20 Craziest 4th of July Accidents Ever
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2024
- On a day meant for celebration, tragedy struck. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re looking at reported cases of Fourth of July celebrations or preparations that went horribly wrong. Our countdown of the craziest 4th of July accidents ever includes The Beginning of a Stay Safe Campaign, Anarchy On Sixth Street Bridge, Truck Explosion, Explosives in Central Park, Long Island Car Crash, and more! If you have any Fourth of July safety tips, please share them in the comments.
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Hopefully Candice, reapergay67 and "gayde" slayde are all involved in a future video of this very same subject.
That'd be nice.
4th of July is not until Thursday
4th of July is tomorrow
4th of July is tomorrow
Somewhere there's someone who doesn't realize that today is their last day with all their fingers.
Sadly, that is true!
Dark but weirdly funny
Alcohol and fireworks are not a good idea. Make sure that the fireworks are set off by a complete sober person.
We also make sure to water the grass, just in case.
Those NEVER mix, at all.
well said
Affirmative!
Alcohol with anything in general isn't a good idea unless you're in a place where it's not going to affect anything whivh is highly unlikely
Happy ‘try not to blow yourself or anyone else up’ day!
My hand almost got blown off by some rattle snakes as a kid. Very blessed to have received mild burns
Almost blew off my hand with firecrackers. I lit a short fuse and it blew up in mid-air.
Oh it's currently Independence Day Eve. Are you all gonna leave milk and cookies out for Captain America tonight?
No because I get the same thing every year a signed copy of the declaration of independence
I leave a nice cold glass of FREEDOM!
Nah, you leave cocaine and cold beer out for Soldier Boy! 🦅🇺🇸 🎆
Yes! He leaves behind freedom.
Ever actually serve this nation, or are you just another free loader with a shit opinion?
I haven't cared for the fourth since something similar to a sparkler malfunctioned and set my hand on fire when I was a little girl. Stay safe everyone ❤️
i haven't cared for the 4th since this country started sliding into fascism. vote blue to keep democracy alive, everyone. 💙
Everybody be safe tomorrow and take the right precautions when handling your fireworks. Happy 4th of July everyone 🎉 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Safety tip. If you live in a dry state, don't even think about starting fireworks.
Ah, 4th of July. The time of the year when idiots with explosives are much more prominent, and another year where I fully expect my neighbors to burn my home down by accident. Leave the fireworks to the professionals.
And don’t use them while intoxicated.
Consider yourself lucky. I live in Cambridge Massachusetts, a lovely and pricey city and the home of Harvard U. We also have among the most educated populace in the USA, allegedly. It’s also the home of fireworks, 365 days a year.
OTOH, it DOES allow us to tell who Darwin loves and who he doesn't. And point and laugh at the stupid ones.
Because I **absolutely** point and laugh at a full grown adult who eff'd himself up with explosives.
Cruel? Yes. Darwinism is harsh that way.
There are some people who think fireworks aren't loud enough so they decided to shoot there guns in the air
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm 33 year old and I have never bought more than the little white snap poppers. This is why.
The idiots near us out in the country never care if it's been a dry season. They won't be stopped. (smh)
Same here. Although, miracle of miracles we had an inch of rain today and it might rain tomorrow night. Most years I don't leave my house for fear that the jackasses will burn it down. Stay safe!
I remember one time when I was in middle school, watching a fireworks display at a beach in the town next to mine, and the boat that the fireworks were being launched from caught fire. From what I can remember, no one was injured (thankfully) but yeah, that was a memorable incident.
As for safety tips: always assume that a firework is live, even if it hasn't gone off yet.
1:00 *whoa that’s cool!* Lost 4 fingers, but loves to wrestle & gave away safety goggles for fireworks 🤙🏼
Another high point of the video was a "kickstarter" campaign was used to pay for a prosthetic leg.
That's why I'm staying home 🏠 every July 4th in Baltimore MD. Not only because of fireworks. But I hate crowded people as well.
@@user-dt8vy2yb3d it's also a good thing to stay home just because of all the people that drink too much. When it comes to Baltimore, I have driven there many times and it's pretty busy unlike new York City for example.
Watch out for your neighbors! Don't fall asleep before they do. My grandparents almost had their house set on fire when a stray bottle rocket landed in their gutter.
DMV stand up!! Lol
No matter how many stories you put out to caution people, someone always loses fingers. I'm just waiting for the new stories🍿
The 4th of July brings out the worst in some people. 🎉
I worked a show one year with some fire fighters. They assured us that with such a small crowd that the 200 feet was safe distance from the tubes. The children were playing on a playground slightly further away even. They dismissed me at one point because they said it was too crowded, so I went to join the crowd, heard a crack and turned to see their 4 tube mortar pod separate, pointing one in my direction, and one at the playground. One skipped across the ground and under everyone's chairs to detonate behind us all, and the other flew into the playground, bounced around on the set the kids were on, then went off about 40 feet above them. About 20 second degree burns between myself and the crowd of around 60. The kids thankfully were unharmed.
When It Comes To Fireworks, NOT ONLY Do I Leave It To The Professionals...........But I Watch Them On TV.
To everyone that about to light off fireworks. Make sure you have a Fire extinguisher ready to go, keep all firework a safe distance just look at the video @ 8:09. Those were way too close to the action plus I didn't see any Fire extinguisher ready to go.
It also looks like three small kids are close to that SUV and the point where the explosion happened! They could've been seriously injured or killed.
In some cases water can make it worse if they contain magnesium. Better to have a fire extinguisher ready.
@@robynbuschke2640 I totally forgot they may contain magnesium, your right. Fire extinguisher is needed.
I had to take my brother to the ER for severe food poisoning on July 3rd one year. The ER was at a standstill because a family had stored fireworks under their deck. They grilled on the deck, embers fell through the slats, and the fireworks ignited. No one was killed, but adults and children were severely injured. It was awful. Be VERY careful about where you store your fireworks. Even one small ember can set off a horrific chain reaction.
Makes me think of the PSA I saw on fireworks safety. It showed two hands, and a ten second countdown started. As each number counted down, a finger on each hand would go missing, each digit showing a now-healed fireworks injury. By zero, it's just two scarred stumps where fingers used to be. I first saw this PSA as an adult and it still scared the bezeejus out of me. Please stay safe tonight, guys.
Boy i'm very grateful that people in Canada at least are careful
If you want fireworks keep distance away when lighting sparklers. Also get ready a fire extinguisher a water hose and a large 🪣 pail of water just in case it goes wrong.
Don't drink and drive or set off fireworks. Freedom is free until you're in jail.
The only way to really minimize accidents is to just stay home. But that's boring, so just be ready to protect yourself, your children, and remain sober.
1) As a young child, I watched as a fragment of a firework landed on my sister, resulting in burns to her chest and a great deal of damage to her hair.
2) Years later, as an adult, I was at a party hosted by a guy who sold illegal fireworks as a side hustle. One night on a July 4th, he set off a mortar-style firework that wound up (purely accidentally) targeting the propane tank on his grill. It was a miracle we all weren't blown to bits that night.
One year my youngest wanted to go set off fireworks with the downstairs neighbor kids (he was 7). I told him he could only watch. Turns out the kids wanted to set them off right next to the house, I and the other mom said, "NO!" and told them they needed to set them off in the empty parking lot next door. They grumped but complied. A short time later we heard sirens nearby, Of course the older kids had to go check it out. Turns out a neighbor had done the exact same thing we warned the kids about and started his garage on fire. We got no arguements from then on. 10 years later and my kid still remembers.
I spend my Fourth evenings sitting quietly at home with my music playing very loud. I have had some PTSD episodes in the past, and I just don't claim it at all.
Fireworks are ridiculous.
I'm sorry to say but some of these stories are extremely humorous!
It's total clickbait crap!😂
I live in Syracuse Ut which neighbors Kaysville. That 4th of July was a very tragic one and I hope the family is doing okay this time of year. ❤
When I was a child in the U.K., we had the Firework Code and the main rule was that fireworks had to be kept in a metal tin, and that you took them out one at a time and always replaced the lid. These tins were not stored anywhere near where you set off the firework at !
I can’t understand how the Americans can think that leaving fireworks in a cardboard box or a bag is SAFE !
Happy early 4th of July, here’s a safety tip: don’t let children anywhere near fireworks
🥉
Or actually watch them.
In one of the local towns, they were about to have a 4th of July firework demo. As we sat there waiting, we felt a rumbling on the ground and saw a large cloud of smoke coming up from where the fireworks were coming from. Little did we know that the first firework was installed upside down when they started the show. It blew a 20-foot creator into the ground.
You click on a link laughing and almost immediately feel bad for laughing once you actually start watching the video.
This is why I am safer with 4th of July parades
Happy Birthday Captain America! You wouldn’t be stupid enough to set fireworks off and burn down your own house 😂
The lady that was bitten by the shark really got off easy. The punctures looked very shallow and no chunks of skin or muscle missing. Now she has the best story ever and little long term damage!
Charles Darwin would be SO proud.
funny feeling he's competing for a darwin award
The yearly darwin awards
At 11:00, tell me the news anchor isn’t the personification of Frozone…..😂😅😂
Everyone be safe, always have the right, safety precautions and be very, very, very careful out there Happy 4th Of July
When i would light off the big fireworks I would use masking tape to make the fuse longer
Those who survives in 4th of July celebration can learn from the accident mistakes and can still do the celebration. Happy 4th of July Day!! occasion Anniversary!!! celebration!!!! 🎉🎉🎂🎂🎁🎁 (previous date: July 4, 2024) greetings for those who survived and alive. 🇺🇸👏👏👏👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Add the fireworks display in Fairplay, 2015.
The local fire department set the entire show off on the launch pad on the first firework, and the entire town watched as they ran for cover.
Hilarious. Best show ever.
In the 1st clip the guy lost a few fingers to fireworks then the news said he "handed" out hundreds of books😂😂😂😂
With his intact hand.
Once again, _South Park_ has predicted the future - in the season 2 episode _Summer Sucks_ a ban was placed on fireworks in Colorado with the exception of snake fireworks after a kid from North Park blew his hands off.
Fingered hundreds of books would be inappropriate
St. Louis, 1997 fireworks barge accident in Alton.
Couple people died, pretty sure they changed the laws making it extremely difficult to buy em, and no boats allowed(housing/sale/detonation).
Can't find a vid on TH-cam which is surprising, was all over the news back then. Vaguely remember the Casino Queen being involved somehow but can't find mention of it.
Having lived in DC in the past, I must say that the 4th fireworks on the Mall is a party not to be missed. We usually set up camp (literally) just across the Potomac in Lady Bird Johnson park to watch the show. The river would be totally filled with small craft enjoying the show. Can't be beat! Cheers....
In Australia the use of fireworks by the public is banned or severely limited.
Generally speaking, only trained and licensed pyrotechnicians are permitted to possess and use fireworks.
The ban was legislated progressively from 1972 because children and adults were being severely injured.
We can still enjoy public shows, most notably the NYE Sydney show and local towns still have a public bonfire for Guy Fawkes Day (5th November) with fireworks display and carnival.
Anyway, enjoy your Independence Day celebrations.
Cheers from Australia.
This video just goes to show that you have to be careful with fireworks whether you're a professional or not. Happy 4th Of July Everyone! 😊
Exactly. By the way, black hat is back accusing others of being someone else again
@CandiceVidito I once saw a house on fire in New years eve.
@@Slayde.Wilson Hopefully no one was inside it
@@Reaperguy67 Hey read Ace's comment
@@CandiceViditoI will take a look
Happy 4th of July e everyone. Be safe always 🎉
Wait…there is an allowed alcohol level for driving in the US?
As a 0 tolerance country when it comes to drinking and driving, that blows my mind 😮
Because most of these accidents involve fireworks I was very confused when I heard “Shark Attack”. I was completely forgetting that Fourth of July is in summer when people go to the beach a lot and it’s not just the day people set off fireworks 😂
I thought all the accidents involved fireworks.
Also Jaws happened during the 4th of July holiday.. That's why they didn't close the beaches... So Jaws=4th of July
@@TheMarychinoCherry True
It's always something to see your own local news station in one of these videos.
happy 4th of july us most love from denmark
🙂
A shark bite was reported yesterday on 4th of July here in south Texas
But the lady that was attacked had a whole chunk missing from her leg
She's in recovery, but so far most finer details are still yet to be known
I heard there was a barge fire in Massachusetts causing the firework show to be cancelled
OH JEZUZ OH JEZUZ,, GET THE WATER MAN GET THE WATER, ITS GOIN DOWN
I'm surprised the Cape Cod fireworkds barge accident wasn't on here.
''Kivlenieks was taken to Ascension Providence Hospital with extensive internal injuries, where he was later pronounced dead. An autopsy performed on 5 July ruled Kivlenieks's death as accidental, due to a percussive injury caused by fireworks mortar blast, resulting in a major chest trauma to his heart and lungs.'' dude jump in front to save his buddy NHL goalie Mattis KIvilenieks
Why was there an explosive Device just laying around in Central Park????
I will always remember the year when my family went to a friend's 4th of July party and their son lit a bottle rocket that skewed off course and flew into the window of the church across the street. Thankfully, the window was not designed to open and stayed intact, but imagine if it was open.
NHL Columbus Blue Jackets goalie, Matiss Kivlenieks, was killed on July 4, 2021, when a fireworks mortar hit him in the chest at a party held by one of the coaches. He was 24 years old.
Hey, I went to school with the first kid! I didn't know he started a whole campaign, but I didn't know a whole lot of anything that was going on 😂
The closest major disaster to these in recent Australian history has to be the Australia Day plane crash of 2017. That accident canceled the fireworks for that year, now they don’t have air shows. I’m also surprised the 2012 San Diego firework show wasn’t mentioned.
Never play with fireworks
Darwin Award winners in the making, Happy 4th of July
Rule No. 1: STAY AWAY AS FAR AS POSSIBLE from fireworks.
Rule No. 2: DON'T PLAY WITH FIREWORKS.
More like crazy of the month
🥈
@@BlackHatCinephile sad that you are a grown adult giving pointless medals
For me, firework is always already FOREVER dangerous. Have a vigilant safe July 4th!! From Steve Rogers aka Captain America in another Universe or dimension. 🎉🎉🎉💯💯👏👏 Greetings yesterday in the United States. (4th of July)
These are just Darwin award winners.
Most of these are darwin awards
Safe and sane is how I celebrate the Fourth of July. I don’t want to put my life on the line when fireworks are involved.
Leave the fireworks to the professionals. Many jurisdictions have made fireworks illegal
"Oh, I like snakes. You light 'em and they grow and grow." -Officer Barbrady
We celebrated my grandparents' wedding anniversary on July 4 (yes they got married on the 4th of July) and it was decided that it was unsafe for them to drive over to my parents' house with all the fireworks going off. So my sister did all the driving and thank goodness she did. With all the fireworks (both legal and illegal) going off around our neighborhood, it was nuts.
My ex-husband and I got married on the 4th of July as well. We thought it would be ironic to get married on Independence Day. That was one of the reasons we chose that day.
@@nicolerm my grandparents originally were planning on getting married on July 3 before changing their minds. According to my mom, fireworks were already being set off when they exited the church.
@@ThePirateprincess23 Nice
I know an accident that has something to do with 4th of July. In 1973, Kingman, Arizona got an explosion that killed eleven firefighters the day after Independence Day. Now that is a tragedy to remember.
When I was a child, the boy down the street from me caused an explosion when he tried to make his own fireworks by scraping gunpowder from a bullet with a match!! Unbelievably dumb! We luckily live near one of the best burn centers in the country and he got help right away for his hand that was basically blown up! He was able to have some use of the hand after many, many surgeries. I've never liked to be around fireworks ever since.
If you guys want to celebrate fourth of July. Pls don't lit anymore 🚒 fireworks 🎇 plus enjoy it and stay indoors with food loud music family and friends.
You could include intentional acts on the 4th of July such as what happened in Highland Park , IL about half an hour from here in 2022
#2 - National mall fireworks frenzy
This is why there are no fireworks at Mt. Rushmore. With the one women being hit by a firefall, imagine what that could do to a forest. For those that don't know, Mt. Rushmore is surrounded by a forest.
Happy Fourth of July 🎆 🇺🇸 Also please everyone stay safe especially if you're gonna celebrate with fireworks.
"The brightest little light" how many times they gonna use that 😅
I went to Philly one or two years ago for the fireworks display and when it just started, a shooting happened and everyone stampeded. Was so scary
Happy Independence Day, to all those who celebrate it! 🇺🇸🎉
5th🎖
@@BlackHatCinephile no one wants your pointless medals
I’m definitely not lighting fireworks again after I got hit in the arm by it and blew my eardrum(I was lighting a tube firework and the thing exploded and send sparks everywhere)
On 4th of July 2021, new NHL goalkeeper Matīss Ķivlenieks got hit by a fireworks and I'm surprised that it wasn't mentioned... That was sad day for hockey
safety tip? quit selling fireworks of any kind to the public.
Illegal in my state besides sparklers and slightly less harmful stuff... but my city is 10-30 mins from the borders with 2 legal states, and one of them is tax-free. There's always football field sized tents on the borders selling to mostly people from my state.
This year I'm going home to San Francisco for the fireworks show. they have two barges shooting of the same fireworks from different locations so you can see it from different angles. Shrimp dinner at Pier 39 before the show makes for a perfect trip. I always hate to see my beautiful City fade in the distance as I leave the next day.
3:54 thanks for the coverage on the LoCal
Who’s here before 10 minutes
It's not a race
Like what do you get for it. Nothing
@Reaperguy67 still don't get the point of why people comment this crap.
@@Slayde.Wilson same here. That's why I look at those comments as spam
It’s fun and games
I live in a state where, as long as you’re at 18 years of age or older, you can get Sergent low level ones at local stores, but some advice that I always use make sure that no one under the age of 18 touches any of them even if there are adults around also have a fire extinguisher or garden hose nearby and ready to return on at any given moment and if you’re going to be the comp person who does it on grass wet the grass first soak it really really soak it if you have to and still have that hose nearby even after you soak it although if you can help it use concrete or pavement instead but still keep a fire extinguisher and or a garden hose close by and make sure any kids were watching stay as far back as possible and make sure any and all pets are inside the house and make sure who it ever is the one lighting. The fuses is able to have quick enough reflectors to get far enough back in quick enough time and those are just a few tips. I have learned since turning 18 and being able to purchase the things and do them on my own note I am 31 this year and yet this is one of the first years I haven’t been able to do it last two years I was doing it with my ex but well ex so that should explain it before I used to do it at my parents house, but I moved out even if they did but they hasn’t moved as well so I know my parents lived in a very rural area where we weren’t disturbing any neighbors either. Keep that in mind to also, if you have any neighbors who have been in the military make sure they don’t suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder. If you choose to sit any off because it could trigger their post traumatic stress disorder you don’t want to be that neighbor, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg on safety tips and just general kindness about doing it that I have I could go deeper but that would turn into a rant and I don’t think there’s enough room on the comments for me to put all of that I’d be reading forever, and this is already very long, so TLDR tried to do it on concrete or pavement not grass if have to do on grass soffit really well first key fire, stinger, sure and off garden hose. Keep kids and pets away make sure whoever laying them is 18 years or older, and has good reflexes just to touch the tip of the iceberg of safety tips
@4:59 - Imagine taking a grenade, disassembling it, cutting the wick in half, reassembling it, and then using it like a normal grenade.
Thing will blow up in your hand, not near the enemy.
N. Gin would love the 4th of July.
A few years back my parents and I had just finished playing a community band concert for the 4'th of July as the fireworks were going off. As we're helping to get the bands equipment on the truck we see a group of red fireworks go off within the pavilion that they were being fired from. I don't think anyone was hurt as they were automated, but I remember thinking that if anyone had been near that pavilion they would've been hurt if not killed because it was a few of the bigger fireworks used in the show.
Fireworks are explosives, mishandling or altering them means you just turned it into a bomb.
If I remember right, there was some huge accident durin the fireworks show in prospect, oh in the 90s. I was there. But not in the part of the park it happened at.
I used a firework that blew up and formed an alien lifeform that I made my servant whose duty was to run the store and buy me Bazooka gum with money he made from delivering messages from Earth to the planet Ned Jert. After a year, I gave him a doughnut hole and sent him home to be with his pet Jebby Beb.
A friend of mine took the 911 call on the last one. Still haunts him
Wow. I can't believe what hospital nurses have to go through seeing all these idiots come in on the 4th