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| Marines are tough, example #237 |
| 2008-05-20 |
| Emphasis added. The high school athlete whose javelin went through the leg of a newspaper photographer won the Utah 4-A title. The throw was long enough to earn first place. But Anthony Miles' next heave -- 170 feet, 9 inches -- was even a few inches better and gave him the title Saturday. "My heart just stopped. ... It was just a nice relief that he was going to be all right," said Miles of Provo High School. Ryan McGeeney of the Standard-Examiner was struck just below the knee. He was taking pictures of the discus event and apparently wandered into the javelin area, which was off-limits. "He never saw it hit him," said Dave Wilkey of the Utah High School Activities Association. The tip of the javelin went through the skin and emerged on the other side of his leg. "It wasn't real painful. ... I was very lucky in that it didn't hit any blood vessels, nerves, ligaments or tendons," McGeeney said. Much of the javelin was cut at the scene. The piece in McGeeney's leg was removed at a hospital, and he received 13 stitches. "One of the first things that came to my mind was, 'Good thing we brought a second javelin,'" Miles' coach, Richard Vance, said Monday. He said Miles was "in a little bit of shock," but he assured the athlete that it was not his fault. McGeeney, 33, who was in the Marines and spent six months in Afghanistan, took a picture of his leg before the javelin was removed. "If I didn't, it would probably be my editor's first question when I got back," he said. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #12 'Good thing we brought a second javelin,'" lol |
| Posted by: Jan 2008-05-20 22:48 |
| #11 People, people. It's no big deal, just a scratch really. |
| Posted by: Ryan McGeeney 2008-05-20 22:23 |
| #10 He's lucky he was not getting irradiated by a cell phone at the time....just sayin'...... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-05-20 20:51 |
| #9 #3 Lone Ranger: You can use the Link feature below the comments box instead of pasting in the whole link. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-05-20 18:42 |
| #8 Ouch. THAT had to hurt! |
| Posted by: ptah 2008-05-20 15:50 |
| #7 HAHA I can not resist the comment... "See what happens when you let marines operate cameras" Blackvenom-2001 |
| Posted by: Blackvenom-2001 2008-05-20 14:58 |
| #6 Just another link in the long line of sprots photographers in the wrong spot at the wrong time: a cameraman for FOX wears a batting helmet after nearly getting it by a broken bat the other day and there are numerous images of cameramen getting hit by race cars in various venues trying to get that perfect action shot. Javelin catching however..... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2008-05-20 14:42 |
| #5 See what happens when you let servicemen become media reporters! |
| Posted by: Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-05-20 13:47 |
| #4 Awww...just walk it off.... |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2008-05-20 13:34 |
| #3 See photo at Link |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2008-05-20 12:54 |
| #2 "It wasn't real painful. ... I was very lucky in that it didn't hit any blood vessels, nerves, ligaments or tendons," McGeeney said. Achilles couldn't be reached for comment ;) |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-05-20 11:42 |
| #1 At least everyone had a sense of humor about it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-05-20 10:35 |