Man Talks About Scary Moment Fireworks Went Off On His Crotch
A man is opening up about the scary moment where fireworks went off on his crotch. Thankfully, he’s still around to talk about it.
Andrew Disney suffered an accident. That accident very well might be every man’s nightmare. He was celebrating with some fireworks and eventually a mortar-style big one was brought out. Unfortunately, it fell over sending one of the mortars right at him, and right at his crotch. The explosion reportedly blew off his shorts and underwear which made it easy for crews to treat the wound. They ended up having to put his testicles in a tourniquet (pain!) and he had 8% of his body suffering 3rd-degree burns. Emergency crews credit his big belt buckle for preventing more damage. They were able to save it all and everything is reportedly now working as it should–but what a scary moment!
Man Talks About Scary Moment Where Fireworks Went Off On His Crotch
The incident happened back on Independence Day 2022. The 47-year-old tells The Sun, “I’d grown up in Hampshire but had moved to America in 2007 and lived there ever since. I loved life in Texas with my American wife Megan and our son, then eight. And we were about to have the classic American experience–a 4th of July celebration.” That’s when it all went south.
He says he threw on his belt for the celebration, it’s Texas, and it’s the 4th of July it’s the perfect time to bring out the big belt. He says his wife hated it but remember–it ended up saving him! He tells The Sun that when the mortar hit him, “The force of it flung me back off my chair and onto the ground. I was instantly in the most excruciating pain of my life. Lying back on the grass, the top of my legs and my lap felt like they were on fire. In agony all I could do was scream ‘It burns, it burns.’ My ears were ringing from the explosion, but I could hear Megan’s hysterical screams, and through the smoke I could see a blur of horrified faces. Then a woman grabbed my hand and began to pray for me. ‘I must be dying,’ I thought, in terror.” Can you imagine that happening to you? You’d be in shock not knowing what just happened and all you can hear is everyone around you panicking and even praying? You’d know something was not right.
After being given some painkillers he was finally able to look at his body for the first time and saw a dark, bloody mess from his stomach all the way down to his lower thighs. One of his first thoughts was even, “Had I lost some of my genitals?” Reasonable thing to wonder after seeing that kind of accident. He was then put in an air ambulance and rushed to the hospital. They say the big belt buckle might have saved his life! It was a traumatic event both physically and mentally but they have been able to be intimate again and Andrew says he’ll never enjoy a sparkler again. After something like that there’s no way I would ever be any where near fireworks ever again.
See pictures shared by The Sun here.