0:28
Speaker A
4:15 - 4:43
"The result of that being my left quadricep was severed down to the femur, my right fibula was fractured, significant wounds in my face, my nose was almost removed and hanging by the right nostril, and then other scars just throughout my body. I had to walk out of that with the help of my friend and was— made it to an ambulance and then was life-flighted from Central Peninsula Hospital up to Anchorage."
“The result of that being my left quadricep was severed down to the femur, my right fibula was fractured, significant wounds in my face, my nose was almost removed and hanging by the right nostril, and then other scars just throughout my body. I had to walk out of that with the help of my friend and was— made it to an ambulance and then was life-flighted from Central Peninsula Hospital up to Anchorage.”
- Speaker
- Speaker A
- Timestamp
- 4:15 – 4:43
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Kenai Peninsula
- Captured at
- June 15, 2026
From the transcript
The result of that being my left quadricep was severed down to the femur, my right fibula was fractured, significant wounds in my face, my nose was almost removed and hanging by the right nostril, and then other scars just throughout my body. I had to walk out of that with the help of my friend and was— made it to an ambulance and then was life-flighted from Central Peninsula Hospital up to Anchorage.
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