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Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 11:04 pm
by rule34
A tree fell in high winds and crushed a porta potty at the Gettysburg battlefield site of Little Round Top.

A man was inside at the time. First responders cut him out, and he was taken to hospital.
First responders have rescued a man who became imprisoned inside a porta-potty at the site of a historic Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.

On Friday, volunteer firefighters from the Barlow Volunteer Fire Department responded to a 911 call at Little Round Top to find that a large tree that had toppled in high winds had crushed a car and a portable latrine, The York Daily Record reported.

Volunteers found no one inside the vehicle, the outlet said, but identified that the tree had trapped a man inside the crushed porta-potty, and proceeded to cut him out.

He was taken to Gettysburg Hospital by ambulance with injuries not considered life-threatening.
Arrived to find one male subject trapped in the porta-potty," Joe Robinson, assistant chief of the Barlow Volunteer Fire Department
"He was very lucky," Robinson told the York Daily Record. "It was a large tree, and it just missed striking him. It could have been very serious."

The firefighters treated the situation as if the man had been trapped in the car, Robinson said. They used a chainsaw to cut away the tree and they cracked the porta-potty open with a machine-powered saw.

"This is definitely something I have never seen before," Robinson added.

During the Battle of Gettysburg, the Little Round Top was the site of an unsuccessful Confederate assault on Union troops.
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Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 11:16 pm
by CaptQuint
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Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 11:18 pm
by Reservoir Dog
DAMN YANKEES !!!

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 11:25 pm
by megman
Well shiiiiit.

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 11:25 pm
by CaptQuint
Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest approves


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Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 11:59 pm
by QillerDaemon
Bet it scared the shit out of him. :P

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 12:35 am
by DiverTexas
Shitty situation.

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 12:40 am
by Whackov
Shitty way to go.

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Mon May 03, 2021 8:28 am
by Hyperv12
So man dropping a log gets injured by a dropping log!

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Tue May 04, 2021 2:59 pm
by Gunzen
Little Round Top is a great name for a portable toilet.

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 1:09 am
by CentralTexasCrude
This is not how we were taught Stonewall died

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 1:21 am
by CaptQuint
CentralTexasCrude wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 1:09 am This is not how we were taught Stonewall died
Because he died before Gettysburg

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 1:44 am
by Reservoir Dog
I recall reading once that Gettysburg was the only battle of the Civil War that took place on Pennsylvania soil.

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 2:42 am
by CentralTexasCrude
Reservoir Dog wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 1:44 am I recall reading once that Gettysburg was the only battle of the Civil War that took place on Pennsylvania soil.
I heard the Rebels were bitching at how bad the local earthworms were for fishing. Ĺittle did they know. :beavisbutthead:

Re: Man injured in battle of Gettysburg

Posted: Wed May 05, 2021 2:43 am
by megman
Is it Sunday?