A boy miraculously survived after being caught by his own fishing rod. The Russian teenager was cycling home from a river on July 5 when he fell awkwardly.
The 13-year-old's fishing rod spiked the entire way through his body from his abdomen to his back. He was rushed to Voskresensk District Hospital No.2 in the Moscow region where doctors urgently consulted experts about how to operate.
The procedure they opted for was complicated by the fact the teenager could not by laid down in the operator theatre. The fishing rod was half an inch from piercing the an integral vein of the boy and killing him. “The boy was sitting on the operation table with the 'spike' coming out of his chest,” said Andrey Zverev, head of the surgical department. “Even
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