An elderly Florida couple recently drove off a pier and into the water. 89 year-old Joseph Schlesselman and his 86 year-old wife, Ruth, had come to the Dunedin Marina to watch the boats. He was about to park in a handicapped space, but hit the gas instead of the brake. The Schlesselman's Mercury Marquis accelerated over a seawall and into the harbor. Several fishermen jumped in and saved the couple by smashing their windows. Joseph scraped his head and left behind a prosthetic leg.
A 15-year-old New Zealand girl is recovering from swallowing a toothbrush. The ER doctor who treated her says, "She was running up some steps with the toothbrush in her mouth when she suddenly tripped and fell, pushing most of the 19- centimeter brush into her esophagus. She immediately started choking and her younger brother came to help. Part of the toothbrush was still in the mouth but with apparently a very strong gag reflex she swallowed this down before it could be pulled out.'' Surgeons used a medical snare to pull the brush out of the girl's stomach and throat.
An elderly Florida couple recently drove off a pier and into the water. 89 year-old Joseph Schlesselman and his 86 year-old wife, Ruth, had come to the Dunedin Marina to watch the boats. He was about to park in a handicapped space, but hit the gas instead of the brake. The Schlesselman's Mercury Marquis accelerated over a seawall and into the harbor. Several fishermen jumped in and saved the couple by smashing their windows. Joseph scraped his head and left behind a prosthetic leg.
A 15-year-old New Zealand girl is recovering from swallowing a toothbrush. The ER doctor who treated her says, "She was running up some steps with the toothbrush in her mouth when she suddenly tripped and fell, pushing most of the 19- centimeter brush into her esophagus. She immediately started choking and her younger brother came to help. Part of the toothbrush was still in the mouth but with apparently a very strong gag reflex she swallowed this down before it could be pulled out.'' Surgeons used a medical snare to pull the brush out of the girl's stomach and throat.
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