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December 14, 2006
Kids these days
Wow. I may have seen some bad stuff at school, but this is pretty rough:
A 14-year-old Buffalo boy could be blind in his right eye after a classmate fired a steel staple at him with a rubber-band sling-shot, tearing a half-inch gash into his eyeball, his father said.Chammar Wiggins was finishing a late-morning math test last Thursday in Harriet Ross Tubman School 31 on Stanton Street when the incident occurred. His teacher had her back turned to collect a nearby test, according to Chammar's father, Leonard Wiggins.
"I'm angry," Wiggins said. "My son is sitting there minding his business. He looks up, and all of a sudden he's hit in the eye.
"You're not even safe in school anymore."
That night, Chammar underwent three hours of surgery in Women and Children's Hospital.
The staple ripped Chammar's eyeball from the sclera - the white area of the eye - to the retina. The wound cut through his iris - the colored area of the eye - and his pupil.
Let's hope he makes a full recovery! This reminds me of the time a kid threw a pair of scissors at me. They missed, but zinged a few inches from my face. That guy later committed suicide. God I'm happy today!
entry no. 686
Posted by oz115 at December 14, 2006 10:46 AM
Comments
I guess Mom was right all along. You COULD put an eye out with that thing.
Posted by: Pete at December 14, 2006 02:09 PM