General Chainsaw man almost severs head in accident

[FireCat]

1mm from death: Tree surgeon almost beheaded himself with chainsaw after slicing through more than a third of his neck

A man who almost beheaded himself in a chainsaw accident has spoken today about how he was only minutes from bleeding to death.

Tree surgeon Tom Connelly, 21, had to hold his head on to survive after he cut through more than a third of his neck and severed his jugular vein in the accident at work in April.

His foot slipped when he was cutting a branch 50ft up a tree and he slid into the 12 inch blade, slashing his neck and left arm.

1mm from death: Tree surgeon almost beheaded himself with chainsaw after slicing through more than a third of his neck

Tom Connelly, pictured, had to hold his head on to survive after the accident near Wisbech, Cambs. Doctors said he was 1mm away from cutting through his carotid artery, which would have killed him.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Holy crap, How the hell can you survive things like this?

 

[The Helper]

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Beware of Chainsaws and Ladders.... Just saying.

 

[Wiseman_2]

If nothing else, at least he'll have some interesting scars.

 

[YourFace]

He survived and that's the best thing anyone could have hoped for.

 

[Sevion]

Crazy that he survived! Fast action on everyone's part helped.

I can't believe he survived though. 1/3 of the neck D:

 

[xPass]

This is the real definition of Luck.

 

[thewrongvine]

This is the real definition of Luck.

All skill.

 

[FireCat]

All skill.

Not It's not Just skills.
If he didn't had any luck in first place, he would be a "dead meat straight away"

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Holy crap. Cut off his own head with a chainsaw?
Yikes, what a bizarre story. He was obviously Very very very sick.

 

[BlowingKush]

Ive always joked about cutting my head off with a chain saw,
and to know that it actually happens kinda takes away the humor from it.

 

[Dan]

wtf is a "tree surgeon". Is someone trying be clever?

 

[xPass]

wtf is a "tree surgeon". Is someone trying be clever?

Someone who gives trees surgery