JEROME, IDAHO — A few days ago, an Idaho man was impaled by a spear in an accident. Quite miraculously, the spike did not hit any of his vital organs, allowing him to survive the traumatizing accident.<br /><br />Justin Firth is at the same time the unluckiest and the luckiest person on earth. A few days ago, he was at work, building a fence, when he suddenly felt something hit him in the back and went to the ground.<br /><br />In an attempt to understand what was going on, he looked around, and had the most horrific vision. A 40 lbs hay bale spear was literally coming out of his stomach and sticking into the ground. The spear was attached to a nearby loader, when for an unidentified reason, it suddenly fell and pierced through Firth's back.<br /><br />He did not feel any pain, and could not see any blood coming out of the injury. Surprisingly lucid and clear-headed, he requested his wife and his son not to see him like that. His coworkers cut the spear off the loader, and called 911. <br /><br />He was soon carried into a helicopter and transported to Portneuf medical center. It took the team of surgeons nearly four hours to take the spear out and repair internal injuries.<br /><br />Fortune was on his side, as the object missed his spinal cord, his aorta and the tube connecting his kidney to his bladder by only a few centimeters.<br /><br />The Firths plan to keep the spear as a reminder that Justin's life is far from being other yet.
