DIY man shoots 2in nail into his own heart

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DIY man shoots 2in nail into his own heart
By Nick Britten
(Filed: 05/08/2005)

A DIY enthusiast slipped over while repairing floorboards with a nail gun and fired a 2in nail directly into his heart.

Nigel Kirk, 53, described yesterday how he was working in his bathroom when he lost his footing on a towel, stumbled backwards and turned the pneumatic gun on himself as he fell.


He accidentally pulled the trigger, shooting himself at point-blank range in the chest. The nail embedded itself in the wall of his heart, with the tip poking into the heart muscle, but missed the vital arteries.

Mr Kirk said that at first he felt no pain and was not bleeding, so did not know he had been injured. But when he went to take off his jumper, he felt a searing pain and realised that the top was nailed to him.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/05/nail05.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/08/05/ixhome_fri.html

[okieinpain]

1. hahahahahahaha... now that's what I call getting into your work.

[rateyes]

2. All I can say is...

OUCH!

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