Results tagged “lifeflight”

One of the many reasons Houston is a great city is because of the amazing medical community. One aspect of this community is the Air Ambulance service, known as Life Flight. We are sure you have seen these shiny red helicopters flying overhead, but did you know that the Life Flight helicopters average 17 years old? Well the Memorial Hermann Foundation is looking to change that, by raising $40million for six new helicopters (and related...

Wow, this would suck: In northwest Harris County last night, a man cleaning up around his work area got his hair stuck in an industrial machine. It happened around 11 p.m. at a T-3 Energy Services facility on Cypress-North Houston Road as the unidentified 19-year-old man was sweeping up near a machine that makes metal parts for energy companies. The guy thought the machine was completely turned off, but he was wrong: His long hair became caught in two long poles that continuously spin, and co-workers had to pull the guy out of the machinery. "It pulled the scalp and actually pulled him," co-worker Quincy Daniel told KPRC. "It just snatched his hair off. It threw him on the ground. When he left, his hair was still standing right there in the machine. ... It was pretty gross, but we tried our best to help him." Now, please excuse Houstonist for a moment while we hold our hands to our head, dance around the room and yell "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!"