ARTIST and muralist, Chris Rodriguez, 29, had been battling with alcohol addiction for most of his 20s and the seriousness of his condition came to a head in January 2018 when he was handling a quarter stick of dynamite.
Chris went into his garage, picked up a stick of dynamite left over from the previous summer and went across the street where there was a large field. He had been drinking alcohol all day and due to his condition, he didn’t realise that the dynamite didn’t have a wick, so when he tried to light it, it exploded instantly, blowing up his left hand. He went into immediate shock and ran to his neighbour’s house where they called the emergency unit and he collapsed in their house. Next thing he knew, he was in hospital and was told that he had to have his hand amputated as they couldn’t save any part of it.
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