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Alice Yan

A man in eastern China had three fingers severed by the line of his kite when it caught a gust of wind, mainland media reported.
The man and a friend, both in their fifties, were both injured while flying a big kite in Nantong, in Jiangsu province, on Tuesday, Jiangsu TV reported.
One lost three fingers on his right hand, while the friend’s right hand was almost cut in two by the line, the report said, without providing more details.
The accident happened when the men were trying to retrieve the kite by gathering its line after seeing dark clouds approaching.

“I brought back half the line, but suddenly a strong wind started to blow,” one of the men, who were not named, was quoted as saying.
“At that point the line was wrapped around my hand and I couldn’t let it go.”
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He said the line, which was 2mm thick, felt like a sharp knife because the wind was so strong.
The two were sent for surgery at Nantong Orthopaedics Hospital, where the first man’s fingers were reattached and the other’s palm was sewn back together in operations lasting 16 hours.
“When the patient was sent here, his second to fifth fingers were severed,” Jin Degao, an orthopaedic surgeon at the hospital, said of the first man.
“Although his third finger was not cut off, it was only the bones that were connected, while all the blood, nerves and muscle tendon were severed.”


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One man has three fingers severed while the other has a hand almost cut in two
Strong wind leaves kite line feeling ‘like a sharp knife’


One man has three fingers severed while the other has a hand almost cut in two, as strong wind leaves kite line feeling ‘like a sharp knife’.


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Flying a kite turns nasty for Chinese duo as gust of wind slices off fingers

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One man has three fingers severed while the other has a hand almost cut in two

Strong wind leaves kite line feeling ‘like a sharp knife’