Father Accidentally Stabs Son in Heart
In a game of pretend gladiators with his police officer father, 11-year-old Conor Johnson was stabbed in the heart and died four short hours later. His mother, Sharon Johnson, claimed that his medical care was inadequate with no specialist cardio-thoracic surgeons available.
Ian Johnson, 40, told a coroner’s inquest how the four-inch stainless steel knife “slipped from my grasp” during some rough and tumble play with his son, Conor, 11, while he prepared dinner. The knife pierced the left ventricle of Conor’s heart.
What a horrible thing to happen to all of them.
Times Online, July 7, 2006
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3 opinions for Father Accidentally Stabs Son in Heart
angelo
Jul 9, 2006 at 3:46 am
Another heart stabbing accident? How tragic!
Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD
Jul 9, 2006 at 3:51 am
Angelo: I know! Before I started keeping track of “heart” news, I wouldn’t have believed it. :(
Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD
Jul 9, 2006 at 5:12 am
Here’s another heart stabbing I missed posting a bout a couple of weeks back.
Houston stabbing victim released from NYC hospital
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