Two Orange County teenagers suffered life-altering injuries during a fireworks accident on the Fourth of July and family members are demanding answers.
Maria Escalante said that one of her twin sons lost several fingers on his right hand, which was completely mutilated after he and a friend picked up an illegal firework from the street in Anaheim. She said that he lit the firework, which then exploded in their hands.
“He’s not doing good. He’s going to be in the hospital for about two months. His hands are literally butchered,” Escalante said. “They’re going to do their best to reconstruct his hands, but they can’t guarantee nothing. … They’re going to see if he has proper circulation going to the last fingers he has, to the few fingers he has left in his hand.”
She said that the surgery is scheduled for tomorrow, and if there isn’t enough circulation, they’re going to amputate her son’s fingers…