{"id":1028,"date":"2011-07-13T14:47:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T14:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1028"},"modified":"2011-07-13T14:47:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T14:47:38","slug":"tree-surgeon-almost-severed-own-head-with-a-chainsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/tree-surgeon-almost-severed-own-head-with-a-chainsaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Tree surgeon &#8216;almost severed own head with a chainsaw&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It's the stuff of nightmares. You're working with a chainsaw 50 metres in the air when you lose your footing and slip straight into the running blade.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us can't imagine how 21-year-old Tom Connelly felt when this happened to him, but thankfully the tree surgeon from Bedfordshire survived the horrifying ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Connelly had been working high up on a branch when his boot skidded, causing him to fall into the blade, which sliced through his neck.<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly, the accident severed more than one-third of his neck but stopped just one millimetre short of his carotid artery.<\/p>\n<p>After screaming for help, the 21-year-old's colleagues came to his aid and placed Mr Connelly's hand across his throat to keep hold of his head.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I later realised I'd nearly cut my head off, so I am incredibly lucky to be here today,&quot; he says.<\/p>\n<p>Medics at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge &ndash; one of the UK's top healthcare establishments &ndash; gave Mr Connelly emergency 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