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A Belton fireworks store owner who suffered severe injuries in a 2017 fireworks incident has turned his pain into purpose.
Clifton Ragan lost some of his fingers and injured parts of his face when a firework exploded during a Fourth of July celebration.
“I lost some of my digits on my hand,” Ragan said. “I lost my vision. And I also blew out a chunk of my chin. I had bought some fireworks from a stand. And I had never dealt with rockets ever before. I used one of those rockets I got from the stand and it blew up at soon as I lit it.”…