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["Royal,Paul" <royal@bos.msmail.idx.com>]

> Denver man's sneeze could have
>      been fatal
>
>      August 1, 1996
>      Web posted at: 9:30 p.m. EDT
>
>      DENVER (Reuter) -- Who would have thought that blowing your nose   
    

> could be
>      fatal?
>
>      It could have been for Nicolas Villarruel, 29, of Denver after a   
    

> machine blew up on
>      Monday at the plant where he worked and lodged a dangerous   
explosive
> charge in
>      his nose.
>
>      The machine loads a charge equal to five M-80 firecrackers into a   
    

> small device that
>      activates vehicle air bags. But the device, called an initiator,   
    

> became stuck in the
>      man's nose when the machine exploded.
>
>      He was escorted to a hospital by the Arapahoe County sheriff's
> office bomb squad
>      and was operated on partly under water because the initiator is
> activated by air.
>
>      "We were all on edge," Dr. Michael Gordon told the Rocky Mountain   
    

> News. Had
>      the trigger exploded, the man -- and some around him -- could have   
    

> been killed.
>
>      Gordon and a member of the bomb squad wore lead-lined gowns during   
    

> the
>      delicate operation, which was successful. The man was released   
from
> the hospital
>      this week.
>
>
and an update froma buddy in denver.......................

What this article fails to mention, is that upon removal, the
initiator was examined and determined NOT to be armed--it was
not going to go off.

Oh well, the guy tried. You should have seen the x-rays!!

Paul Royal
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