Hodgkins NewsLocal news for Hodgkins, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Life and limb: Impalement by a tree is just the latest of family's close calls- November 18, 2007 "One of the workers had to hold onto the tree in the helicopter" Jack Wier beams every time he looks at the lamp in his home office. Son-in-law Ron Riesing made it by stacking three pieces of wood 'log cabin' style. 'It has a nice glow to it,' said Jack, turning the switch to reveal a soft blue light.The lamp was made from a cottonwood tree that fell on Jack in late May and impaled him, puncturing the left side of his abdomen.The limb left a nasty 6-inch hole and shredded his abdominal wall,...http://www.topix.net/city/hodgkins-il/2007/11/life-and-limb-impalement-by-a-tree-is-just-t... |