Deltona man has hand partially severed after lighting firework in car, deputies say Hand likely to be amputated, officials say Share Shares Copy Link Copy

Hide Transcript Show Transcript

FATHER. MICHELLE: COREY’S FAMILY IS LUCKY HAS LEFT. HIS RECOVERY WILL BE LONG. BRIAN WAUGH SAYS THAT WITH HIS SONS SMILED, LONG BLONDE HAIR, AND SENSE OF ADVENTURE EVERYBODY LET CORD. LOVES COREY. THEY ARE COUNTING ON THAT LOVE AND SUPPORT TO HELP THEM RECOVER FROM THE SERIOUS INJURIES HE GOT WHEN A FIREWORKS ROCKET EXPLODED IN HIS HAND. >> HE WAS TALKING TO ME WITH HIS EYES. HE KNOWS WHAT IS GOING ON. HE UNDERSTANDS THE RAMIFICATIONS. MICHELLE: HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY SHERIFF, FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, THE 27-YEAR-OLD LIT THE ROCKET WHILE HE AND A FRIEND WERE DRIVING AROUND DELTONA IN THE PICKUP TRUCK. COREY WAS A PASSENGER. THE FORCE BLEW OUT SEVERAL WINDOWS OF THE TRUCK AND BLEW OFF COREY’S LEFT HAND. WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED, HIS FRIEND WAS TRYING TO KEEP HIM FROM BLEEDING OUT. 911 CALLS STARTED COMING IN. >> WHERE IS YOUR EMERGENCY? >> NEWARK DRIVE. THERE WAS A BOOM, THERE IS A TRUCK SOMEONE IS YELLING THEY NEEDED TOURNIQUET. MICHELLE: THE FATHER SAYS THAT ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE HAND IS A PIECE OF PINKY AND THUMB. EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN IS GONE. >> THE HAND SURGEON HAS DONE THE FIRST TWO SEARCHES. HE WOULD LIKE IN THE INJURY HE SAW WOULD BE EXPECTED FROM SOMEONE WHO HAD A GRENADE BLOW UP. MICHELLE: COREY LOVES TO FISH, SURF, WORKS FOR HIS DAD’S COMPANY AND BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE. >> HE WILL SURVIVE. HE IS MY SON. HE HAS BASICALLY LEFT -- LOST HIS LEFT HAND. MICHELLE: HIS EARDRUMS ARE ALSO BLOWN OUT AND HE HAS THIRD-DEGREE BURNS ON HIS FACE. HIS FRIENDS ALSO HAVE YOUR ISSUES.

SIGN UP FOR BREAKING NEWS Get local stories sent straight to your inbox as news breaks. Submit Privacy Notice