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‘It Was a Mean One’: A Hawaii Man Is Recovering After Almost Having His Leg Sliced in Half By a ‘Lava Bomb’

The first person seriously injured by Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano eruption is in high spirits just a few days after a “lava bomb” nearly sliced his leg in half, KHON 2 reports. Darryl Clinton, who is from California but has lived in Kapoho for 12 years, told KHON 2 he was on the roof of a nearby home, trying to put out fires caused by volcanic debris, when he felt “the most forceful impact I’ve ever had on my body in my life.” Clinton soon realized he’d been hit by lava. “It was super painful and I don’t know if I was in shock,” Clinton said.

 

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