the fallen Durran's chest*

Well, that man is surely believing in Allah now. Hell.. it makes me believe SomeOne was watching out for him.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-07-22 10:21pm

LadyTevar wrote:snip

Yeah, its a good thing he had his head screwed on straight.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-07-22 10:26pm

JediNeophyte wrote:
LadyTevar wrote:snip
Yeah, its a good thing he had his head screwed on straight.

*picks up Big Foam Mace again, goes WhiteMage on Neophyte*

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-07-22 10:30pm

Bah. This guy is awesome, he had the wits about him to keep his head above water.

Also

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-07-22 10:31pm

This thread is turning into make bad joke thread.

Xenophobe3691 · Post by **Xenophobe3691** » 2003-07-22 10:35pm

Holy Shit. I hope this guy gets the publicity deals, he certainly deserves a couple million dollars...

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-07-22 10:36pm

Vorlon1701 wrote:Holy Shit. I hope this guy gets the publicity deals, he certainly deserves a couple million dollars...

I agree completely. And with that money, he could easily become the head of a sizable corporation where he lives!

Sobbastchianno · Post by **Sobbastchianno** » 2003-07-22 11:57pm

Call me a skeptic, but I do not believe this story at all. With the Jugular veins severed, he would have bled to death, period. 30 KM is about 18.6 miles. In the time it would have taken to drive that distance, he would have bled to death because of the severing of the above mentioned veins, not to mention the amount of blood that would have gone down the trachea and drowned him.

Sorry, but I don't believe this story.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2003-07-23 01:33am

Isn't that why this is a miracle? Why would news reporters lie about such a simple incidence anyway?

Sobbastchianno · Post by **Sobbastchianno** » 2003-07-23 01:36am

IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Isn't that why this is a miracle? Why would news reporters lie about such a simple incidence anyway?

Can you say Enquirer, Star, etc? Sensationalism sells.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-07-23 01:37am

The will to live is strong in this one.

FaxModem1 · Post by **FaxModem1** » 2003-07-23 01:41am

Holy crap, that is one heck of a splitting headache.

He should be rewarded for this.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-07-23 01:46am

At least he didn't fall to pieces.

I'm taking this one with a rather large grain of salt, as well. Wierd stuff does happen, but this is pushing credibility.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-07-23 01:51am

To Sobbastchianno:

I recall that the guy got hit with iron rods, not a flat, plane-like object. Through sheer luck, those could miss the important blood vessels and the spinal column.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-07-23 01:53am

If this happened in a more indusrtialized nation, he would have become a national hero.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-07-23 02:00am

Sobbastchianno wrote:Call me a skeptic, but I do not believe this story at all. With the Jugular veins severed, he would have bled to death, period. 30 KM is about 18.6 miles. In the time it would have taken to drive that distance, he would have bled to death because of the severing of the above mentioned veins, not to mention the amount of blood that would have gone down the trachea and drowned him.

Sorry, but I don't believe this story.

a) Probably it was a bit over-sensationalized as to how much of the head was severed.

b) What was the angle at which it was cut? The entrace and exit? It very well could have missed the important veins and arteries

c) Those are big sons of bitches of veins and arteries.. he might have just been very lucky when he put his head back straight to have smashed them together enough.