Weird Kershaw Co. man cuts off his own arm

[The Helper]

KERSHAW COUNTY, SC (WIS) - A Kershaw County man is sharing his story of survival. He faced a life or death decision when his hand got stuck in a piece of farm equipment, and then a fire broke out around him. What he did next might shock you, and we have to warn you that some of the details might be disturbing.

"If I was going to die here, I was going to put up a fight, and that's basically what I did," says Sampson Parker.

For Parker, it could've all ended on his Kershaw County farm. He noticed a corn-stalk stuck in an old rusty picker. "I went up with my hand and the roller that takes the shucks off the corn had grabbed the glove and pulled my hand into the rollers."

"The more I tried pulling my hand out, the farther up my hand went."

Kershaw Co. man cuts off his own arm

A Kershaw County man faced a life or death decision when his hand got stuck in a piece of farm equipment, and then a fire broke out around him. We have to warn you that some of the details in this story might be disturbing.

www.wistv.com

 

[Oninuva]

Brave Mister.

 

[Turnip]

I would have taken that knife and slit my throat to end the pain.

 

[chovynz]

I would have taken that knife and slit my throat to end the pain.

Thats the cowards way out

 

[Sim]

His skin was melting...?

Cutting off his own arm is [del]painful[/del] horrible, but melting is even more. That's why he doesn't mention pain when cutting off his own arm: The pain caused by burning is irrational, unbelievable. He had to get away, period

Whatever the price.

 

[Grymlax]

I think the story from 2003 is more amazing. I'm sure the most of you remember the climber who had to cut off his arm with a penknife, climb down 25 meter before he was found and transported to a hospital.

if you don't remeber or never heard of it, read it here:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co...rtainment/books/books_group/article534005.ece

 

[TheDamien]

Thats the cowards way out

Nonsense. If a man does not even have the right to his own life, then what does he have?

 

[Aqua Dragon]

Very brave guy, it must suck holding a sandwich now. Woops, you dropped a pickle
But in all seriousness, that is a brave thing to cut off ANY body part without the expectation of dieing. Knowing full well that you lose it forever.

 

[ArmedCitizen]

When you think about it, cutting your arm off is the coward's way out. He feared death so much he sacrificed a major part of his life to avoid it. That sounds cowardly to me. I really do think anyone would have done the same thing, if they were to think of it of course. Just because we all fear the Grim Reaper.

So he is a coward in a group of cowards who was forced to prove his cowardness. Wait, that might make this action brave. Ah, confusing crap this is.

 

[The Helper]

Dude hacked off his own arm. That is a badass in my book despite the reason. I could not have done that

 

[esb]

Lol at TheHelper

The reasons for the act is what make something "Cowardly" or "Brave". If he thought about his family, how he couldn't leave them yet, while cutting his arm, then he was brave, IMO. But if he truly didn't want to die just to live for himself, then that's Survival of the Fittest
If you have the choice to Live or to Die, which would you choose? To live because dying would be cowardly, or to Die because Living would be cowardly?

 

[juty]

man that gie is brave I can hardly put a knife to my writes

 

[JuffoWup]

Takes some serious balls to pull that kind of shit off, I bet 90% ( or more ) of us would have just died in that fire crying like pansies. Anyone calling this badass coward can freely try it any day, like just cutting up yourself, say just to disconnect tendons. See if you can do that and then try come up with something like, say cutting your arm off.

 

[chovynz]

Nonsense. If a man does not even have the right to his own life, then what does he have?

Simple truth is you dont have the right to your own death. It's not about you. And you don't get to choose when you die most of the time. Those that do are the exception.

That article was interesting!

That guy has guts. I still stand by my comments.

 

[JuffoWup]

Don't have right over your own death ? I couldn't disagree more.

Every man has the right to decide his own fate, and for whatever reason it is no one has a thing to say to it. For whatever reason it is, you are free to end your own life when you see fit, if you got what it takes.

Of course there can be endless debate what are "good" or "right" reasons.

 

[DDRtists]

You guys say that hes a coward for doing it? Have you been faced with life or death, with the only way out would be cutting off your arm or a leg?

Until then, I don't think we have the right to judge them. Your body does go into survival mode when these types of things happen.