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Nail gun saves man falling from roof
A Danish man who slipped while fixing a roof was saved when the nail gun he was holding went off and pinned him by the leg.
Jan Madsen was saved from falling to almost certain death by the gun as he worked on his holiday home, near Berlin.
The 27-year-old accidentally fired the nail gun through his knee as he scrabbled to stop himself falling to the ground.
"I have no idea how it happened," he said. "Somehow I must have had the nail gun against my knee and pulled the trigger as I slipped."
The pneumatically-driven nail went all the way through his knee and into the wooden support beams.
Mr Madsen remained conscious as emergency crews worked for more than an hour to free him from the roof.
He was taken to hospital where doctors operated immediately. They say he will suffer no long-term problems from the accident
A Danish man who slipped while fixing a roof was saved when the nail gun he was holding went off and pinned him by the leg.
Jan Madsen was saved from falling to almost certain death by the gun as he worked on his holiday home, near Berlin.
The 27-year-old accidentally fired the nail gun through his knee as he scrabbled to stop himself falling to the ground.
"I have no idea how it happened," he said. "Somehow I must have had the nail gun against my knee and pulled the trigger as I slipped."
The pneumatically-driven nail went all the way through his knee and into the wooden support beams.
Mr Madsen remained conscious as emergency crews worked for more than an hour to free him from the roof.
He was taken to hospital where doctors operated immediately. They say he will suffer no long-term problems from the accident
