Teen in hunting accident saves leg with self-made tourniquet
KWQC News
[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '4.080', 'text': 'nearly lost his leg and almost his life'}, {'start': '2.240', 'end': '5.839', 'text': 'too during a hunting accident. But'}, {'start': '4.080', 'end': '7.520', 'text': 'thanks to his quick thinking, he is now'}, {'start': '5.839', 'end': '9.840', 'text': "back on his feet. Good evening, I'm"}, {'start': '7.520', 'end': '13.200', 'text': "William Engles and I'm Kate Copatic."}, {'start': '9.840', 'end': '16.000', 'text': "KWQC's WA Ez shares this extraordinary"}, {'start': '13.200', 'end': '19.240', 'text': 'story of his survival and his fight to'}, {'start': '16.000', 'end': '19.240', 'text': 'walk again.'}, {'start': '20.320', 'end': '23.359', 'text': 'He knew what to do'}, {'start': '23.880', 'end': '30.240', 'text': 'somehow and he was smart enough to do'}, {'start': '26.240', 'end': '32.719', 'text': "it. So, I'm grateful that he's here."}, {'start': '30.240', 'end': '35.680', 'text': "cuz some people aren't that lucky."}, {'start': '32.719', 'end': '37.440', 'text': 'October 9th, 2023, what began as a'}, {'start': '35.680', 'end': '39.600', 'text': 'hunting trip ended with Liam Matthysse,'}, {'start': '37.440', 'end': '41.840', 'text': 'just 15 at the time, fighting for his'}, {'start': '39.600', 'end': '46.399', 'text': 'life. I was up in the treeand and I was'}, {'start': '41.840', 'end': '49.120', 'text': 'moving the gun across my uh upper body'}, {'start': '46.399', 'end': '52.399', 'text': 'like a round and it hit a tree and went'}, {'start': '49.120', 'end': '54.480', 'text': 'off and you got shot in the upper thigh.'}, {'start': '52.399', 'end': '56.960', 'text': 'With his leg bleeding heavily, he knew'}, {'start': '54.480', 'end': '58.640', 'text': 'he had to act fast. I looked down and'}, {'start': '56.960', 'end': '62.079', 'text': 'stood up and I seen blood pouring out of'}, {'start': '58.640', 'end': '65.199', 'text': 'my pant leg. I reacted and I jumped out'}, {'start': '62.079', 'end': '68.240', 'text': 'of the treeand and tied a tourniquet out'}, {'start': '65.199', 'end': '70.520', 'text': 'of my jeans and a stick. I was just'}, {'start': '68.240', 'end': '73.119', 'text': 'worried about getting the blood to stop'}, {'start': '70.520', 'end': '75.520', 'text': 'and be able to at least like see my dad'}, {'start': '73.119', 'end': '78.080', 'text': 'or talk to my mom last time if I was'}, {'start': '75.520', 'end': '80.080', 'text': "going to pass away, but I didn't. His"}, {'start': '78.080', 'end': '82.080', 'text': 'dad, Jed, was in the dark until Liam'}, {'start': '80.080', 'end': '83.920', 'text': 'alerted him that something was wrong. I'}, {'start': '82.080', 'end': '86.720', 'text': 'thought I was just going to die and got'}, {'start': '83.920', 'end': '87.560', 'text': "in front of the trail camera like a It's"}, {'start': '86.720', 'end': '89.920', 'text': 'called a'}, {'start': '87.560', 'end': '92.400', 'text': "tacticam. It's cellular and it'll send"}, {'start': '89.920', 'end': '94.960', 'text': 'pictures to your phone. And I got in'}, {'start': '92.400', 'end': '97.439', 'text': 'front of it, waved to my dad and it sent'}, {'start': '94.960', 'end': '99.840', 'text': 'them the picture. The message was clear.'}, {'start': '97.439', 'end': '102.560', 'text': 'Liam needed help and fast. I knew'}, {'start': '99.840', 'end': '104.159', 'text': "something was wrong then, but I wasn't"}, {'start': '102.560', 'end': '105.600', 'text': 'sure of the extent of it at that point.'}, {'start': '104.159', 'end': '107.840', 'text': 'I thought maybe he had just like fallen'}, {'start': '105.600', 'end': '109.759', 'text': 'out of the tree stand. Not quite sure.'}, {'start': '107.840', 'end': '111.840', 'text': "came running back here and that's when I"}, {'start': '109.759', 'end': '113.640', 'text': 'seen him laying on the ground right over'}, {'start': '111.840', 'end': '118.399', 'text': 'here to our left'}, {'start': '113.640', 'end': '120.799', 'text': 'uh with his leg kind of just pretty much'}, {'start': '118.399', 'end': '123.040', 'text': 'flayed wide open with a or bullet wound.'}, {'start': '120.799', 'end': '125.200', 'text': "Liam's condition was so severe that he"}, {'start': '123.040', 'end': '127.360', 'text': 'was airlifted twice. For somebody to be'}, {'start': '125.200', 'end': '129.399', 'text': 'lifellighted to Peoria and then to have'}, {'start': '127.360', 'end': '133.040', 'text': 'those doctors tell you'}, {'start': '129.399', 'end': '136.080', 'text': "that they couldn't handle the situation."}, {'start': '133.040', 'end': '138.720', 'text': 'Um, and if we wanted to try to save his'}, {'start': '136.080', 'end': '141.040', 'text': 'leg, we had to go to St. Louis. The'}, {'start': '138.720', 'end': '143.440', 'text': 'damage to his leg was extensive and time'}, {'start': '141.040', 'end': '146.160', 'text': 'was running out. He had blown out his'}, {'start': '143.440', 'end': '150.080', 'text': 'entire thigh basically. So, the arteries'}, {'start': '146.160', 'end': '153.920', 'text': "and nerves and vessels. So, it's pretty"}, {'start': '150.080', 'end': '155.599', 'text': 'pretty crazy what they did. and that he'}, {'start': '153.920', 'end': '158.959', 'text': 'one came out of the first surgery with a'}, {'start': '155.599', 'end': '161.680', 'text': "leg cuz we weren't sure if he was going"}, {'start': '158.959', 'end': '164.400', 'text': 'to have a leg when he came out or you'}, {'start': '161.680', 'end': '166.800', 'text': 'know be alive. But Liam is a fighter. He'}, {'start': '164.400', 'end': '169.840', 'text': 'fought back not just for his life but'}, {'start': '166.800', 'end': '172.879', 'text': 'for his future. The amazement of his'}, {'start': '169.840', 'end': '176.000', 'text': 'will to survive and keep his composure'}, {'start': '172.879', 'end': '178.720', 'text': 'together and from watching movies and uh'}, {'start': '176.000', 'end': '182.000', 'text': 'talking to his uncles that were in the'}, {'start': '178.720', 'end': '184.800', 'text': 'military. So having that little bit of a'}, {'start': '182.000', 'end': '186.959', 'text': 'knowhow of what to do and how to do it,'}, {'start': '184.800', 'end': '189.599', 'text': 'you know, saved his life. Through rehab'}, {'start': '186.959', 'end': '191.519', 'text': 'at Hammet Henry Hospital in Jio, Liam'}, {'start': '189.599', 'end': '194.000', 'text': 'learned to walk again. He came to'}, {'start': '191.519', 'end': '197.120', 'text': 'therapy every day in a wheelchair. And'}, {'start': '194.000', 'end': '199.519', 'text': 'realistically, we did most everything on'}, {'start': '197.120', 'end': '201.200', 'text': 'a mat. And we finally progressed to'}, {'start': '199.519', 'end': '203.120', 'text': 'where we could do stuff off of the mat,'}, {'start': '201.200', 'end': '204.800', 'text': 'getting on a new step or doing stuff'}, {'start': '203.120', 'end': '208.319', 'text': 'standing up. By the time he was'}, {'start': '204.800', 'end': '210.640', 'text': 'discharged, he was walking. Uh, at that'}, {'start': '208.319', 'end': '212.319', 'text': 'point he had a small lift in his shoe.'}, {'start': '210.640', 'end': '215.040', 'text': 'Um, he had a slight little bit of a'}, {'start': '212.319', 'end': '216.720', 'text': "limp. Uh, now I don't think you have a"}, {'start': '215.040', 'end': '219.040', 'text': 'lift in your shoe anymore, do you? No.'}, {'start': '216.720', 'end': '221.040', 'text': 'For Liam, every step is a reminder not'}, {'start': '219.040', 'end': '222.560', 'text': "just of what he's overcome, but of how"}, {'start': '221.040', 'end': '224.640', 'text': "far he's come. There couldn't be no"}, {'start': '222.560', 'end': '226.480', 'text': 'better outcome, I guess, out of such a'}, {'start': '224.640', 'end': '228.280', 'text': "horrible situation. I'm able to do stuff"}, {'start': '226.480', 'end': '232.480', 'text': 'with my cousin and friends'}, {'start': '228.280', 'end': '236.239', 'text': 'again, without being in my bed and'}, {'start': '232.480', 'end': '239.080', 'text': 'sitting there for weeks on end. He has'}, {'start': '236.239', 'end': '242.879', 'text': "nerve pain and nerve damage and he can't"}, {'start': '239.080', 'end': '245.760', 'text': "run like most, but he has a leg and he's"}, {'start': '242.879', 'end': '247.120', 'text': 'alive.'}, {'start': '245.760', 'end': '249.040', 'text': 'We are glad he is on the road to'}, {'start': '247.120', 'end': '250.560', 'text': "recovery and Liam just got his driver's"}, {'start': '249.040', 'end': '252.560', 'text': 'license and next year he plans to join'}, {'start': '250.560', 'end': '255.200', 'text': 'the welding program at United Township'}, {'start': '252.560', 'end': '255.200', 'text': 'High School.'}]