Nice Guy Correspondent Miles O’Brien Looses Limb
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Miles O'Brien, 54, was left with a choice 'between a life and a limb' after TV equipment fell on his arm.
A freak injury ended up costing former CNN correspondent Miles O’Brien his left arm, he revealed Tuesday.
The veteran TV science journalist underwent emergency surgery Feb. 14 — but when his blood pressure suddenly plunged during the procedure, doctors amputated his left arm above the elbow.
The injury occurred when O’Brien, 54, a correspondent for PBS’ “NewsHour,” was finishing up an extended shoot in Asia and a case full of heavy TV equipment fell on his arm — causing swelling, pain, numbness, and discoloration, he wrote on his blog.
“It all boiled down to a choice ... between a life and a limb,” he wrote. “I am alive and I’m grateful.”
I understand this kind of accident so much having had an old tv wight 250LBS fell on my food rupturing all the bones on top. My foot was flatten and blood exploded out of the sides of the foot. No operation needed just lost of stitches and over 3 months on a cast all you see now is the scars.
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