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You are stuck in the forest. A tree has fallen on you, pinning your leg, and there is nobody around for miles.

What would you do?

This man cut off his own leg, using only his pocket knives, to free himself and then got help.

Man pinned under tree amputates his leg
Wed Jun 6, 9:43 PM ET


Alone in the woods with his left leg pinned beneath a fallen tree for 11 hours, a 66-year-old man used pocket knives to cut off his limb below the knee to free himself, a neighbor and authorities said.
Al Hill had been cutting trees last Friday when one fell on him. After freeing himself, he cried out for help, and a neighbor passing through this sparsely populated area heard him.
Eric Bookey then hiked nearly two miles to get a cellular signal and placed an emergency call to the town's all-volunteer fire department about 7:30 p.m., Fire Chief Luana Dowling told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Hill was eventually airlifted by helicopter to a hospital where he underwent amputation surgery, Dowling said. "He's a pretty remarkable person," Dowling said.
A hospital spokeswoman said Hill was in serious condition on Wednesday, and that he was declining interviews.
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Eric Bookey is Hill's new best buddy.
 
Thump;859634; said:
When he's played ice hockey after having his wisdom teeth pulled, call me.
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Right. Playing a game after dental work done sure trumps (or should I should say "thumps") having to cut your own leg off with a fuckin' pocket knife. What a pussy that guy was... :roll1:
 
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The dude was *airlifted* out? What a wuss. Aron Ralston has him beat.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - With no water and as little hope of survival, Aspen mountaineer Aron Ralston, 27, used a pocketknife to amputate his own arm and free himself from a boulder weighing 800-1,000 pounds that fell and trapped him for five days in a remote desert canyon in eastern Utah.

Pinned in a 3-foot wide slot canyon near the Maze District of Canyonlands National Park south of Moab, Utah, Ralston cut through his own arm below the elbow Thursday morning, applying a tourniquet and administering first aid before rigging anchors and fixing a rope to rappel to the bottom of Blue John Canyon and hiking out to meet rescuers. Ralston had been hiking alone when the boulder fell and pinned his right arm as he was moving through the narrow slot last Saturday afternoon, according to information from the sheriff's offices in Emery and Wayne counties.
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or the fact he thinks thats impressive to hockey fans, broken foot for six weeks barely raised an eyebrow for crosby this spring. turco passing on heart surgery impressive, playing on a separated shoulder for 10 weeks impressive, broken legs impressive. wisdom teeth and the hockey world would get you laughed at...
 
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