The New York television producer, Suzanne Dakessian has suffered
critical injuries after a homemade cannon exploded, sending a heavy chunk of
metal hurtling towards her.
She is recovering from her horrific injuries after she was
hit by a flying piece of shrapnel while covering a pumpkin cannon competition. She
was rushed to hospital where she underwent emergency surgery to remove part of
her skull due to brain swelling.
The 39-year-old went onto astound her doctors; not only did
she survive her serious head injury, but is awake and speaking.
Dakessian was covering the 2016 World Championship Punkin Chunkin for the Science Channel - on November 6. The annual event, which features huge catapults, slingshots, cannons and other devices, created by teams competing to fling a pumpkin the furthest.
The Science Channel has since canceled its planned
television special of Delaware's Punkin Chunkin contest.
However, Dakessian says that she is disappointed with
the channels decision.
'The days of the chunk, I was working 15-hour days, and to
not see the product after all that blood, CNN.
'It's heartbreaking,' added Dakessian, who was supervising a
camera crew for Sharp Entertainment, the firm producing the special for the
Science Channel. 'I was really looking forward to seeing what came from
all that hard work I put in.'
Delaware State Police said in a statement that the trap door
of the 'Pumpkin Reaper' cannon separated as a pumpkin launched at the
competition.
The shocking video footage captured the moment that the
cannon exploded, striking Dakessian in the head, and a 56-year-old man who
sustained non-life threatening injuries. Screams could be heard from the
crowd as the crowd watched the piece of metal hurtle towards the TV producer.
'I tried to run and I didn't make it,' said Dakessian, who
was in Christiana Hospital in Stanton, Delaware, until Friday when she moved to
a rehabilitation facility in New Jersey.
Source: Daily Mail
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