{"id":1248,"date":"2006-07-04T10:35:07","date_gmt":"2006-07-04T18:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2006\/07\/i_uh_ran_into_a_wall.html"},"modified":"2006-07-04T10:35:07","modified_gmt":"2006-07-04T18:35:07","slug":"i_uh_ran_into_a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/07\/i_uh_ran_into_a.html","title":{"rendered":"I, Uh, Ran Into A Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The only thing worse than losing three fingers in an ill-advised fireworks experiment is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/news\/regionalnews\/bravest_blasted_regionalnews_larry_celona_and_tatiana_deligiannakis.htm\">having to lie about it later<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>An off-duty firefighter lost at least three fingers on his right hand when he lit a powerful firecracker in the kitchen of his Brooklyn home &#8212; and it blew up as he tried to toss it out a window, a police source said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>But Michael Decker of Ladder Co. 118 insisted he accidentally cut himself and refused to discuss the nature of his injury.<\/p>\n<p>The police source said Decker, 33, lit an illegal &#8220;blockbuster&#8221; firecracker in his home Saturday night. The explosive is banned in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The source said it was not clear if he&#8217;d face criminal or departmental charges for possessing illegal fireworks. In cases where a person has been maimed, criminal charges usually are not filed, the source added.<\/p>\n<p>A shotgun was also found in the firefighter&#8217;s house, the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Decker left Lutheran Hospital yesterday with his hand heavily bandaged to the wrist.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cut myself,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It hurts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the firecracker allegation, he insisted, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re talking about,&#8221; but acknowledged, &#8220;There are a lot of fireworks in the neighborhood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He did not respond when asked if he&#8217;d lost fingers &#8212; only raising his bandaged hand in front of his face.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only thing worse than losing three fingers in an ill-advised fireworks experiment is having to lie about it later: An off-duty firefighter lost at least three fingers on his right hand when he lit a powerful firecracker in the kitchen of his Brooklyn home &#8212; and it blew up as he tried to toss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tragicomic_ironic_obnoxious_or_absurd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}